Cameron's speechUK justice opt-outLessons for the UK
  • Cameron's optimistic, risky and ambiguous strategy
    Insight by Charles Grant, 24 January 2013
    Cameron's optimistic, risky and ambiguous strategy
  • Britain's 2014 justice opt-out: Why it bodes ill for Cameron's EU strategy
    Essay by Hugo Brady, 23 January 2013
    Britain's 2014 justice opt-out: Why it bodes ill for Cameron's EU strategy
  • Outsiders on the inside: Swiss and Norwegian lessons for the UK
    Policy brief by David Buchan, 24 September 2012
    Outsiders on the inside: Swiss and Norwegian lessons for the UK
  • Britain on the edge of Europe
    Insight by Charles Grant, 09 December 2011

    The Brussels agreement on December 9th will weaken British influence in the EU and could damage the single market.
  • Is Austerity George saving the UK economy?
    Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
    The Times, 30 November 2011

    Britain’s unlikely status as a safe haven is more to do with Europe’s problems than our cuts.George Osborne likes to point at Britain’s record low borrowing costs — the Government can issue ten-year debt at just over 2 per cent — as proof of confidence in his stewardship of the economy.

  • The French learn followership
    Insight by Charles Grant, 30 November 2011

    France is backing Germany’s wish for a new treaty to enshrine strict budgetary discipline. In exchange, it hopes Germany will save the euro.
  • The curious case of German leadership
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 29 November 2011

    Is Berlin leading in the euro crisis? Many Germans say it does, by spreading ‘stability culture’ – but not by telling the ECB what to do.  
  • Monnet loses to de Gaulle
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 28 November 2011

    The euro crisis is transforming the balance of power in Europe. Germany is emerging, for the first time in the EU’s history, as the unquestioned leader. France is having to adjust to a subordinate role. The euro countries are likely to integrate more closely, leading to a two-speed Europe. Britain is moving to the margins.
  • Interview: Les Britanniques ont le sentiment que l’Union européenne essaie de faire du tort à la City
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Le Figaro, 26 October 2011

    Le Figaro - David Cameron a essuyé sa plus grande rebellion dans son propre camp au Parlement. Peut-on parler d’un vent d’euroscepticisme chez les politiques?

  • Britain, the City and the EU: A triangle of suspicion
    Insight by Philip Whyte, 11 October 2011

    Britain has abandoned 'light touch' regulation and signed up to greater supervisory powers at EU level. Yet the Channel looks as wide as ever. 
  • Merkel's euro shackles
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 28 September 2011

    Chancellor Angela Merkel’s apparent inability or unwillingness to take bold steps could sink the euro. Yet is it even realistic to expect her to overcome growing opposition from within her own coalition government, a hostile public mood and the red lines drawn by a powerful constitutional court?