German EU policySingle market Britain & the EU
  • Continuity and change in Germany's EU policy
    Insight by Charles Grant, 06 September 2013
    Continuity and change Germany's EU policy
  • Launch of the CER's commission on the UK and the single market
    Event, 05 June 2013, London
    Launch of the CER's commission on the UK and the single market
  • Tilting at European windmills
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 29 May 2013
    Tilting at European windmills
  • Germans, the euro and the painful truth
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    International Herald Tribune, 12 June 2012

    Will the Germans save the euro? Many people within the European Union and further afield are urging Berlin to take bold steps to secure the currency’s future. They have become frustrated by the Germans' apparent inaction. 
  • The continent or the open sea: Does Britain have a European future?
    Report by David Rennie, 28 May 2012

    The UK has always had a difficult relationship with the EU. Its continued membership of the club can no longer be taken for granted.
  • How Hollande should handle Merkel
    Insight by Charles Grant, 14 May 2012

    Can François Hollande persuade Angela Merkel to shift the EU's eurozone strategy away from austerity and deficit reduction, and towards growth and employment?
  • Ireland's fiscal treaty referendum: (More) fear and loathing in the eurozone?
    Briefing note by Hugo Brady, 11 May 2012

    Ireland votes on the EU’s new fiscal compact on May 31st. Hugo Brady assesses the chances of a Yes and the consequences of a No.
  • Germany's choice: Higher inflation or sovereign defaults
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 09 May 2012

    Germany faces a choice between higher inflation or a wave of sovereign defaults culminating in either a transfer union or the collapse of the eurozone.
  • Is Britain on the way out of Europe?
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Social Europe Journal, 20 April 2012

    Ever since they joined the EU in 1973, the British have been sceptical about political integration in Europe. They have valued the economic benefits of membership, notably the single market, but opposed the concept of ‘political union’. The eurozone crisis is now increasing the gap between Britain and much of the rest of the EU.
  • How to keep Britain in the EU
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 26 March 2012

    At a time when some governments are pushing for a more integrated European Union, the British are becoming more eurosceptic. This contradiction increases the likelihood of Britain eventually leaving the EU – an outcome that, if current trends continue, is thoroughly plausible.
  • Oh no, Orban clone? The EU ponders Slovak elections
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 23 March 2012

    The incoming Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is no angel but rumours of Central Europe's capitulation to populism and euroscepticism have been greatly exaggerated.