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  • 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
  • One flew over the EU's mess
    Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    The Wall Street Journal, 19 March 2012

    Welcome to the European Union Home for the Economically Insane. We care for nations dealing with status anxiety, paranoia and low self-esteem, or those who are simply drifting into a senile old age. Please follow me on the guided tour.

  • How to wake Britain from sleepwalking to the EU exit
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Europe's world, 07 March 2012

    History, geography and economics are all responsible for the UK’s deep-seated euroscepticism, says Charles Grant. But now these forces are strengthening so that Britain could easily leave the Union within 10 years. He sets out tactics for countering that.
  • Pressure and tact are the right response to Victor Orban
    Insight by Balázs Jarábik, 23 February 2012

    The West should not isolate Hungary's Viktor Orban. While some of his instincts are deeply undemocratic, he is also a pragmatist, capable of adjusting course.
  • Is Austria the new Finland?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 13 January 2012

    Germany and France tend to pre-cook euro rescue plans. Smaller EU countries resent being sidelined. Slovakia and Finland have threatened vetoes and demanded concessions. Which country is next?
  • What Europe's new diplomatic service can do for Britain
    Insight by Edward Burke, 10 January 2012

    Following a recent agreement on EU foreign policy the UK should not miss an opportunity to use Europe's new diplomatic service to reinforce British interests.
  • Nothing to celebrate
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Foreign Policy, 04 January 2012

    Think 2011 was a bad year for Europe? 2012 could be a whole lot worse - if EU leaders don't get serious and deal with these 6 problems.

  • Making EU allies
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Times, 20 December 2011

    The Government should seek to protect the City, but went about it the wrong way at the Brussels summit.Sir, Camilla Cavendish's article on the City and the EU (“France defends farmers: we must save the City”, Dec 15) contains much common sense.
  • Why Ireland should ratify any eurozone treaty early
    Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    The Sunday Business Post, 18 December 2011

    EU officials are putting the final touches to the first draft of a 'fiscal stability' treaty to be ratified by eurozone countries by the end of 2012. The treaty - which commits each euro government to run balanced budgets in perpetuity -  will be one of the oddest ever signed up to by an Irish government.