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  • Can national parliaments make the EU more legitimate?
    Insight by Charles Grant, 10 June 2013
    Can national parliaments make the EU more legitimate?
  • The CER commission on the UK and the single market
    Insight by John Springford, 07 June 2013
    The CER commission on the UK and the single market
  • Tilting at European windmills
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 29 May 2013
    Tilting at European windmills
  • A newly confident Turkey is starting to bridge the gap
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Financial Times, 12 September 2007

    Sir,Geoffrey Wheatcroft rejects David Miliband's arguments for keeping the European Union's door open for Turkey ("Structural flaws in Miliband's Turkish bridge", September 10). Like most critics of Turkish accession, he argues that the country is too big, too poor and too Muslim. Like most critics, he is short-sighted.
  • Europe in the US-UK special relationship
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 02 August 2007

    Gordon Brown scarcely mentioned Europe during his visit to the United States, certainly much less than Tony Blair used to. That is understandable.
  • Of mice, men and the language of EU reform
    Insight by Hugo Brady, 18 July 2007

    Beware the humourless, especially in politics. At a CER/Clifford Chance conference last week, Guiliano Amato, Italy’s interior minister, pronounced that the Reform Treaty was a return to familiar territory for the EU: an unreadable treaty.
  • Russia: Analyst sees potential in Europe's new relationship
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Radio Free Europe, 17 July 2007

    Katinka Barysch, the head of the Russia research program at the London-based Centre for European Reform, has written extensively about politics and economics in Eastern Europe and advised Britain's House of Lords and European Commission on foreign policy.
  • We do not need a referendum
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 23 June 2007

    Thank goodness for the agreement in Brussels last night. Without a deal, the EU would have been mired in arguments on treaties, institutions and process for a prolonged period.
  • Constitutional fudge
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 19 June 2007

    So far, Britain's stance on the German attempt to revise the EU treaties has been - from a British perspective - broadly reasonable.
  • European choices for Gordon Brown
    Report by Charles Grant, Hugo Brady, Simon Tilford, 01 June 2007

    Gordon Brown becomes prime minister at a pivotal moment for the European Union. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have emerged as powerful European leaders.
  • Britain and Europe: A City minister's perspective
    Essay by Ed Balls MP, 18 May 2007

    Britain's membership of the EU strengthens London as a global financial centre, argues City Minister, Ed Balls. The UK should engage actively with the EU, to ensure that its financial regulation is proportionate, flexible, and implemented effectively.