Eurozone rulesECB & the euroUK, City & the EU
  • Why stricter rules threaten the eurozone
    Essay by Philip Whyte, Simon Tilford, 09 November 2011
    Why stricter rules threaten the eurozone
  • The ECB must stand behind the euro
    Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 28 November 2011
    The ECB must stand behind the euro
  • Britain, the City and the EU: A triangle of suspicion
    Insight by Philip Whyte, 11 October 2011
  • France: Why the self-flagellation?
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 10 February 2012

    France has its economic weaknesses. But in some important respects its model holds out better prospects for a return to economic growth across the eurozone than does Germany's.
  • Greece's real challenge
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 03 February 2012

    Greece's new bail-out package needs less austerity and more structural reforms. A bloated and immobile public sector remains a drag on growth.
  • The Baltic states and Ireland are not a model for Italy and Spain
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 27 January 2012

    Were Italy and Spain to emulate the Baltics states and Ireland, the implications for the European economy and the future of the euro would be devastating.
  • The European fallacy of Ireland and the Baltics
    Opinion piece by Ambrose Evans-pritchard
    The Daily Telegraph, 27 January 2012

    Another excellent paper by Simon Tilford from the Centre for European Reform.
  • Needed: A growth strategy for Europe
    Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 26 January 2012

    The struggle to address the eurozone crisis means that Europe's unprecedented economic malaise is receiving far too little attention. To the extent that the EU has a growth strategy it relies heavily on the adoption of structural reforms in the crisis-hit eurozone economies.
  • Why an EU financial transactions tax is a red herring
    Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 26 January 2012

    Ever since it was first mooted in the 1970s, a financial transactions tax (FTT) has often been thought of as an interesting idea that cannot work in practice (because it needs to be adopted universally if it is not to be undermined by tax arbitrage).
  • End of an affair? City of London and EU in bitter acrimony
    Opinion piece by Philip Whyte
    Yale Global, 12 January 2012

    The global financial crisis has had a seemingly odd impact on relations between the City of London, the United Kingdom and the European Union. Before the crisis, the dominant assumption in Britain was that what was good for the City, Europe's largest financial center, was good for the UK and the rest of Europe.
  • 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.