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EU banking union Economic recovery UK, EU & the City

What a banking union means for Europe
Essay by Philip Whyte, 05 December 2012
Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour
Policy brief by Simon Tilford, 05 November 2012
Britain, Europe and the City of London: Can the triangle be managed?
Essay by Philip Whyte, 20 July 2012

Middle class amid industrialized economies

Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
The Voice of Russia, 11 November 2012

Interview with Simon Tilford – chief economist at the London-based Centre for European Reform about middle class in industrialized or developed economies
I think over quite a long period of time the middle class in industrialized or developed economies has been I think squeezed.
Much ado about little: Britain and the EU budget

Insight by John Springford, 07 November 2012

Britain is expending considerable political capital on freezing the EU budget. It would be best to push for reform of how the budget is spent.
Russia needs a plan for modernising its economy

Insight by Charles Grant, 06 November 2012

Russia remains dependent on oil and gas, yet its leaders lack a coherent plan for rebalancing the economy. President Putin does not seem bothered.
Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour

Policy brief by Simon Tilford, 05 November 2012

Unless labour receives a larger share of the pie, Europe's economic recovery will prove elusive and popular hostility to markets will grow.
London to Germany: Now save the euro

Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
The Globalist, 31 October 2012

Plenty of policy makers and analysts in the United States and the United Kingdom think Germany is destroying the euro. The Germans think they are saving it. Clearly, they both can't be right.
A three-tier EU puts single market at risk

Opinion piece by Charles Grant
Financial Times, 25 October 2012

The euro crisis is changing the shape of the EU. As the countries in the eurozone seek to strengthen it by centralising economic policy making, three tiers are emerging within the union.
Will the euro crisis lead to the break-up of EU member-states?

Insight by Tomas Valasek, 24 October 2012

The crisis is fuelling separatism in Spain and Belgium. But elsewhere in Europe separatists do poorly. Scotland's example may yet discourage others from following Catalonia and Flanders.
Evidence to the Select Committee on EU economic and financial affairs - Reform of the EU banking sector

Opinion piece by Philip Whyte
House of Lords, 23 October 2012

Unrevised transcript of evidence evidence given to the House of Lords European Union Sub-Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, with Philip Whyte, senior research fellow, CER.