EU banking unionEconomic recoveryGermany's choice
  • What a banking union means for Europe
    Essay by Philip Whyte, 05 December 2012
    What a banking union means for Europe
  • Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour
    Policy brief by Simon Tilford, 05 November 2012
    Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour
  • Germany's choice: Higher inflation or sovereign defaults
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 09 May 2012
    Germany's choice
  • 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 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.
  • Is Austerity George saving the UK economy?
    Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
    The Times, 30 November 2011

    Britain’s unlikely status as a safe haven is more to do with Europe’s problems than our cuts.George Osborne likes to point at Britain’s record low borrowing costs — the Government can issue ten-year debt at just over 2 per cent — as proof of confidence in his stewardship of the economy.

  • Why stricter rules threaten the eurozone
    Essay by Philip Whyte, Simon Tilford, 09 November 2011

    To restore confidence in the eurozone, leaders must fix its institutional flaws and stretch some rules in the interim. Instead, they are doing the opposite.
  • Global trade imbalances threaten free trade
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 17 October 2011

    The G20 needs a strategy to rebalance demand between the surplus and deficit economies if the world is to avoid a slide into protectionism.
  • Eurozone crisis: Higher inflation is part of the answer
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 03 October 2011

    The ECB’s inflation target is too low for a currency union. It risks depressing economic growth and makes it hard for countries like Spain and Italy to regain competitiveness.
  • Europe doesn’t lack funds, just political will
    Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
    Financial Times, 26 September 2011

    The following article was written in response to 'Only the IMF can solve eurozone crisis' by Ragharam Rajan, published in the Financial Times, 26 September 2011.