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Britain not Swiss Saving the euro Germany’s own goal

Britain should not go Swiss
Insight by John Springford, 10 July 2012
Needed: A Franco-German concordat
Insight by Charles Grant, 27 June 2012
Germany's own goal: Why Berlin's sense of invulnerability will be its undoing
Insight by Simon Tilford, 22 June 2012

Germany’s plans for treaty change – and what they mean for Britain

Insight by Charles Grant, 28 March 2013

Germany is no longer pushing for a new EU treaty. This makes it harder for David Cameron to renegotiate the terms of British membership.
Will other EU countries block any attempt by the UK to renegotiate its membership?

Opinion piece by John Springford
City A.M, 24 January 2013

David Cameron seems to have made it his mission to frustrate other EU countries. This means his plea for renegotiation will be (largely) rebuffed. What has Cameron done to upset the others?
The genius of Merkel - Germans love her, Europe loathes her. Why?

Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
Prospect, 12 December 2012

Greek newspapers like to portray German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Nazi uniform. The Italian daily Libero has greeted her with a rude Vaffanmerkel! on its cover.
Germany's opposition and the euro crisis

Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 26 November 2012

Although Germany’s next general election is not scheduled until October 2013, the campaign started in earnest on 28 September 2012.
Can Angela Merkel talk Cameron into being a more flexible ally?

Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
The Guardian, 07 November 2012

The vexed EU budget is supposed to be the main topic of discussion when Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, meets David Cameron for supper on Wednesday in Downing Street.
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.

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