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  • Britain should not go Swiss
    Insight by John Springford, 10 July 2012
    Britain should not go Swiss
  • Needed: A Franco-German concordat
    Insight by Charles Grant, 27 June 2012
    Franco-German discord
  • Germany's own goal: Why Berlin's sense of invulnerability will be its undoing
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 22 June 2012
    Germany’s own goal
  • Hollande, los Alemanes y la union politica
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Foreign Policy - En espanol, 16 October 2012

    Antes de convertirse en presidente de Francia, François Hollande no parecía estar muy interesado en la UE. Sin embargo, en su juventud fue un protegido de Jacques Delors, el gran europeo de la izquierda francesa, y su instinto es, en términos generales, europeísta.
  • Après Merkozy
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The International Herald Tribune, 03 October 2012

    Before becoming president of France, François Hollande did not appear to take much interest in the European Union.

  • Hollande, the Germans and 'political union'
    Insight by Charles Grant, 25 September 2012

    François Hollande wants a more equal Franco-German relationship. But tensions over managing the eurozone crisis and reforming EU treaties are straining that relationship.
  • Outsiders on the inside: Swiss and Norwegian lessons for the UK
    Policy brief by David Buchan, 24 September 2012

    The Norwegian and Swiss association agreements with the EU increasingly frustrate many Norwegians, Swiss and the EU itself. They do not provide an attractive template for the UK.
  • Will a new German constitution save the euro?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 29 August 2012

    German politicians from government and opposition want a referendum on a new pro-European constitution. But this does not mean that Berlin is preparing for eurobonds.
  • Can 'good Italy' triumph over 'bad Italy'?
    Insight by Charles Grant, 01 August 2012

    The euro may not survive unless Italy's reformers defeat those attached to privilege, monopoly, corruption and clientelism.
  • Europe needs a Rooseveltian break with fear
    Bulletin article by Hugo Brady, 27 July 2012

    The EU has four freedoms – for the movement of goods, services, capital and people. Today, it needs a fifth: the freedom from fear. The euro has become a political doomsday machine, a time-bomb that threatens to destroy the great achievements of European integration: peace, political stability and the creation of the world's largest single market.
  • Britain should not go Swiss
    Insight by John Springford, 10 July 2012

    Some British eurosceptics want the UK to be like Norway and Switzerland: semi-detached from the EU. They should be careful what they wish for.