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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
  • Europe must keep its 'soft power'
    Opinion piece by Carl Bildt
    Financial Times, 01 June 2005

    In the aftermath of the French rejection of the European Union constitution, on the eve of the Dutch referendum and amid political uncertainty in Germany, there is a growing risk that the EU will start to backtrack on its commitment to continued enlargement.
  • Tony Blair invite les Européens à réfléchir au non français
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Le Monde, 31 May 2005

    Il faudra attendre lundi 6 juin pour savoir officiellement si le Royaume-Uni renonce à organiser son propre référendum sur la Constitution de l'Union européenne.
  • Un sale coup pour Blair
    Opinion piece by Daniel Keohane
    L'Express, 30 May 2005

    Comment réagit-on outre-Manche au non du peuple français?
  • There is life beyond a European constitution
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Financial Times, 23 May 2005

    A No vote in France's referendum on the European Union constitutional treaty could open up a period of confusion, uncertainty and recrimination.
  • Si le France rejette le traité, il ne se passera rien
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Liberation.fr, 21 May 2005

    Si les Français votent non le 29 mai, la Constitution europénne est morte. Ni un second référendum en France ni une renégociation du traité ne sont plausibles. Dès lors trois options sont possibles.
  • What happens if France votes No?
    Briefing note by Charles Grant, Hugo Brady, Katinka Barysch, 02 May 2005

    In just over two weeks France will hold a referendum on the EU constitutional treaty. The outcome of the 29 May 2005 referendum remains on a knife-edge with the latest polls suggesting the country is split down the middle.
  • What If the British Vote No?
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Foreign Affairs, 02 May 2005

    In June 2004, the member states of the European Union concluded the negotiation of a treaty that, if ratified, would establish a European constitution that would make substantive changes to the way the union works.
  • Europe will survive a French Non
    Opinion piece by Mark Leonard
    Foreign Policy, 20 April 2005

    It's easy to argue that the European Union (EU) has been in a state of crisis since its inception more than 50 years ago. France voted “No” to European defense cooperation in 1954 and vetoed British EU membership in the 1960s.