Germany & the EUGerman electionsLessons for the UK
  • Germany’s plans for treaty change – and what they mean for Britain
    Insight by Charles Grant, 28 March 2013
    Germany & Treaty change
  • Germany's opposition and the euro crisis
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 26 November 2012
    Germany's opposition and the euro crisis
  • Outsiders on the inside: Swiss and Norwegian lessons for the UK
    Policy brief by David Buchan, 24 September 2012
    Outsiders on the inside: Swiss and Norwegian lessons for the UK
  • 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.
  • What now after 'seismic shift'?
    Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    The Sunday Business Post, 01 July 2012

    The prospect of an agreement to ease Ireland's debt burden has been boosted by the EU bank deal, but a lot of things still have to go right, writes Hugo Brady of the Centre for European Reform.