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Germany & the EU German elections Lessons for the UK

Germany’s plans for treaty change – and what they mean for Britain
Insight by Charles Grant, 28 March 2013
Germany's opposition and the euro crisis
Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 26 November 2012
Outsiders on the inside: Swiss and Norwegian lessons for the UK
Policy brief by David Buchan, 24 September 2012

Needed: A Franco-German concordat

Insight by Charles Grant, 27 June 2012

The euro needs a Franco-German bargain: Germany must swallow eurobonds and a banking union, while France must let the EU have a say on its budget.
Britain must defend the single market

Essay by Jo Johnson MP, 22 June 2012

A Conservative MP argues that the single market will flounder if the UK is marginalised inside the EU – or if the UK leaves altogether.
Germany's own goal: Why Berlin's sense of invulnerability will be its undoing

Insight by Simon Tilford, 22 June 2012

Germany’s strategy for dealing with the euro crisis is maximising, not minimising, risks to the country’s economic and political interests.
O efeito dominó que ameaça a Espanha e a zona do euro

Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
Carta Maior, 19 June 2012

Em entrevista à Carta Maior, Simon Tilford, economista chefe do Centre for European Reform, defende a necessidade de uma massiva injeção fiscal na eurozona, sem a qual a Espanha terá que pedir um resgate este ano.
Germans, the euro and the painful truth

Opinion piece by Charles Grant
International Herald Tribune, 12 June 2012

Will the Germans save the euro? Many people within the European Union and further afield are urging Berlin to take bold steps to secure the currency’s future. They have become frustrated by the Germans' apparent inaction.
How Hollande should handle Merkel

Insight by Charles Grant, 14 May 2012

Can François Hollande persuade Angela Merkel to shift the EU's eurozone strategy away from austerity and deficit reduction, and towards growth and employment?
Ireland's fiscal treaty referendum: (More) fear and loathing in the eurozone?

Briefing note by Hugo Brady, 11 May 2012

Ireland votes on the EU’s new fiscal compact on May 31st. Hugo Brady assesses the chances of a Yes and the consequences of a No.
Germany's choice: Higher inflation or sovereign defaults

Insight by Simon Tilford, 09 May 2012

Germany faces a choice between higher inflation or a wave of sovereign defaults culminating in either a transfer union or the collapse of the eurozone.

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