Press
Europe still favours Obama despite disappointments
31 October 2012
Agence France Presse
"Regardless of the outcome of the presidential election, the eurozone crisis will be a source of major US concern," Clara Marina O'Donnell of the CER said in a recent article. Obama and his officials have identified the debt crisis as "their biggest frustation with Europe.
EU budget: What Britain pays and where it goes
31 October 2012
Channel 4 News
Philip Whyte of the CER told Channel 4 News that despite an overly complicated structure, reducing the UK's contribution would not result in a more efficient EU budget: "They are right that the structure is crazy. There is a huge appetite for reform of that, but cutting the budget will not help."
Budget européen : désaveu majeur pour Cameron
31 October 2012
Les Echos
Charles Grant, un spécialiste de ces questions du CER, estime cependant que le Royaume-Uni pourrait continuer à prospérer en Europe même s'il n'appartient pas à la zone euro. Pour cela, il doit cependant se trouver des amis et des alliés pour influencer les décisions de Bruxelles, a-t-il expliqué dans un point de vue au Financial Times.
Letter to Werner Hoyer, president, EIB
31 October 2012
The European Investment Bank is consulting on energy lending. It should cease lending to high-carbon coal.
London to Germany: Now save the euro
31 October 2012
The Globalist
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.
Wrangling over Europe’s budget gets under way
30 October 2012
The New York Times
"The politics of the EU budget are always nasty, but they may be nastier this time partly because of Mr Cameron trying to be Mrs Thatcher," said Stephen Tindale, an associate fellow at the CER in London.
Britain's opt-out on EU police and crime laws raises eyebrows
26 October 2012
EurActiv
The CER, warned the decision would have "major implications" for Britain's security. "If Britain uses this 'block opt-out', it will lose access to a raft of cross-border agreements and databases designed to help EU countries maintain security," Hugo Brady of the CER, said in a recent policy paper.
Britain on slippery slope towards EU referendum
26 October 2012
Gulf Times
"Cameron held the line quite well in the first 18 months of government. But now he is out of his depth," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform.
A three-tier EU puts single market at risk
25 October 2012
Financial Times
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.
Evidence to the Select Committee on EU economic and financial affairs - Reform of the EU banking sector
23 October 2012
House of Lords
Unrevised transcript of evidence evidence given to the House of Lords European Union Sub-Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, with Philip Whyte, senior research fellow, CER.
Cameron et l'Europe, l'impossible équation
22 October 2012
Les Echos
Cependant, il est difficile d'imaginer que les partenaires de la Grande-Bretagne lui laissent la main libre sur ces sujets. Comme l'explique Hugo Brady, du CER, s'il veut continuer à participer à ce marché unique qui est aujourd'hui la raison d'être de son adhésion à l'Europe...
In the picture: The EU's October summit
18 October 2012
Financial Times
Taking a step back, Philip Whyte at the Centre for European Reform argues that the initial June report from the gang of four "marked an important departure, because its focus shifted to correcting the eurozone's architectural flaws rather than the behaviour of its members."
Brexit: Europe loses patience with London
18 October 2012
Financial Times
Beyond the realm of politics, investors in Britain have been slow to wake up to the implications of what the Centre for European Reform has dubbed "Brexit".
EU leaders clash on fiscal powers as Greeks protest
18 October 2012
USA Today
"It would involve countries handing over to an unelected appointed figures the right to veto their budgets, so in terms of the implications for democratic accountability it's certainly very radical," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform in London.
Power struggle: Is Germany's constitution the real bar to the euro rescue?
17 October 2012
Prospect
12th September 2012, 10am in Germany. Bond traders in London and Frankfurt are staring at their screens. Once again, the fate of the eurozone seems to be hanging in the balance.
In the sleepy west German town of Karlsruhe, eight red-robed judges take a seat in front of pale wood panelling....
In the sleepy west German town of Karlsruhe, eight red-robed judges take a seat in front of pale wood panelling....
Hollande, los Alemanes y la union politica
16 October 2012
Foreign Policy - En espanol
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. La llegada de Hollande al Elíseo no...
Britain takes a step back from Europe
15 October 2012
International Herald Tribune
"This is the opening shot in a long and controversial negotiation over which European police and judicial co-operation Britain wants to stay in, and which it is allowed to stay in," said Hugo Brady, of the CER.
Viewpoints: Experts comment on EU's Nobel award
12 October 2012
BBC News
Charles Grant: The EU merits the peace prize. Its role in history is unique and positive, and much more important than the inability of the current bunch of leaders to resolve the eurozone's travails. One only has to travel to Asia to understand the EU's value.
Nobel Peace Prize: And the winner is Europe!
12 October 2012
Marketplace
Simon Tilford, of the Centre for European Reform, says that's exactly why they're giving the EU the Nobel Prize for Peace. "The region is in crisis," he says, "it's very difficult to see a way out of it because of political differences between the member-states."
Nobel peace prize leads EU to question its raison d'être
12 October 2012
The Guardian
Charles Grant director of the CER, initially laughed off the award but then decided it was a significant moment."My first reaction was to think it was a joke," he said. "But the more I thought about it the more I realised that these Nobel guys were seeing the broad sweep of history that some of us."