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Royaume-Uni: retour du débat sur l'appartenance à l'Europe
04 July 2012
Les Echos
Charles Grant, un expert du Centre for European Reform, estime qu'il y a 70 % de chance qu'un référendum soit organisé après les élections de 2015 et 50 % de chance qu'il se conclue par un « non » à l'Europe. ... "Entre rejoindre la zone de libre-échange américaine (Nafta), devenir la Suisse ou la Norvège, les anti-européens sont divisés et n'ont pas de stratégie crédible pour le pays ", note Charles Grant.
Europe à la carte
04 July 2012
The Guardian
David Rennie, political editor of The Economist, puts it this way in an excellent report, 'The Continent or the Open Sea: Does Britain have a European future?', published by the CER. "The favoured strategy at the heart of current British diplomacy revolves around securing close bilateral relationships, which can enable the creation of coalitions of the willing when needed".
Tory MPs look to Norway model on EU
02 July 2012
Financial Times
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, said that given this situation the Swiss bilateral model is probably more attractive for British eurosceptics than the Norwegian one. But he added that this model comes with its own problems: "Being out of the trade block could hurt UK manufacturers such as the car industry if the right exemptions cannot be negotiated."
Europe's banking chief wields new power in crisis
02 July 2012
The New York Times
"Mario Draghi is going to be damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Damned if he does because he'll be seen in Germany as caving in to irresponsible and profligate countries in the periphery," said Philip Whyte, a senior research fellow at the CER in London.
What now after 'seismic shift'?
01 July 2012
The Sunday Business Post
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.
What now, frau Merkel?
01 July 2012
The New York Times
The result for Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER, looks like this: "Germany is much more vulnerable than German policymakers appear to believe. Germany's strength is exaggerated and its weaknesses downplayed."
Irland zeigt wie es geht
29 June 2012
Die Zeit
Simon Tilford, ein Ökonom der für den Londoner think-tank Centre for European Reform arbeitet, beschreibt die Dynamik, die beide Länder in den Abgrund trieb als "eine Art des kollektiven Wahnsinns".
EU summit opens amid signs of a standoff
29 June 2012
International Herald Tribune
"The current disconnect between Paris and Berlin is destabilising the euro," Charles Grant, the director of the CER, wrote this week. "In the long run the euro is not sustainable without a grand bargain between France and Germany."
EU summit: Live blog
28 June 2012
Financial Times
Charles Grant, the director for the CER has blogged ahead of the summit, a good primer for anyone wondering what's at stake. "Like many other EU summits over the past two years, the European Council meeting in Brussels on June 28th and 29th has been billed as a 'last chance' to save the euro.
Europe's divided leaders grope for summit breakthrough
28 June 2012
The Guardian
"Unless France and Germany can soon agree on a grand bargain, disaster may loom," said Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.
Why Washington and Moscow want a backroom deal over Syria
28 June 2012
The Guardian
Edward Burke of the CER said "Moscow knows the writing is on the wall for the Assad regime and that its slow demise will likely precipitate an increasingly deadly civil war that will damage Russian interests ...An attempt by Russia to negotiate a political transition should be welcomed. Moscow has made it clear that it future relations are not tied to the power status quo in Damascus."
Alemania entre la espada y la pared para salvar el euro
28 June 2012
BBC Mundo
"La Eurozona está acercándose al momento de todo o nada. O se estimula el crecimiento y se mutualiza la deuda para proteger a los bancos o la situación se deteriorará aún más muy rápidamente", señaló a BBC Mundo Simon Tilford, del think tank con sede en Londres Centre for European Reform (CER).
Britain outside the EU: Switzerland with nukes?
27 June 2012
Reuters
"We are sliding towards the exit without any strategising about what comes afterwards," said Charles Grant, of the CER. "Osborne and Cameron actually want to stay in the EU so I don't think they have a sort of plan B. There is no strategy and the sceptics can't agree on what to do."
Smart reads June 26, 2012
26 June 2012
Financial Times
These were the pieces that got our tongues wagging today: ... Simon Tilford, writing for the Centre for European Reform, on what Germany stands to lose in the eurozone crisis.
Cameron's next European 'faux-pas'
26 June 2012
E!Sharp
Britain is now mulling an important decision which, despite being fiddly and legalistic, has profound implications for its own security and for Europe.
NATO condemns Syria over downed Turkish plane
26 June 2012
Reuters
"There is very little appetite from the alliance to undertake what we call a discretionary war," said Clara Marina O'Donnell, a research fellow at the CER.
Critical week ahead for debt crisis
25 June 2012
NZ Herald
"With the German economy slowing rapidly and investors starting to question the safety of German debt, it is possible the country will change course. But at present it appears that Germany is not for turning," notes Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER.
Britain - in or out?
25 June 2012
BBC Newsnight
Charles Grant speaks to Newnight about Britain's changing relationship with the EU
Turkey turns to NATO after Syria downs jet
25 June 2012
Reuters
"Ankara itself has been averse to consider military action against Syria so far. So it is likely that the invocation of Article 4 is designed to put more diplomatic pressure on Assad," said Clara Marina O'Donnell at the CER.
Only a Franco-German bargain can save the euro
25 June 2012
The Guardian
Merkel and Hollande don't trust each other, but they must find a way of working together – and the markets may not wait long.