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China Business Network (CBN): German election results
25 September 2017
Sophia Besch speaks to China Business Network about the German election results (from 0.42).
Merkel's poll win unlikely to make much difference to Brexit, analysts say
25 September 2017
The Guardian
The EU and single market are a “core national interest” for Germany, “essential to its stability, security and prosperity”, said Christian Odendahl of the Centre for European Reform. All major parties and most voters bar the 13% who cast their ballots for the anti-immigrant AfD want more EU cooperation, not less.
Sky News: Merkel admits 'challenge' of AfD winning seats in parliament
25 September 2017
Christian Odendahl speaks to Sky News on the results of the German electioins (from 02.50 mins)
Merkel's win comes with EU prestige intact, but power weakened
25 September 2017
Deutsche Welle
Christian Odendahl of the Centre for European Reform (CER) said Merkel's position will not be significantly weakened in the eyes of other EU leaders, but the less "wiggle room" she now has domestically will affect her ability to make deals with the bloc. Instead of having a commanding majority in the parliament, Odendahl pointed out, "she'll have to look carefully at all sides to make sure everyone's happy in her coalition – which will be a difficult coalition to begin with."
Macron to pledge to plough on with Europe reforms despite German electoral setback
25 September 2017
The Telegraph
Christian Odendahl, the senior economist at the Centre for European Reform in Berlin, said that there was still a "fundamental difference" in view between France and Germany, which is demanding that any burden-sharing must be accompanied by measures to tighten control over national fiscal policies."I don’t think his eurozone reforms will go very far now," Mr Odendahl predicted. "Macron will be be disappointed."
German election: Who will be in the 'Jamaica' coalition with Angela Merkel?
25 September 2017
The Express
Sophia Besch, research fellow at the CER, said the German elections will not affect the outcome of Brexit because all the parties share a similar stance. She said: "All major German parties want to maintain close economic and political ties to Britain post-Brexit, and limit the economic fallout. "But Germans are also adamant that there will be no cherry-picking by the British after Brexit, that means no selective participation in the single market."
Merkel's poll win unlikely to make much difference to Brexit, analysts say
25 September 2017
The Guardian
The EU and single market are a “core national interest” for Germany, “essential to its stability, security and prosperity”, said Christian Odendahl of the Centre for European Reform. All major parties and most voters bar the 13% who cast their ballots for the anti-immigrant AfD want more EU cooperation, not less.The FDP may be more pro-business, but it will be a junior partner in the likely coalition and got badly burned the last time it governed with the CDU. It will use its few bargaining chips “very carefully, and almost certainly not on Brexit”, Odendahl said.
German election results LIVE: AfD vows to ‘hunt’ Angela Merkel after coming third
24 September 2017
BuzzNews
Simon Tilford of the Centre for European Reform tweeted: “13.5% for AFD grim, but its high point given refugee inflows falling back? Hopefully SPD result will force it to be more social-democratic.”
Merkelová pokračuje, ale je slabšia. Možností na vládu nemá veľa Čítajte viac
24 September 2017
SME Svet
„Pre SPD je to katastrofa,“ napísal na Twitteri Christian Odendahl z Centra pre Európsku reformu. „Nemyslím si, že by sa znovu pustili do veľkej koalície, členovia by sa vzbúrili,“ myslí si.
May asks for two-year transition deal after Brexit
23 September 2017
EurActiv
Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform said May was "right to adopt a positive tone", but added that her offers were "not enough to unblock" the talks.
This is no way to dismantle a nuclear bomb
22 September 2017
CNN
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un are doing their best to make a bad situation in the Korean Peninsula worse.
The UK's Brexit hostage
22 September 2017
Politico
“How does the EU cope with losing a substantial net contributor?” said John Springford, the director of research of the Centre for European Reform. “You have to try to find money either from net contributors who aren’t necessarily going to be too keen on that, or from net recipients who are going to receive less money. Obviously, this is going to be nightmarish.”
Germania, prosperità e rabbia: paradosso Merkel L'industria cresce (ma grazie all'Est)
22 September 2017
Corriere della Sera
«Quelle riforme non sono la causa principale della ripresa — dice Christian Odendahl, un economista tedesco del Centre for European Reform —. Il loro impatto è stato modesto».
Tyskland viker inte ner sig i brexitfrågan
22 September 2017
Di
Även Christian Odendahl, chefsekonom på tankesmedjan Centre for European Reform i London, dämpar brittiskt hopp att nästa tyska regering blir mjukare.
Bruxelles håber på tysk status quo – og mere fart på eurosamarbejdet
22 September 2017
Berlingske
»Det er ret klart, at den tyske position på tværs af partier er pro Europa og pro euro. Dermed er det tyske valg meget anderledes end det franske valg, det italienske valg og Brexit-afstemningen i og med, at det ikke bringer ustabilitet til Europa,« siger Christian Odendahl, cheføkonom hos tænketanken Centre for European Reform.
Brexit may frustrate co-operation on security in Europe
21 September 2017
The Economist
Camino Mortera-Martinez of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank, notes that Norway and Iceland took five years to negotiate a treaty on the European Arrest Warrant, and it has taken a further eight years to be fully ratified.
CER podcast: Briefing on the German election
21 September 2017
Christian Odendahl and Sophia Besch discuss who is likely to win on Sunday, what the German election will mean for Europe, and what it will mean for Brexit negotiations.
German election 2017: What does German election means for Brexit and the EU?
21 September 2017
The Express
The Centre for European Reform (CER) has said that all parties more or less agree on the Brexit stance so the elections mean “very little” for Brexit. CER research fellow Sophia Besch said: "Contrary to the statements of some senior Conservatives in Britain, the German elections will not affect the outcome of Brexit, whatever coalition partner Angela Merkel may choose. “All major German parties want to maintain close economic and political ties to Britain post-Brexit, and limit the economic fallout.
Channel 4 News: The Brexit bill
21 September 2017
John Springford director of research at the Centre for European Reform speaks to Channel 4 News about the Brexit bill in advance of Theresa May's speech in Florence (from 21:10 mins).
BBC Newsnight: EU citizens rights
21 September 2017
John Springford, director of research at the Centre for European Reform speaks to BBC Newsnight about EU citizens rights in light of Brexit (from 7:10 mins)