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¿Qué candidato conviene a España?

Clara Marina O'Donnell
04 November 2012
EL Confidencial
En la relación con el Viejo Continente, Clara Marina O’Donnell, investigadora del CER afirma que Romney está más cerca de la postura de Angela Merkel. Y lo refuerza recordando que "uno de los asesores económicos de Romney ha criticado a la Administración Obama por animar a que Alemania rescate a los países más débiles y sus bancos".

Amerika hat kein Geld mehr für Tipps an Europa

Clara Marina O'Donnell
02 November 2012
Die Presse
Clara Marina O'Donnell, die am Centre for European Reform forscht, erinnert daran, dass weiterhin fast jeder zweite US-Soldat im Ausland auf europäischem Boden stationiert sein wird (das sind rund 70.000).

UK's euro-bashing starts to wear on Brussels

02 November 2012
The Wall Street Journal
Hugo Brady from the CER, believes that in the end pragmatism will prevail, and other states and the commission will want to avoid excluding a large country like the UK, which is home to many other EU nationals.

EU spending policies create dissent in UK

Simon Tilford
01 November 2012
USA Today
"It's in Britain's interests to compromise but it is awkward politically for the government, as it is with many governments having to cut spending at home but being called to increase spending in Europe," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER.

Europe still favours Obama despite disappointments

Clara Marina O'Donnell
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

Philip Whyte
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

Letter to Werner Hoyer, president, EIB

Stephen Tindale
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

Katinka Barysch
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

Stephen Tindale
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 on slippery slope towards EU referendum

Simon Tilford
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.

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.

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

Philip Whyte, Mats Persson
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...

EU leaders clash on fiscal powers as Greeks protest

Simon Tilford
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.

In the picture: The EU's October summit

Philip Whyte
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

Philip Whyte
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".

Power struggle: Is Germany's constitution the real bar to the euro rescue?

Katinka Barysch
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....

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...