Charles Grant
Charles Grant
Director
Areas of expertise
Britain’s relationship with the EU, the ‘future of Europe’ debate, European foreign and defence policy, and China's relations with the West.
Twitter
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«Un retour à court terme du Royaume-Uni dans l’UE n’est politiquement pas réaliste»
Le Temps
07 May 2026
Le premier ministre britannique, Keir Starmer, multiplie les mesures pour rapprocher son pays de Bruxelles, par «intérêt national» pour contrer les effets désastreux du Brexit. Mais la question européenne reste ultrasensible outre-Manche. L'analyse de Charles Grant, directeur du Centre for European Reform.
Pacific Council: Europe's Future in Focus: Security, growth, and the challenge of unity
06 May 2026
The Pacific Council hosted a webinar on the challenges and prospects shaping Europe's future with Charles Grant and David Andrews.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The EU in 2025
19 December 2025
Six of our researchers reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2026.
Channel 4 News: European leaders talk Trump's peace plan at meeting with Zelenskyy
08 December 2025
"I think this is a really dangerous moment for Europe", Charles Grant told Channel 4 News (from 3:07mins).
The Spectator Podcast: Brexit's back – and so is Truss
05 December 2025
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform joined Patrick Gibbons on the Spectator podcast to discuss the flurry of UK-European activity across Britain this week.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The instability of Macron’s France
19 November 2025
Charles Grant and Sophie Pedder discuss France and Macron's immediate problems.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The 2025 NATO summit
01 July 2025
Charles Grant and Luigi Scazzieri discuss the recent NATO summit of 25-26 June.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The geopolitics of the war in the Middle East
25 June 2025
Charles Grant and Gideon Rachman discuss the geopolitics of the war in the Middle East.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Will the UK-EU summit reset relations?
08 May 2025
Charles Grant and Sophia Gaston discuss the UK-EU summit.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Can Europe still rely on the United States?
11 March 2025
Charles Grant and Kori Schake discuss what America’s hostility to the rules-based international order means for transatlantic relations.