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.
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EU enlargement is not a foregone conclusion
Financial Times
14 December 2023
It will be a slow process and European leaders will have their work cut out persuading voters of the merits.
Labour's European conundrum
Renewal
10 December 2023
If and when the Labour Party takes office, it will come under pressure to negotiate a much better Brexit deal than that bequeathed by Boris Johnson.
CNBC: China sees the EU as a potential partner in a multipolar world
07 December 2023
Charles Grant, director at the Centre for European Reform, discusses EU-China relations on CNBC.
CER Podcast: Can EU enlargement happen without reform?
06 December 2023
Charles Grant, Camino Mortera-Martinez and Luigi Scazzieri discuss EU enlargement and institutional reform.
The Spectator podcast: Has Brexit failed?
07 October 2023
Seven years after the Brexit vote, Katy Balls is joined for a fringe panel from the Conservative Party Conference to discuss if voting to leave the EU was worth it, where the wins are and if opportunities are being missed. Katy Balls in conversation with John Redwood MP, Theresa Villiers MP, Camilla Cavendish, Charles Grant, CER and Vote Leave founder Matthew Elliott.
CER Podcast: A European strategy for Labour
27 September 2023
Charles Grant and Neil Kinnock discuss a European strategy for Labour.
Sky News: What's the significance of Starmer's EU comments?
21 September 2023
"One of the benefits of Brexit is supposed to be that the British are free to set their own rules."
Spectator podcast: Will Starmer soften Brexit?
19 September 2023
Oscar Edmondson speaks to Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform in a podcast on where a Labour government would take British relations with the EU.
Channel 4 News: Keir Starmer said he would boost growth by rewriting the Brexit deal
18 September 2023
"Will Starmer try and go beyond his red lines? The impression I get from talking to people in the Labour leadership is they know they've got to go further ...
CER podcast: Is the EU ready for enlargement?
26 July 2023
Camino Mortera-Martinez, Charles Grant and Heather Grabbe discuss EU enlargement.