John Springford
John Springford
Associate fellow
Areas of expertise
Britain and Europe, migration and labour markets, the single market and supply side reform, international trade, the euro, fiscal and monetary policy.
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The Greek bailout deal resolves nothing
The Huffington Post
14 July 2015
The new bailout deal signals Greece's capitulation to its creditors, something which has important ramifications for the bailout's success. Even if the deal makes it through the Greek parliament in the coming weeks, the programme's economic incoherence will make it fall apart.
Will the ongoing Greek crisis have a positive impact on Britain's renegotiation with the EU?
City A.M
08 July 2015
John Springford, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, says No
Those who believe that an embattled EU, weakened by an ongoing Greek crisis – or worse, Grexit – would give big concessions to David Cameron are misguided.
Those who believe that an embattled EU, weakened by an ongoing Greek crisis – or worse, Grexit – would give big concessions to David Cameron are misguided.
Open labour markets are good for Britain
Financial Times
17 April 2015
Senior research fellow John Springford writes an open letter to the Financial Times.
Brexit threatens Britain's poorest regions
EurActiv
09 April 2015
A British exit from the EU most imperils the UK’s poorest regions, and could make inequality worse, writes John Springford.
When you join the EU you make a deal – Switzerland needs to remember that
The Guardian
19 January 2015
Swiss attempts to limit EU immigration may succeed but, as UK Eurosceptics should note, reneging on a bargain can bring dire consequences.
Italy’s ‘Neet’ rate is way above OECD average
Financial Times
07 January 2015
John Springford writes a letter of opinion in the Financial Times.
Splendid isolation?
Project Syndicate
25 June 2014
Membership of the European Union has shackled Britain’s economy to a corpse. The United Kingdom has been bound by swaths of costly red tape to a bunch of moribund economies with no growth prospects. As a result, UK exporters have been held back from the fast-growing markets of the Commonwealth and the developing world.
Video interview on 'The economic consequences of leaving the EU'
09 June 2014
John Springford and Simon Tilford discuss the final report of the CER commission on the UK and the EU single market.
Video interview on 'The consequences of Brexit for the City of London'
08 May 2014
John Springford talks about his and Philip Whyte's latest policy brief 'The consequences of Brexit for the City of London'.
Britain's Conservatives must choose between sovereignty and free trade
E!Sharp
07 February 2014
The British Conservative party is deeply divided over British membership of the EU.