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Merci, Monsieur Euro
27 December 2023
Süddeutsche Zeitung
"Delors hat Geschichte geschrieben", glaubt Charles Grant, damals Korrespondent des Economist und heute Direktor des britischen Think-Tanks Centre for European Reform, "er mobilisierte die proeuropäischen Kräfte - und lenkte sie geschickt in Richtung seiner Ziele."
CER review of 2023: What's next for Europe?
20 December 2023
Eight of our researchers reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2024.
Future is Blue: EuroInsights: Economic lessons in 2023
20 December 2023
Sander Tordoir, Senior Economist at the Centre for European Reform, together with Raymond Torres, Funcas Europe Director in conversation with Carlos Carnicero Urabayen, Future is Blue host analyse what are the key lessons learned for the EU economy in 2023.
Bij het IMF begint nu een geopolitiek gevecht: blijft het een door het Westen gedomineerde club?
19 December 2023
NRC Handelsblad
De discussie over de stemverhoudingen „kán bijna niet geopolitieker”, zegt Sander Tordoir, onderzoeker bij denktank Centre for European Reform. „De grote vraag wordt: zijn het Westen en zijn bondgenoten, zoals Japan en Zuid-Korea, bereid terrein op te geven?”
Yearender: Europe grappling for united Gaza ceasefire call
18 December 2023
Xinhua
Rifts within the EU challenge the bloc's cohesion as members, such as Italy, re-imposed border controls, leading to "an erosion of the Schengen border-free area," Luigi Scazzieri, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform think-tank, commented.
Europe may be headed for ‘big public clash with Musk’, say experts
18 December 2023
iNews
“This will be an important test case: X/Twitter seems, given its lack of content moderators, not to be taking its obligations seriously,” said Zach Meyers, the assistant director of the Centre for European Reform.He said the law requires platforms to put measures in place to minimise risks associated with disinformation, but not force disinformation to be removed, because this raises questions about freedom of speech.
Calviño busca cerrar un pacto sobre las reglas fiscales en la UE que suavice los futuros ajustes en los presupuestos
18 December 2023
Publico
Sander Tordoir, Jasper van Dijk y Vinzenz Ziesemer, un trío de investigadores del Centre for European Reform (CER), apuestan por una reconstrucción de las reglas fiscales con nuevas fijaciones de gasto y deuda y parámetros más discrecionales, aunque ajustados al principio de equilibrio presupuestario como ancla esencial para corregir los niveles de endeudamiento.
How Hungary undermined Europe's bid to aid Ukraine
17 December 2023
The New York Times
“The fear is that he actually wants to create chaos and disorder and destroy the EU from within,” said Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, a research group in London. “He used to be more transactional, but people I talk to in Brussels say he has become more unreasonable, more truculent, more self-confident and more destructive.”
ivoox: The Eastern Front - What is going on with EU accession talks and Ukraine funding
16 December 2023
This week, the EU voted on being the Ukrainian accession process. On this episode of The Eastern Front, Giselle, Dalibor, and Iulia welcome Ian Bond, the deputy director of the Centre for European Reform to discuss the likely outcomes of accession talks. How will Hungary complicate matters? What role does the...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy's bitter week of disappointment
15 December 2023
Financial Times
“The veto on the €50bn tells you less about faltering western resolve than it does about Viktor Orbán,” said Ian Bond, deputy director at the Centre for European Reform, in reference to the Hungarian premier. “Ukraine will get the [EU] money in the end. But there is a real problem in the US.”
Europe’s true beliefs on Ukraine are put to the test
14 December 2023
Politico
The decision to open the door to the EU is no less important as spiritual sustenance, said Ian Bond of the Centre for European Reform. “The signal that you send by starting talks is that you are now on a train which is going towards a destination. If the Hungarians bar the door of the carriage and say you are not getting in, this is psychologically a blow to the Ukrainians.”
EU enlargement is not a foregone conclusion
14 December 2023
Financial Times
It will be a slow process and European leaders will have their work cut out persuading voters of the merits.
Judy Asks: Is Europe still committed to Ukraine?
14 December 2023
Carnegie Europe
After Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proclaimed Ukraine “one of us.”
AI presents a ‘Brexit opportunity’ for Britain but there are risks
14 December 2023
Financial Times
For Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform think-tank, the findings show that Euroscepticism is “alive and kicking” in France and Italy. And that can also be seen in the dominance of eurosceptic parties in the Italian government and the fact that Marine Le Pen is favourite to win the next French presidential election.
EU to decide on Ukraine membership talks, as Hungary threatens veto
13 December 2023
Voice of America
A failure by the EU to start accession talks with Ukraine would have wider consequences, according to Ian Bond at the Centre for European Reform.
EU-Kommission gibt zehn Milliarden für Orban frei – reicht ihm das?
13 December 2023
Handelsblatt
Was aber, wenn der Ungar bei seinem Nein bleibt? „Diejenigen, die dachten, Orban könne gekauft werden, könnten enttäuscht werden“, warnt Camino Mortera-Martinez vom Thinktank Centre for European Reform.
Ignore the nay-sayers: Brussels will continue to rule the tech world
13 December 2023
Encompass
Europe is caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, it is determined to lead the world in setting high standards – in areas like the environment and trustworthy technology.
Labour's European conundrum
10 December 2023
Renewal
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.
The limits of Germany’s Zeitenwende
07 December 2023
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine did change how Germany thinks about its own security and its relationship with Russia, says Christina Keßler.
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.