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Would Turkey's emergence as 'gas bazaar' be beneficial?
16 August 2016
Anadolu Agency
Rem Korteweg, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, also reiterated that Turkey's importance for Europe as a transit country for non-Russian gas.
Inforadio: Abgehängt durch die Globalisierung
16 August 2016
Andere Länder setzen auf Zäune - die Briten stimmen für den Brexit. Und damit nicht nur gegen die Personenfreizügigkeit, sondern auch ganz allgemein gegen die Auswirkungen der Globalisierung. Ist das Auftreten populistischer Bewegungen ganz allgemein ein Phänomen der voranschreitenden Globalisierung? Eine Ausdrucksmöglichkeit der Abgehängten? Darüber spricht Irina Grabowski mit Christian Odendahl, dem Chefökonom beim Centre for European Reform in London.
El terrorismo pone en jaque la estrategia europea de seguridad
15 August 2016
El Pais
"Ni la propuesta francoalemana ni las medidas que salen de Bruselas ni las respuestas puramente nacionales van impedir que el nuevo terrorismo siga golpeando: que un lobo solitario estampe un camión sobre la multitud, o un excombatiente entre en una iglesia y acuchille a un párroco”, reflexiona Camino Mortera, del CER.
EU migrants will stay in UK as Home Office cuts mean it will take 140 years to deport them
12 August 2016
The Express
The new Prime Minister oversaw such savage cutbacks to her former department it is incapable of keeping track of the number of European migrants entering the country and organising their return, according to the Centre for European Reform (CER). And at current rates, it would take Britain 140 years to trace and deport all EU migrants, a separate study by the Migration Observatory revealed. The CER said trying to send EU workers back to the continent is "politically attractive" but "impractical, of dubious legality and against British interests".
Brexit Briefing: Balance at the BBC
11 August 2016
Financial Times
Charles Grant has argued that journalists’ poor knowledge of the EU contributed to the Brexit vote. While the outcome of the June 23 referendum may seem to reduce the need for such "insider" expertise, in-depth understanding of the EU, it will remain just as important in reporting negotiations on the future of Britain outside the EU in the years ahead.
Europeans bemused and dismayed by Donald Trump
10 August 2016
Voice of America
"People are kind of stuck as slightly horrified spectators," said Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the London-based Centre for European Reform. "Hoping that it turns out all right, but not having much influence over the outcome."
Il n'y aura pas de nouveau traité européen majeur
08 August 2016
Le Monde
Le Brexit est un événement capital dans l’histoire de l’Europe, et après lui le récit dominant sera non plus celui de l’intégration mais celui de la désintégration.
Will Italy's banking crisis spark eurozone chaos?
03 August 2016
The Daily Express
Simon Tilford, of the Centre for European Reform, says: "There is a very real risk that Mr Renzi will come to the conclusion that his only way to hold on to power is to go into the next election on an openly anti-euro platform."
CER podcast: 5 questions on Theresa May's Brexit negotiations
01 August 2016
Sophia Besch talks to Charles Grant about the six deals that the British government will have to strike – with the EU, the WTO and bilaterally – in order to realise the Brexit vote.
Four ways to curb migration post-Brexit
01 August 2016
Financial Times
John Springford of the CER says they would do little to curb immigration unless Britain is prepared to accept the threat of curbs on market access for its firms. Given that both Norway and Switzerland have had higher immigration levels per capita than the UK, voters would want something far tougher, he argues.
Brexit and the challenges of reality
01 August 2016
Financial Times
In an important post, Charles Grant has detailed the six deals the UK government has to do.
Pro-Brexit economists see growth opportunities for the UK
01 August 2016
The Wall Street Journal
“The lower the barriers to trade and investment are, the more of those things you’ll have,” said John Springford, an economist at the Centre for European Reform, an EU-focused think tank. “Over the long term, less trade and investment is going to mean a smaller economy than would otherwise be the case.”
How Brexit will happen, after 43 years together
01 August 2016
Bloomberg
“The Brexit negotiations will take much longer and be far more complicated than many British politicians realize,” Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, said in a research report. In fact, Grant said, there may need to be six sets of agreements: an EU divorce deal, a new UK-EU trade regime, an interim EU accord to cover the period between them, full membership in the World Trade Organization, new trade deals with other countries, and new foreign policy and defense arrangements.
BBC Radio 4 Westminster Hour: Will Theresa May need a plan B for Brexit?
31 July 2016
The Government is only just realising the complexities of negotiating Brexit, says Charles Grant. He said that the road ahead for negotiators will be perilous and the Prime Minister will need a Plan B.
Brexit. Pierwsze przymiarki do opuszczenia Unii
31 July 2016
Rzeczpospolita
To były głównie wizyty zapoznawcze, przedstawiła się liderom innych państw. Chciała też wysondować, jakie są ich czerwone linie, czyli priorytety w rozmowach o Brexicie – mówi Agata Gostyńska, ekspertka Centre for European Reform w Londynie.
...Im mniej spójne stanowisko Unii, tym większa siła Wielkiej Brytanii w negocjacjach. Rolą Donalda Tuska jako przewodniczącego Rady Europejskiej będzie tę jedność utrzymać – zauważa Gostyńska.
CER Podcast: 5 questions on Theresa May’s visit to Warsaw
29 July 2016
Sophia Besch talks to Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska about Polish priorities during the Brexit negotiations and consequences of the British vote to leave the EU for the bilateral relationship between the UK and Poland.
Overcoming the poisonous politics of protectionism
29 July 2016
Project Syndicate
Hillary Clinton faces an election that has come to revolve around the legitimacy of a political establishment that she epitomises. And no issue has fueled that challenge more powerfully than international trade.
Six Brexit deals that Theresa May must strike
28 July 2016
Prospect
Britain’s exit from the EU will be far more complicated than most British politicians realise.
BBC Newsnight: Michel Barnier appointed chief Brexit negotiator
27 July 2016
Charles Grant speaks to BBC Newsnight about the appointment of Michel Barnier as the European Commission's chief Brexit negotiator.
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What is Nexit? Will the Netherlands leave the EU next?
27 July 2016
The Express
Rem Korteweg, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, said Mr Wilders’ party has a fair chance of becoming the biggest party in the election.
But Mr Korteweg said: “Even if it becomes the largest party, it doesn’t mean he is going to be able to form a government. It is quite unlikely that he will able be able to form a government.”