Press
Hangover at teatime: Why 'Brexit' breakup is so very hard to do
28 February 2016
Bloomberg Business
In a paper for the Centre for European Reform in London, Jean-Claude Piris, a former chief EU legal adviser, floated seven alternatives. These include hashing out a UK-EU free-trade agreement, joining the likes of Norway in broad market-access arrangements, copying Switzerland's sector-by-sector accords or conducting business under the aegis of the World Trade Organization.
BBC World News: EU migrant crisis
25 February 2016
Ian Bond talks to BBC World News on Europe's migrants crisis.
Europe is our battlefield
25 February 2016
Open democracy
Labour and the wider left are badly prepared for this debate. Labour on Europe is a mixture of luke warm, free market, skeptic or exit. No one has put the hard yards in of thinking through a progressive or radical case for Europe and then built the networks to make it happen across the continent.
A background guide to "Brexit" from the European Union
24 February 2016
The Economist
The effects of EU membership on trade patterns are difficult to measure, but John Springford of the Centre for European Reform, a London-based think-tank, and colleagues have carried out a modelling exercise which concluded that Britain's trade with the rest of the EU was 55% greater than it would have been if outside.
The EU wants us to pay €60bn for Brexit but UK could go after the Brussels property empire and wine cellar
23 February 2016
Wales Online
A major analysis of the Brexit bill published by the Centre for European Reform (CER) and compiled by the FT's Alex Barker, suggested the UK could be left “on the hook for its share of the €143bn of cohesion and rural development spending executed after Brexit”.
Währung: Es gibt kein Grundrecht auf Bargeld
22 February 2016
Für viele Deutsche ist Bargeldzahlung, frei nach Dostojewski, geprägte Freiheit. Dabei gibt es viele gute Gründe, auf diese Freiheit zu verzichten.
Wpierw Brexit, potem Frexit?
22 February 2016
Rzeczpospolita
Możemy mieć do czynienia z efektem domina. Pierwszy sygnał nadszedł z Francji, to oczywisty kandydat. Ale niejedyny. Są inne kraje z silnymi ruchami eurosceptycznymi. Brexit daje im do ręki argument, że można negocjować z Brukselą i uzyskać specjalny status – mówi „Rzeczpospolitej" Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, ekspertka Centre for European Reform w Londynie.
Emergency migrant brake likely to face Luxembourg court challenge
21 February 2016
The Telegraph
Charles Grant, of the Centre for European Reform, said officials in London and Brussels expect a case to be brought, but added it is “highly likely to endure” because it has the backing of national leaders.
It is one of a number of hurdles that means the policy could take years to implement.
It is one of a number of hurdles that means the policy could take years to implement.
Cameron faces Johnson challenge in Brexit campaign
21 February 2016
Agence France Presse
John Springford of the CER, said Cameron "did well politically" at last week's Brussels summit and has done "the best that he could" with Conservative eurosceptics. "The deal won't do that much to convince anybody," Springford said, adding that aside from the most ardent EU supporters and opponents "those in the middle will vote on the big arguments about economy and security".
Judy Asks: Is Russia Europe's biggest threat?
21 February 2016
Carnegie Europe
Russia poses a serious threat to Europe, both in the military arena and in cyberspace.
BBC World News: EU reform deal
20 February 2016
Charles Grant talks to BBC World News on David Cameron's new EU reform deal.
Cameron’s compromise
20 February 2016
Prospect
The PM's best bet now is to move the EU debate onto grander issues.
Brytyjscy eksperci: Polska prowadziła grę o największą stawkę
20 February 2016
Onet Poland
Konsekwencja i spójność stanowiska V4 wzmocniły argumenty Polski, która prowadziła grę o największą stawkę – podkreśliła Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, analityczka w Centre for European Reform w Londynie.
W.Brytania.Eksperci: dobre porozumienie osiągnięte na szczycie UE
20 February 2016
Wyborcza
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, analityczka w Centre for European Reform w Londynie, zgodziła się, że "Cameron chciał osiągnąć przede wszystkim takie porozumienie, które będzie mógł sprzedać w kraju".
After British deal with the EU, Cameron races to win support at home
20 February 2016
The Washington Post
The CER concluded in a briefing note that Cameron's "package of reforms will sway few voters, so he must now make the case for the EU itself." "Cameron's best chance of success," the think-tank said, "is to shift the debate onto more lofty terrain, away from arguments about banking safeguards and migrants' benefits towards a contest over how to secure Britain’s interests in Europe and the rest of the world."
BBC Radio 5 Live: Cameron's visit to Brussels
19 February 2016
Agata Gostyńska talks to BBC 5 Live on David Cameron's visit to Brussels for talks on his European Union reforms.
The global case for staying in the EU
19 February 2016
The New Statesman
Brexit would be bad not just for Britain but also for Europe and the rest of the world.
EU summit deal in balance after night of intense talks
19 February 2016
Financial Times
Charles Grant of the CER said that the second referendum idea would cause problems for the Remain campaign “if people who don’t want to leave the EU think that Out does not mean Out, and that EU partners will be so desperate to keep us that they will give us a better deal”.
CER podcast: February 18-19 EU Council Summit
19 February 2016
The CER's Sophia Besch talks to CER director Charles Grant and senior research fellow John Springford about their take on David Cameron's EU deal at the February EU summit.
Share Radio: Investment Perspectives
19 February 2016
"The trouble is a lot of smaller countries who don't usually set the agenda see the EU summit as a chance to push their interests" says Charles Grant.