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Putin's Cold War hots up
29 October 2016
The Sun
NATO believes that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has amassed 330,000 troops along the border to the EU and its allies.
After the EU global strategy - Consulting the experts
28 October 2016
EU Institute for Security Studies
In addition to publishing a Security and Defence Implementation Plan (SDIP) in December, all EU member states should sign a pledge to protect the security of their citizens.
"Из Вашингтона трудно заблокировать доступ России к SWIFT": интервью с британским экспертом Бондом
28 October 2016
segodnya.ua
Директор по внешней политике лондонского Центра европейских реформ (CER) Ян Бонд рассказал о расширении санкций против РФ, последствиях референдума в Британии и Нидерландах, перспективах суда по MH17 и проблемах внутри ЕС.
La caduta della sterlina non salverà l’economia britannica
28 October 2016
Il sole 24 Ore
Per capire se una sterlina più debole potrà dare una spinta alle esportazioni britanniche, dobbiamo andare a vedere l’impatto che hanno avuto i precedenti deprezzamenti sulla domanda estera di beni e servizi del Regno Unito, e anche sulla struttura dell’export britannico.
Don't expect Merkel to save Britain's Brexit bacon
27 October 2016
Conservative Home
Merkel is not ready to listen too much to German car manufacturers or other industries with a high rate of exports to the UK. Relations between big business in Germany and the chancellery are pretty dire. This sombre analysis is shared by Charles Grant, director of the CER, in his recent paper 'Why the 27 are taking a hard line on Brexit'.
Belgian Walloons yield on EU-Canada deal under pressure, but sorry saga is a warning for Britain
27 October 2016
The Telegraph
Simon Tilford from the Centre for European Reform said the lesson of Ceta is that any future deal between the EU and Britain could be held up by any country, for any reason.
"It is going to take a lot longer to negotiate a deal after Brexit than people seem to think, and ratification is not going to be plain-sailing," he said.
"The small states can always be strong-armed but the real problem is the internal politics of Italy, France and Spain. Trade has become a political minefield," he said.
"It is going to take a lot longer to negotiate a deal after Brexit than people seem to think, and ratification is not going to be plain-sailing," he said.
"The small states can always be strong-armed but the real problem is the internal politics of Italy, France and Spain. Trade has become a political minefield," he said.
Britain's mixed messages deepen Brexit rifts with EU
27 October 2016
The Daily Mail
A central problem for May's government is that Article 50 puts the country that is exiting the EU in a position of great weakness, says Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, a think tank in London. EU countries can simply hunker down while the two-year clock ticks away, raising pressure on the leaver. May, therefore, would be wise to avoid an approach that alienates the EU, Grant believes. Attempts from the British side to strengthen its negotiating position through veiled threats to slash corporate tax rates or veto European defence cooperation risk backfiring.
CER podcast: Charles Grant and Jean Pisani-Ferry on UK-EU relations and the future of the Eurozone
26 October 2016
Charles Grant and Jean Pisani-Ferry discuss the chances of a ‘continental partnership’ between Britain and the EU post Brexit.
Tok FM: Dlaczego przywódcy Szkocji, Walii i Irlandii Płn. są "sfrustrowani Brexitem"?
26 October 2016
The CER's Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska speaks to Tok FM about the role of devolved administrations in Brexit negoitations.
What would an "interim" Brexit deal look like?
26 October 2016
Prospect
We will leave the EU without a long-term trade deal in place writes Simon Tilford.
Brexit Briefing: Mrs May shows another card
25 October 2016
Financial Times
As John Springford of the Centre for European Reform puts it: “The EU27 will not allow the UK to pick favoured sectors to stay in: they will say it’s all or nothing.”
Visegrad: Orban and Kaczynski's 'cultural counter-revolution' will devour its children
25 October 2016
bne IntelliNews
“Whereas some member-states may share Poland and Hungary’s reluctance about the current balance of power in the EU, they think that the current Polish-Hungarian rhetoric is not particularly helpful in addressing EU's challenges,” points out Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, a research fellow at the CER. “Member-states also fear that Kaczynski and Orban are interested in questioning the current system of Western liberalism rather than in the constructive debate about a better and more efficient EU.”
Czy zmieni się przewodniczący Rady Europejskiej
25 October 2016
Polityka
Poparcie dla Tuska ze strony starych państw Unii może też opierać się o pozytywne przesłanki. - Większość starych krajów Unii po prostu uważa, że Tusk sprawdził się jako przewodniczący RE – mówi Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska z brytyjskiego think tanku Centre for European Reform. - Były obawy, że aktywny styl prowadzenia obrad RE, zupełnie inny niż za van Rompuy'a, nie przyjmie się. Tusk od początku nie ukrywał swojego zdania, nie był tylko moderatorem, często zabierał głos. Dziś wielu uczestników tych obrad taki styl uznaje za zaletę.
Brexit à la carte: It will be hard to win unfettered access to the single market for specific sectors
22 October 2016
The Economist
John Springford at the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank, says it would be technically possible for the British car industry to remain in the EU's customs union.
CER podcast: What the fall of sterling means for the British economy and post-Brexit politics
21 October 2016
Simon Tilford and John Springford discuss the value of sterling and the impact on the economy and British politics.
European leaders debate response to Russia's actions in Syria
21 October 2016
Voice of America
While the flow of migrants through Turkey has slowed, thousands continue to arrive every week on Italian shores from North Africa. Ahead of the Brussels summit, Italy accused Europe of a lack of solidarity in dealing with the crisis – with some justification, said Ian Bond of the Centre for European Reform.
Nederlandse kiezer wil meer én minder Europa tegelijk
20 October 2016
NRC Handelsblad
"Rem Korteweg, van het Centre for European Reform in Londen, vindt de inzakkende steun voor een Nexit, een Nederlandse uittreding uit de Europese Unie, een opmerkelijk gegeven uit het onderzoek. Vooral omdat de Brexit, die daar waarschijnlijk de oorzaak van is, nog helemaal niet heeft plaatsgevonden."
The EU's security of supply agenda
20 October 2016
Armament Industry European Research Group
The EU Commission is currently preparing its ‘Defence Action Plan’. In it, Brussels should clarify its ambitions for an EU-wide security of supply agenda for defence.
Brexit heat on May
19 October 2016
The Telegraph
Britain is not seen as a credible negotiating partner," said Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, a London-based research institute.
Judy Asks: Should the West impose more sanctions on Russia?
19 October 2016
Carnegie Europe
The statement on Syria by the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council on October 17 was full of strong rhetoric and empty of substance.