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Feud over a holiday threatens fragile peace in Bosnia
21 September 2016
The New York Times
"The EU," said Rem Korteweg, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, a research group based in London, "is trying to give these countries encouragement by kicking the can down the road, even as it can't offer them immediate membership."
A 13-euro entry fee for the EU?
21 September 2016
Deutsche Welle
After Brexit, millions of British people traveling to the EU for vacations or business trips will also have to pay and register with Etias. The same goes for people from Turkey or Ukraine, in the event that the EU grants them visa-free travel. According to Camino Mortera-Martinez of the Centre for European Reform, it's a bad deal. "It would be damaging for British business," she told Britain's "Guardian" newspaper.
Theresa May's first address at the 'superbowl of espionage'
20 September 2016
Channel 4 News
Mrs May continues with her mantra about seeking an “ambitious” renegotiation, code for the best of both worlds, a bit of single market traded for some immigration control. Mr Wolf says, echoing Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform, that seems very unlikely.
Could Central European states veto Brexit?
20 September 2016
The Christian Science Monitor
"Free movement is the only way that most such services – in construction, retail, and so forth – can be traded, as construction workers and baristas cannot provide their services remotely," John Springford, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, wrote in a report.
Brexit: What have we learned so far?
20 September 2016
Survival
On 23 June 2016, the British electorate defied the expectations of political leaders, financial markets and foreign allies by voting to withdraw from the European Union.
Five reasons why the EU will make life impossible for Theresa May after Brexit – and five reasons why it should think again
20 September 2016
The Telegraph
As Simon Tilford, deputy director at the Centre for European Reform notes, on average, EU states send 8 per cent of their exports to Britain, but we send 45 per cent of ours to the EU.
Theresa May limbers up for a hard Brexit
20 September 2016
Financial Times
But, as Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform notes, that will be just one of six tough negotiations. The others will be: an ultimate trade pact with the EU; an interim agreement with the bloc, to cover the period between exit and the longer-term deal; re-entry into the World Trade Organisation as a full member; new arrangements with the 50 or so countries that now have an accord with the EU and, presumably, with additional countries, too, such as the US and China; and, finally, UK-EU ties in foreign and defence policy, police and judicial co-operation and counter-terrorism.
Would an EU army weaken Germany’s dominance in Europe?
20 September 2016
The Daily Express
But Sophia Besch, a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform (CER), said that none of the key players - including France and Germany - have mentioned the concept. Ms Besch said: "It's really important to make absolutely clear that an EU army is not on the cards. It is a very misleading lens to look at EU defence through."
Would an EU Army weaken Germany's dominance in Europe?
20 September 2016
The Express
But Sophia Besch, a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform (CER), said that none of the key players - including France and Germany - have mentioned the concept.
CER podcast: Last week in EU affairs
20 September 2016
Sophia Besch talks to Ian Bond and Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska about the Bratislava summit, President Jean-Claude Juncker's State of the European Union address and defence union proposals.
Brexit Briefing: Mrs May woos Wall Street
20 September 2016
Financial Times
Simon Tilford writes that Brexit will sap the UK’s economic dynamism and aggravate regional disparities without public policy reform.
Een berg Brexit-onderhandelingen: Keep calm and carry on?
19 September 2016
Internationale Spectator
Na de uitslag begint het harde werk. Hoe vorm te geven aan Brexit?
London's Hong Kong dreams
19 September 2016
Politico
"The idea that Britain could just leave and have complete regulatory autonomy is fanciful," said John Springford, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, a pro-European think-tank. "The reason for that should be obvious: London is the EU's principal wholesale financial center. And there is no way the EU will allow for its financial center to be outside the EU."
Why warnings about 'hard Brexit' fall on deaf ears
19 September 2016
Financial Times
John Springford of the Centre for European Reform argues today that this upbeat economic data are allowing the Brexiters to brush aside for now arguments about economic risks. But he warns: "Brexit is not an event but a process of disintegration." He cites evidence suggesting that if the UK ends up with a free-trade agreement with the EU rather than single market membership, the cost could be between 0.75 per cent and 3 per cent of gross domestic product.
Juncker-Tusk: A clash of EU visions
16 September 2016
EU Observer
On Wednesday (14 September), the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, delivered his annual state of the Union speech at the European parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg.
CER podcast: Simon Tilford and Alexander Stubb on Brexit and the future of Britain and the EU
16 September 2016
Simon Tilford speaks to former Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb about the implications of Brexit and the challenges ahead for the EU.
Anti-Brussels rhetoric goes mainstream across Europe
16 September 2016
Financial Times
But even if the bloc manages to contain the populist onslaught, growing Euroscepticism threatens to cripple the EU’s inner workings by placing national governments — instead of the commission — at the heart of the machine. Such a shift, warns, Charles Grant, founder of the Centre for European Reform, could put divisive topics, such as deeper eurozone integration, on hold "for decades" while undermining Brussels' authority in the meantime.
Minus Britain, the EU brainstorms in Bratislava
16 September 2016
IISS
As Brussels and European Union capitals get back into their political rhythm again after the summer break, the EU meeting in Bratislava on Friday 16 September is set to be anything but business as usual.
EU needs minister of foreign affairs and defence HQ, says European Commission president
15 September 2016
Global Government Forum
"Post Brexit and without the British veto [a new military headquarters] has now very much become an option," said Sophia Besch, a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform. "But it's important to note that Juncker has stopped short of proposing a European army," she said.
Ahead of post-Brexit summit, France and Germany call for unity
15 September 2016
Voice of America
"You have some governments, particularly in Central European countries like Hungary, who are really trying to take advantage of Brexit to say the EU really needs to get out of our business, or we'll go the same way as the British," says Ian Bond, foreign policy director of the London-based Centre for European Reform. "And I think that's quite dangerous."