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The Brexiteers' exit plan: Legally dubious, unfeasible and likely to antagonise our neighbours
22 June 2016
European Institute - LSE
Last week Vote Leave laid out its plans for divorce and a future relationship with the EU. It argued that if voters decided to end UK's membership of the EU, the UK would negotiate a "friendly deal" with European partners by the next general election in 2020.
Brexit? EU-saken er kommet på britenes dagsorden for å bli
22 June 2016
Aftenposten
Økonomen Simon Tilford ved Centre for European Reform, som jeg traff for noen uker siden, mente derimot at en ny folkeavstemning kunne komme kort tid etter et «Leave»-flertall nå: Hvis den påfølgende økonomiske og politiske krisen blir sterk nok, kan en ny regjering be EU om nåde – og så tillyse ny folkeavstemning. Ikke sannsynlig, mente Tilford, men fullt ut tenkbart.
Polskie Radio: Brexit - historyczny wybór Wielkiej Brytanii?
22 June 2016
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform speaks to Polskie Radio about the UK's EU referendum.
From jobs to travel and study: How will Brexit affect young Britons?
22 June 2016
The Guardian
Researchers at the Centre for European Reform CER note that if unemployment rises, it is the under 30s who would be most vulnerable. "Economists know a good deal about the impact of recessions on different social groups," Christian Odendahl and John Springford from the CER report. "They have also studied how recessions impact the future earnings of these groups after the economy returns to normal. And the verdict is clear. It is the young and the low-skilled who suffer the most."
In Brexit vote, echoes of Trumpism minus Donald Trump
21 June 2016
Reuters
Brexit supporters mirror Trump voters, said Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, a pro-EU think-tank based in London, in that they tend to be older, white, less affluent, and less likely to live in urban areas. Also, as Trump vows to "Make America Great Again," Brexit backers are wistful for a bygone age. "There is a feeling among some that they’re trying to get back to when Britain was white, when England was more secure," Grant said.
Brexit raises economic and security fears in Central and Eastern Europe
21 June 2016
World Politics Review
“Budapest and Warsaw, under the current leadership, share David Cameron’s vision for Europe,” says Agata Gostynska, a research fellow at the London-based Centre for European Reform, referring to the British prime minister. “They do not like the idea of ever closer union, do not intend to join the eurozone any time soon, and oppose any further leap into political integration. Were Britain to leave the EU, they would find it harder to spread this vision.”
Referendum na Wyspach. "Do niezdecydowanych będą przemawiały argumenty gospodarcze"
21 June 2016
RMF 24
"Zwolennicy Brexitu zdecydowanie odwoływali się do mitów związanych z członkostwem Wielkiej Brytanii w Unii Europejskiej. Przykładem jest bulwersujący bilbord odsłonięty w dniu śmierci Jo Cox, który ukazuje falę uchodźców, a którymi Nigel Farage, przewodniczący ultra prawicowej partii UKiP, straszy Brytyjczyków.
Wyjście Wielkiej Brytanii z Unii będzie jak trzęsienie ziemi
21 June 2016
Polska Times
Jeśli dojdzie do Brexitu, przez Europę przeleje się fala eurosceptycyzmu. Powróci też pytanie o rolę Niemiec w Unii - mówi Charles Grant, założyciel i dyrektor londyńskiego ośrodka analitycznego Centre for European Reform, w rozmowie z Agatonem Kozińskim.
A week that will define Europe – what happens if we leave the EU?
21 June 2016
The Express
The Centre for European Reform’s director Charles Grant believes that a Brexit result would also set the wheels in motion for a new Conservative Leadership contest.
Mr Grant, who helped found the pro-European think tank, told Express.co.uk: “I’m sure if Cameron loses, he will resign or say he will resign quite quickly.”
After a vote for Brexit, Britain will be given three choices
20 June 2016
The Times
One of the most remarkable things about this referendum campaign has been the dearth of discussion on the various alternatives to EU membership.
Irnos de la UE sería una decisión de niños malcriados
20 June 2016
La Vanguardia
Simon Tilford vive con admitida sorpresa el rumbo que ha tomado la opinión pública británica a pocos días de que el país vote en el referéndum sobre la Unión Europea. Enlas últimas dos semanas, la opción de irse (el famoso Brexit) lleva una ligera ventaja.
What is 'Brexit'? a look at the debate and its wider meaning
20 June 2016
The New York Times
"There wouldn't be a referendum without the eurozone crisis, which made the EU look badly organized and dysfunctional," said Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, a London-based research group. "The refugee crisis hasn’t helped either. It made the EU seem out of control."
CER podcast: The EU referendum - a fact free debate
20 June 2016
Charles Grant chats with colleagues Simon Tilford, Rem Korteweg, Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, John Springford and Sophia Besch to discuss common EU myths and how to improve the quality of the debate.
Europa efter brexit
19 June 2016
Svenska YLE
Ian Bond, direktör för Center for European Reform - en Londonbaserad EU-tankesmedja – är kritisk till premiärminister David Camerons utspel om folkomröstning. Om man alls kan lita på opinionsundersökningarna visar de vilken katastrofal felbedömning David Cameron gjorde när han förband sig vid en folkomröstning. Han gjorde det i tron att han kan ”köpa” den euroskeptiska falangen inom det konservativa partiet och samtidigt ta hand om det högerpopulistiska självständighetspartiet, Ukip.
EU countries warn Britain on Brexit: You'll pay if you leave us
19 June 2016
The New York Times
Brussels could offer Britain one of the three existing models of varying closeness and mutual obligation — the bloc’s arrangements with Norway, Canada and the World Trade Organization — rather than offer to negotiate something new, said Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, a London research institution.
The effect on the bloc of a British departure would be threefold, Mr Grant said.
The effect on the bloc of a British departure would be threefold, Mr Grant said.
Should I stay or should I go now?
19 June 2016
Die Presse
Das machen die EU-Gegner, indem sie Europa zur Projektionsfläche für alles machen, was Besorgnis erregt, schiefläuft oder vielleicht einmal besser war. Von einem „Bündnis aus jenen, die es sich leisten können, etwas zu verlieren, und jenen, die nichts zu verlieren haben“, spricht Simon Tilford vom Centre for European Reform.
EU frygter »jordskælv« fra britisk folkeafstemning
19 June 2016
Berlingske
Den seneste uge har været præget af store udsving på finansmarkederne i takt med, at flere og flere meningsmålinger har peget på et flertal i Storbritannien for at forlade EU. Men også i de fleste andre EU-lande bliver der flere og flere, der har et overvejende negativt syn på EU, og der er derfor en risiko for, at et britisk exit kan sætte gang i en dominoeffekt, mener seniorforsker Rem Korteweg fra tænketanken Centre for European Reform (CER).
The referendum campaign: The Battle of Evermore
18 June 2016
The Economist
A host of studies in Britain - by the Treasury, the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Oxford Economics, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Centre for European Reform and the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics - agree with international bodies - the IMF and the OECD rich-country think-tank - that Brexit would mean less trade, lower foreign direct investment and slower productivity growth.
Regardless of 'Brexit' vote, experts say, EU must rethink status quo
18 June 2016
The New York Times
"It is not very easy being English at the moment," said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London. "Grim stuff." Mr Tilford falls into an interesting camp: He has long been an outspoken critic of the European Union’s handling of its currency woes, yet he strongly supports Britain's remaining in the bloc. The benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, he argues, even as he realizes that policy failures by the European Union have helped legitimize the arguments of some who want to leave.
UK voters march towards Brexit to the beat of a populist drum
18 June 2016
The Irish Times
"Clearly, Leave are winning, and if nothing changes they will win," says Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform and an expert on Britain's tortured relationship with Europe. "We all know that psephologists say there's a last-minute shift to the status quo in the final days of a referendum campaign. I'm waiting for that shift to appear, but it hasn't appeared yet. If there’s been any shift in the last two weeks it’s been in the other direction."