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The Greek bailout deal resolves nothing
14 July 2015
The Huffington Post
The new bailout deal signals Greece's capitulation to its creditors, something which has important ramifications for the bailout's success. Even if the deal makes it through the Greek parliament in the coming weeks, the programme's economic incoherence will make it fall apart.
Germany yet to swallow some economic medicine prescribed for Greece
14 July 2015
The Wall Street Journal
"The attitude in Germany and in policy circles is that we don’t have a problem, so we get the luxury of keeping distortions of the free market," said Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank in London.
Greek PM faces new battle to secure bailout approval
14 July 2015
Voice of America
John Springford of the CER said, "It just repeats what was done before. And what happened before was that austerity killed growth and it raised unemployment. And it damaged the legitimacy of the economic reforms which the creditors insisted upon."
Who was the boss in the Greek talks?
14 July 2015
CNBC
"What you saw happening is basically the creditors able to get their way in a manner that suggests the euro zone isn't necessarily the community of values we thought it was, but a transaction framework where those with power are able to get their way," Rem Korteweg, a senior researcher at the CER in London, told CNBC.
For France, mission accomplished as 'Grexit' averted
13 July 2015
Reuters
"If 'Grexit' is avoided, it will show that Hollande has been a bridge-builder and helped avoid a geo-political catastrophe," said Rem Korteweg, senior researcher at the London-based Centre for European Reform think-tank.
Porozumienie w sprawie Grecji, czyli porażka dla Europy
13 July 2015
Wiadomosci
Przygotowany przez niemieckie ministerstwo finansow dokument przedstawiający tzw. tymczasowy ‘grexit’, choć formalnie nie byl dyskutowany podczas szczytu, mial za zadanie dodatkowo oslabic pozycję negocjacyjną Grekow - mówi w rozmowie z WP Agata Gostyńska, CER.
Deal on Greek debt crisis exposes Europe’s deepening fissures
13 July 2015
The New York Times
Together with the migration crisis and Greece, these represent “the four horsemen” circling around Europe’s future, said Rem Korteweg of the Centre for European Reform, a research institution based in London.
Greece could be grinding toward a deal
10 July 2015
CBS News
'The Greek side wanted the issue that Greek debt is unsustainable to be tackled in any new agreement," wrote Christian Odendahl, chief economist of the London-based Centre for European Reform.
Greece seeks new bailout, pledges reforms
08 July 2015
Voice of America
Christian Odendahl of the CER, believes there is still a chance for a deal that will also pass muster in Germany, Greece's biggest creditor. He said, "I think the probability for an agreement is still relatively high, because no side really wants Greece to leave the eurozone, to default and so forth."
Will the ongoing Greek crisis have a positive impact on Britain's renegotiation with the EU?
08 July 2015
City A.M
John Springford, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, says No
Those who believe that an embattled EU, weakened by an ongoing Greek crisis – or worse, Grexit – would give big concessions to David Cameron are misguided.
Those who believe that an embattled EU, weakened by an ongoing Greek crisis – or worse, Grexit – would give big concessions to David Cameron are misguided.
The Greeks got to vote. Now the rest of the eurozone will get its turn
07 July 2015
Quartz
To get these leaders on side, Greece needs to engage in a "rhetorical disarmament," Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the CER think-tank, tells Quartz.
After "no" vote, Greece needs a "yes" from Europe
07 July 2015
CBS Money Watch
"The referendum has made the political situation in creditor countries much more difficult," said Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, a London-based think-tank, in an interview with CBS Money Watch.
Grecia, Tilford: "All'Ue serve un asse Roma-Parigi"
07 July 2015
Lettera 43
L'economista Tilford: "Sì a un asse franco-italiano per salvare Atene" E su Renzi: «Scenda in campo prima che tutto degeneri". La locomotiva tedesca si è fermata all'ingresso di Atene. E lascia il passo a quella franco-italiana. Questa volta non è infatti la Germania a potere salvare la Grecia e tutta...
Die EU-Gegner Europas feiern das Ochi der Griechen
07 July 2015
Die Welt
Simon Tilford vom CER hält das Votum in Griechenland für "das Letzte, was Cameron braucht". Einerseits werde man in Brüssel jetzt noch weniger Zeit und Verständnis für Camerons innerparteiliche Probleme haben.
Merkel's German critics say Greek bailout was doomed from start
07 July 2015
The Wall Street Journal
"Merkel now has very limited political space within which to maneuver because domestic public opinion has become strongly anti-Greece," said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the CER who believes Germany pushed too much austerity onto euro-crisis-stricken countries.
BBC Newsnight live from Athens: Duncan Weldon talks to Simon Tilford on the Greek crisis
06 July 2015
Live from Athens, as the Greeks and the Euro face the consequences of a no vote. The BBC are hit in the wallet. And have Labour forgotten how to win?
Simon Tilford talks to Duncan Weldon on the Greek crisis: watch it here (12:39/ 14:18).
Simon Tilford talks to Duncan Weldon on the Greek crisis: watch it here (12:39/ 14:18).
Britain looks to Greece as EU referendum looms
06 July 2015
Deutsche Welle
"The no vote brings a Grexit closer. But Grexit cuts two ways for David Cameron," explains Rem Korteweg, senior researcher at the Centre for European Reform.
Greece prepares new bailout bid ahead of EU summit
06 July 2015
The Washington Post
“Merkel does accept that Greece may leave the euro, but she doesn’t want to be blamed for it,” said Charles Grant, director of the London-based Centre for European Reform, a policy institute. “She has to try and go the extra mile to make a compromise feasible.”
What will be the next issue that tears EU apart?
05 July 2015
The Telegraph
Rem Korteweg, of the Centre for European Reform, said the parallel crises represent "four horsemen", which will unleash "chaos, instability and mutual recrimination" on the EU.
With Greek ‘No’ vote, Tsipras wins a victory that could carry a steep price
05 July 2015
The New York Times
“If there’s a will by creditors to get everyone back at the table, a deal could be done,” said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London.