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Will other EU countries block any attempt by the UK to renegotiate its membership?
24 January 2013
City A.M
David Cameron seems to have made it his mission to frustrate other EU countries. This means his plea for renegotiation will be (largely) rebuffed. What has Cameron done to upset the others?
German strength shows Europe's economic split
24 January 2013
The Wall Street Journal
"What we have is an extraordinarily weak periphery and a core that is not as strong as many people believe," Philip Whyte of the CER said. "Germany is not providing a huge impetus to the eurozone because it is still reliant on external demand for its growth," he said.
Britain could be on path to EU exit
24 January 2013
Voice of America
"His [Cameron's] plan is impractical if it works because there would be lots of non-tariff barriers, different regulations, different standards, so products couldn't be as freely traded within Europe as they are at the moment," said Stephen Tindale of the CER.
The German elections and the eurozone crisis
23 January 2013
Reuters
Katinka Barysch is interviewed from Davos to discuss the German elections, the on going eurozone crisis and David Cameron's speech on the EU.
David Cameron's Europe speech - the key questions
23 January 2013
Channel 4 News
Charles Grant, director of the pro-European Centre for European Reform, told Channel 4 News: "If he thinks he can repatriate any significant powers in policy-making areas, he is wrong. If he asks for treaty opt-outs he will fail, but if he asks for reform he might succeed."
Cameron take note: International police work is no place for eurosceptic grandstanding
23 January 2013
The Independent
As Hugo Brady of the CER pointed out, why should member-states now acquiesce to British cherry-picking in policing and justice?
Abstimmung über EU-Zugehörigkeit: So what?
23 January 2013
Handelsblatt
London ist gewohnt, die Linie vorzugeben, statt sich mühsam auf die Suche nach Kompromissen zu begeben. "London denkt viel mehr global als europäisch", sagt Katinka Barysch beim Centre for European Reform in London.
David Cameron's EU speech: A counterproductive strategy of blackmail
23 January 2013
The Guardian
"Germany, France and other EU countries have indicated that they want to accommodate Cameron to help Britain to stay in the union" wrote Katinka Barysch, deputy director of the CER in a response to David Cameron's EU speech.
Was treibt den Briten-Premier zur Rein-Raus-Abstimmung?
23 January 2013
Bild Zeitung
As a former global power, London is used to setting its own agenda instead of laboriously searching for compromise. "London tends to think more global than European", says Katinka Barysch from the CER in London. The fear that Southern European countries could drag Britain even more deeply into the crisis is creating further aversions.
Europe is edgy as Briton seeks to loosen ties
23 January 2013
The New York Times
After being consumed for so long by efforts to salvage the euro zone, "leaders now think it is safe and are becoming perhaps too complacent," said Charles Grant, director of the CER. "The only time European leaders have agreed to take important steps is when there is a crisis. As soon as the crisis stops they relax."
European summits not an ideal decision-making method
22 January 2013
The New York Times
"Leaders have ended up doing much of the heavy lifting in the crisis because it really comes down to them to decide whether to commit their taxpayers to spend what it takes to save the euro," said Hugo Brady, a senior research fellow at the CER in London.
Can Britain forge looser ties to Europe without losing influence?
22 January 2013
The New York Times
Charles Grant, director of the CER, says that already "British influence in Brussels is at its lowest level in the 25 years I have been following the EU." ..."I think Britain still could have clout in more limited areas if it keeps friends and allies," Mr Grant said.
Cameron's mixed signals befuddle Britons
22 January 2013
The Globe and Mail
Mr Cameron "is gearing up for what I would call sort of a counter-terrorism-light approach," said Rem Korteweg, a senior research fellow at the CER. "And the 'light' part means that there's going to be support given to the [African] mission and that will be in the form of special forces that help the mission to achieve its objectives and providing surveillance capabilities.
The 'lost generation' that never was
21 January 2013
Presseurop
"We should be copying their vocational training system. Young people's employment prospects depend partly on themselves and on whether they are able to adapt their plans to market realities", said Katinka Barysch at the CER in London.
Obama's second term: The world waits
21 January 2013
Financial Times
The Europeans welcome Mr Obama's wariness about using force to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and strongly support his efforts to intensify pressure on Iran’s leaders through economic sanctions. “Most EU governments have long worried that attacking Iran would destabilise the region,” says Clara Marina O’Donnell of the CER.
Britain becomes Germany's biggest trade partner as Berlin-London pact deepens
21 January 2013
The Telegraph
Charles Grant director of the CER, said Mrs Merkel will "bend over backwards" to help Britain by offering safeguards for the City and backing for market reforms, but only up to a point. "They will not agree to repatriate powers or let the UK cherry pick which parts of the EU they want to belong to," he said, warning the Tories not to overplay their hand.
The vulnerability of elites: Geopolitical risk in 2013
21 January 2013
Global Agenda Council
Categorising the major themes, risks, opportunities, and wild cards—based on discussions of the Global Agenda Council on Geopolitical Risk in Dubai, November 2012.
GAC members: Ahn Ho-Young, Katinka Barysch, Ian Bremmer (GAC chair), John Chipman, Tina Fordham, Sumit Ganguly, Jin Canrong, Wadah Khanfar, Nader Mousavizadeh, Moisés Naím, Yoshiji Nogami, Volker Perthes, Douglas A....
GAC members: Ahn Ho-Young, Katinka Barysch, Ian Bremmer (GAC chair), John Chipman, Tina Fordham, Sumit Ganguly, Jin Canrong, Wadah Khanfar, Nader Mousavizadeh, Moisés Naím, Yoshiji Nogami, Volker Perthes, Douglas A....
Europe brightens, to investors anyway
18 January 2013
The Wall Street Journal
"Persistently weak economies in Spain and Italy will push up public debts as a proportion of GDP, as well as bad loans at banks", says Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER, a London think-tank. "Ultimately the debt problem is being made bigger" by Europe's lack of growth, he says.
UE: l’Algérie fait reculer Cameron
17 January 2013
Liberation
"Cameron agit avant tout tactiquement sur le plan domestique. Ce qui l’intéresse, c’est son parti et les électeurs. C’est sa priorité […] Il ne s’intéresse pas à la politique internationale," explique Charles Grant, directeur du think-tank CER.
France faces prolonged conflict in Mali
15 January 2013
The Globe and Mail
Mali is not the same as the French mission under NATO auspices in Afghanistan, which Mr Hollande is pushing to end quickly, said Rem Korteweg, of the CER."We have to look at the [region] as basically France’s backyard – at least that's the way they tend to like to see it.