Press
Brexit a ‘self-inflicted wound of unparalleled severity’
14 February 2023
The London Economic
...Findings come hot on the heels of revelations from the Centre for European Reform (CER) that Brexit has reduced UK tax receipts by £40 billion a year.
Brexit: EU officials feel ‘vindication’ at signs of Bregret in the UK
13 February 2023
iNews
The EU’s unfazed response is to be expected, given how Brexit faded from the EU’s agenda, according to Camino Mortera-Martinez, head of the Brussels office at the Centre for European Reform. “I’m happy this Bregret is finally happening – there is a feeling of vindication,” she says.
L'UE peut-elle se permettre de maintenir les sanctions contre la Hongrie et à la Pologne ? Oui…mais ce n’est pas une raison pour le faire
12 February 2023
Atlantico
L'Union européenne a tenté à plusieurs reprises de faire pression sur la Pologne et la Hongrie pour qu'elles respectent l'État de droit.
Brexit, stop ou encore ?
10 February 2023
Ouest France
Selon une étude du Centre for European Reform, le Brexit aurait réduit, à lui seul, l’économie britannique de 5,5 %, les investissements de 11 %.
Kapløb mod bunden
10 February 2023
Weekendavisen
Zach Meyers er ekspert i international økonomi ved tænketanken Centre for European Reform i London. Også han er forundret over EUs skarpe reaktion på den amerikanske statsstøttelov. »Jamen der er simpelthen ingen andre måder at indføre grøn omstilling på i USA end at give subsidier. Det er bare den politiske virkelighed. Jeg ved ikke, hvad Europa ellers havde ventet.«
Ask CER - Episode 8: Inflation Reduction Act, Qatargate and Iran
09 February 2023
You asked, we answered: the eighth episode of our 'Ask CER' podcast series.
En visite à Londres, Zelensky réclame des avions de chasse
08 February 2023
Tribune de Genève
«Il veut y faire la démonstration que l’Europe reste unie derrière l’Ukraine, mais aussi s’assurer qu’il peut continuer à compter sur l’aide financière de l’Union européenne (UE). L’économie ukrainienne s’est effondrée d’un tiers en 2022, et l’État ukrainien vit désormais sous perfusion de ses alliés», explique Ian Bond, chercheur au Centre pour la réforme européenne.
CGTN Europe: The impacts of US Inflation Reduction Act on Europe
06 February 2023
Zach Meyers, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform joins CGTN Europe to discuss EU-US trade talks.
Tories taking one wrong decision after another
06 February 2023
Gulf Today
The Centre for European Reform reported that during the initial 18 months of Brexit trade was lower by 7 per cent, investment by 11 per cent, and Britain’s GDP had shrunk by 5 per cent, costing the economy £40 billion ($48.4 billion).
Downton Abbey venue forced to scrap weddings thanks to Brexit
05 February 2023
The Independent
A recent report by the think-tanks UK in a Changing Europe and the Centre for European Reform found Brexit has caused a shortfall of around 330,000 workers in the UK. It said the ending of freedom of movement had “contributed significantly” to current labour shortages with hospitality, retail, construction and transportation hit the hardest.
Inside the mind of frustrated Leavers: How would they fix Brexit?
05 February 2023
The Sunday Times
The Centre for European Reform reckons the UK economy is about 5 per cent smaller than it would otherwise have been — equivalent to an annual loss of more than £120 billion.
Klubradio: Egyre többen csalódnak a Brexitben
05 February 2023
Az elmúlt hat és fél évben, a Brexit-referendum óta, megosztott az ország, de azt kell mondjam, az elmúlt fél évben történt változások következtében ez az arány megbomlott és most már a megkérdezettek nagyjából 60 százaléka tartja azt, hogy az Unióban kellett volna maradni – mondja Charles Grant, a Centre for European Reform igazgatója Londonban. Ez persze nem jelenti azt, hogy csatlakozna az ország az Unióhoz. Nem akarnak az emberek egy újabb, mocskos kampányt végigcsinálni.
Sunak 'risks full-scale trade war' with Brussels by scrapping EU laws
04 February 2023
The Observer
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform think-tank, said the worries in Brussels were real and ran deep. “The EU is getting seriously concerned about the impact of the retained EU law bill on the level playing field. It fears that if the UK abandons high social and environmental standards, its companies will have an unfair advantage over EU firms.
Euronews: Bruselas, ¿te quiero? La migración en la UE y el envío de tanques a Ucrania
04 February 2023
Camino Mortera-Martinez from the CER joins MEPs Juan Fernando López Aguilar and Javier Zarzalejos to discuss the most popular European topics of the week.
Alemania, Rusia y Ucrania: de ‘punto de inflexión’ a ignorar lo esencial
03 February 2023
ES Global
La lentitud de Berlín a la hora de autorizar el envío de tanques Leopard 2 a Ucrania ha sido una mala noticia para este país, la seguridad europea y la propia Alemania.
EU details plan to protect its net-zero industry – but questions remain
02 February 2023
Science|Business
“The sticking point is that the countries with deep pockets, like France and Germany, can open the subsidy spigots whereas other countries will be left behind, possibly creating unfair competition and fragmentation of the EU market,” commented Sander Tordoir, a senior economist at the Centre for European Reform.
Brexit 3 years on: The UK's tech and innovation sector is yet to see the promised 'sunlit uplands'
01 February 2023
Euronews
"On the academic side, I would say that's been unequivocally bad, which any scientist or academic will tell you, and that's largely because of this dispute around Horizon and the fact that the UK still hasn't managed to get its membership," Zach Meyers, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform (CER), said.
Atlantic Debrief: What's in store for transatlantic industrial policy? | A Debrief from Zach Meyers
01 February 2023
On this episode of #AtlanticDebrief, Jörn Fleck sits down with Centre for European Reform Senior Research Fellow Zach Meyers to discuss the latest developments in the transatlantic industrial policy debate.
Spectator podcast: Are we close to a breakthrough on the Northern Ireland Protocol?
01 February 2023
The Times has reported that a partial agreement has been made over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Why are the government playing down the progress made over the Irish border? Cindy Yu speaks to Katy Balls and Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.
EU IRA response
31 January 2023
Politico Brussels Playbook
The EU needs to dial down its anxiety, argues Zach Meyers from the Centre for European Reform in this opinion piece for POLITICO. “There is a whiff of unrealism and hypocrisy about European complaints regarding the IRA - a matter of do what I say rather than do what I do,” Meyers writes.