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Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform: “The fact the US has elected Trump in two elections out of three and that even Democratic administrations were focussing more on Asia than Europe shows that Europeans in future will have to look after their own defence and security.
“In those circumstances it makes sense for the UK and the EU to work together in those areas. They both have much more at stake in the war in Ukraine than the Trump administration believes America does.”

John Springford, an associate fellow at the CER, estimates that a “reset of the relationship” of the sort Labour set out in its election manifesto, combined with the demands the EU is making in return, will raise economic activity in the UK by between 0.3% and 0.7% in the long run.

The Centre for European Reform examines the lessons from the early stages of the EU implementing its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

We “suggest that the EU consider to temporarily exempt Ukraine from CBAM,” Elisabetta Cornago, a senior research fellow at think-tank CER who recently authored a study on the CO2 tariff, told Euractiv.She says, “the country being at war surely counts as exceptional circumstances.”

CER-Ökonom Sander Tordoir formuliert eine Nautik-Metapher, um die Lage zu umschreiben: „Frankreich ist wie ein großes, ein stabiles Schiff“, sagt er. „Aber eines, das ohne funktionierenden Radar auf hoher See treibt.“ 

The European Union should reconsider ways to reduce the impact of the CBAM on Ukraine, one of which could be a temporary exemption from this mechanism. This recommendation was made by CER analysts Elisabetta Cornago and Aslak Berg in their study 'Lessons from the CBAM transition: Early impacts on trade and climate efforts'.

«Es necesario que haya una expansión de las inversiones públicas. El presupuesto alemán tiene mucho margen, porque su deuda es muy baja», señala Sander Tordoir, que teme que la reforma de este mecanismo sea «muy limitada».