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Share Radio: EU Debate

16 June 2016
The Chancellor George Osborne says he'll slash public spending and increase taxes in an emergency Budget to tackle a £30bn "black hole" if the UK votes to leave the European Union. That could include raising income and inheritance taxes and slashing the NHS budget.
How Britain may leave the EU and end up with just as many immigrants

How Britain may leave the EU and end up with just as many immigrants

08 June 2016
The Times
Suppose the British decide for Brexit. About 70 per cent of MPs in the House of Commons favour Remain. That doesn’t mean that MPs would ignore the referendum result.

ARD: Die Story im Ersten - Albtraum Brexit

Simon Tilford, John Springford, Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
06 June 2016
Das Rennen zwischen Befürwortern und Gegnern eines Austritts aus der EU ist denkbar knapp. Doch was kommt nach einem Brexit?

KE będzie unikać eskalacji sporu z Polską do brytyjskiego referendum

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
01 June 2016
Rzeczpospolita
The European Commission would like to avoid escalation of the political row with the Polish government over rule of law at least until the British referendum on its membership in the EU.

Brexit would be a challenge for Berlin

15 May 2016
Financial Times
For the first time in EU history, one country is the clear leader. But Germany’s authority faces many challenges - and the departure of the UK would make it even harder to manage this fissiparous club.

CER podcast: The Dutch-Ukraine referendum

Rem Korteweg, Sophia Besch
01 April 2016
The Netherlands will vote on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine on April 6th. Like the British referendum, the Dutch referendum risks making both the EU and its eastern neighbourhood less stable.

Euranet: Threat of exits from EU

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
05 March 2016
If Brussels does not agree to pass on to France more sovereignty in border protection or budget policy, the FN is likely to organize a referendum on leaving the EU. This kind of political blackmail may even be effective and Brussels’ influence on member-states is limited, comments Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, an expert of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU. (audio in Polish)
The global case for staying in the EU

The global case for staying in the EU

19 February 2016
The New Statesman
Brexit would be bad not just for Britain but also for Europe and the rest of the world.

Radio 5 Live Daily: David Cameron's benefit proposals

29 January 2016
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform discusses David Cameron's proposals on benefits (listen from 10.37).

Tok FM: David Cameron zabiega o poparcie dla reformy UE

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
08 January 2016
David Cameron zabiega o poparcie dla reformy UE. Rozmawiają Agata Gostyńska i Jakub Janiszewski

Tok FM: Odcinek audycji 'Połączenie'

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
10 November 2015
UE według Davida Camerona. Rozmawiają Agata Gostyńska i Jakub Janiszewski

Judy Asks: Is this Europe's time for political union?

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
02 September 2015
Carnegie Europe
There is no better time for a debate about political union than in the midst of a crisis. European crises reveal flaws in the way the EU works and provoke questions about whether the solution is more or less Europe.

Cameron's renegotiation plans: The view from Warsaw

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
13 August 2015
The Huffington Post
After ignoring Warsaw during his first term, David Cameron rushed to Poland immediately after his re-election in May, hoping to get the country on board his renegotiation package.

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.

Grecia, Tilford: "All'Ue serve un asse Roma-Parigi"

Simon Tilford
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...

No catharsis in Grexit

Simon Tilford
03 July 2015
City A.M.
There is a growing gap between the way the Greek crisis is seen in the Eurozone and the way it is seen across the rest of the world. Everyone agrees that Greece is a poorly governed country and that Syriza has played a poor hand badly. But whereas many Eurozone...

Nie da się wyjść ze strefy euro i nikt tego Grecji nie życzy

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska
03 July 2015
Obserwatorfinansowy
Zakładam, że po referendum Grecja i jej wierzyciele wrócą do negocjacji, bo zależy im na rozwiązaniu impasu w rozsądnym czasie. Nie można całkiem wykluczyć zaskarżenia przez Ateny instytucji europejskich przed Trybunałem Sprawiedliwości, ale to otworzyłoby tylko prawdziwą puszkę Pandory – mówi Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, analityk Centre for European Reform.Obserwator Finansowy:...

Radio 4 - Week in Westminster: Greek crisis and the eurozone

27 June 2015
Charles Grant speaks on the 'Week in Westminster' discussing the Greek crisis and the eurozone.

China Central TV: EU at a crossroads

26 June 2015
Ian Bond is interviewed by China Central TV English service, along with Francois Godement of ECFR and George Tzogopoulos, on the Greek crisis in Europe.

Gästinlägg: Vad Grekland behöver

Christian Odendahl
18 June 2015
Ekonomistas
Ett avtal mellan Grekland och dess fordringsägare är fortfarande sannolikt. Vad landet verkligen behöver är emellertid en partiöverskridande överenskommelse om att förändra sina institutioner, en mindre restriktiv finanspolitik och löften om framtida skuldnedskrivningar, skriver Christian Odendahl, chefsekonom på tankesmedjan Centre for European Reform i detta gästinlägg. 
Förhandlingarna mellan Grekland...