Research
Implementing the AI Act: The Commission's first big test for better regulation
06 December 2024
Ursula von der Leyen has said her next Commission will simplify the EU’s complex regulatory environment to boost growth, especially in high-tech sectors.
Learning from CBAM's transitional phase: Early impacts on trade and climate efforts
03 December 2024
The EU should use CBAM revenues to fund support for clean industrial investments in least developed and developing countries.
French lessons for Britain's economy
01 December 2024
Since 2008, the UK has had weak productivity growth compared to the US and France. But France's high-investment model offers more lessons for a smaller, more open economy like Britain.
Enlargement and the rule of law: Diverging realities
27 November 2024
While EU leaders insist that enlargement is a priority, lack of progress on the rule of law is undermining the process.
Is investing in public health a no-brainer?
21 November 2024
The EU should prioritise public health investment under its new fiscal rules and post-2027 budget to secure the productivity of its shrinking workforce and sustain economic growth.
Can Europe navigate Trump 2?
08 November 2024
Donald Trump will be the next US president. Europe’s leaders need to accept this reality and protect European interests.
European common debt: Is defence different?
05 November 2024
European defence bonds could help strengthen Europe's defences, but they face significant obstacles.
The EU's drive on China: What EV tariffs mean for Europe
31 October 2024
The EU has imposed fresh tariffs on Chinese EVs. It has good reason to worry about Chinese subsidies, but it is unclear that the tariffs are the right answer to Europe’s lagging competitiveness.
Competition policy must reflect Europe's reality, not its aspirations
23 October 2024
The European Commission is under pressure to tweak competition laws to promote European innovation.
The EU and Türkiye: A relationship adrift
21 October 2024
A plethora of disagreements haunt EU-Türkiye relations. Without a positive vision, things may only get worse.
Articles
"Los políticos, incluso los de derecha, saben que los migrantes ayudan a la economía. Saben que Europa los necesita"
05 December 2024
BBC Mundo
Con una baja tasa de fertilidad y a medida que los baby boomers se jubilan, Europa necesita llenar esos puestos de trabajo para mantener su envidiado sistema de bienestar y salud, de acuerdo con John Springford.
What Britain can learn from France about growth
01 December 2024
Financial Times
Planning reform by itself is not enough to supercharge the UK economy
Tackling scams requires a team effort – but the EU is on track to create a blame game
27 November 2024
Finextra
As EU law-makers update Europe’s payments laws, they want to tackle the bloc’s growing number of impersonation, romance and investment scams.
Is the EU taking the right approach to APP fraud?
12 November 2024
CCIA Europe
The EU law-making institutions are currently discussing updates to the EU’s current payment laws. One of the issues they want to tackle is the growing number of payment scams in Europe.
Draghi and Letta’s proposals to reform competition policy: A step backwards for European innovation
14 November 2024
Encompass
Two former Italian prime ministers, Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi, have recently published reports painting a dire picture of the EU’s economic prospects. Europe’s workforce is aging faster than the US’s.
EU's rule of law crisis shows no signs of abating
12 November 2024
European Democracy Hub
While the European Parliament has been holding confirmation hearings for the incoming European Commission the EU’s rule-of-law crisis shows no signs of abating.
Press
Exempt Ukraine from EU’s CO2 tariff, expert urges
06 December 2024
EurActiv
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.”
Wie gefährlich sind Frankreichs Staatsschulden für Europa?
05 December 2024
Süddeutsche Zeitung
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.“
France is not alone in its fiscal woes
05 December 2024
The Economist
Indeed, in 2022 governments spent more supporting their economies than after the global financial crisis of 2007-09, notes Sander Tordoir of the Centre for European Reform think-tank.
The EU should reconsider the possibility of exempting Ukraine from CBAM, – CER analysts
04 December 2024
Ecopolitic
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'.
French budget dispute unlikely to trigger Greece-style economic collapse
03 December 2024
EurActiv
“Down the line you may end up in a situation where markets get more nervous, so I think [Barnier] is right to be concerned,” Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, told Euractiv. “But to draw a really gloomy apocalyptic scenario – [that’s] just a political tool to remind all the parties in France that they need to find a solution.”
Europe's far right feels emboldened by Trump's win but it could be short-lived
01 December 2024
CNN
According to analysis from the Centre for European Reform, a London-based thinktank focused on European integration, Trump will strengthen Europe’s far-right by “normalizing and amplifying” their ideas. Trump himself has employed controversial rhetoric while vocalizing his hardline views on immigration, calling the US a “garbage can for the world.”
La situación política y económica de Alemania desata las alarmas en Bruselas
01 December 2024
Diariosur
«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».
‘Ik vrees dat veel landen Duitsland achternagaan’: donkere wolken boven Europa
27 November 2024
De Morgen
“Rond elektrische wagens heeft China Duitsland al lang ingehaald”, zegt Zach Meyers, adjunct-directeur van het Centre for European Reform. “Duitsland importeert nu technologie uit China, twintig jaar geleden was het omgekeerd.”
New EU commission to get all clear as daunting task awaits
27 November 2024
France 24
The former German defence minister has significantly "strengthened her power and her profile as a political actor" over the past five years, said Luigi Scazzieri of the Centre for European Reform think-tank.
Dette : Bruxelles veut croire aux efforts de la France
26 November 2024
Le Parisien
« Je ne parierais pas sur une véritable panique des marchés, abonde Sander Tordoir, chercheur néerlandais du Centre for European reform. Mais, bien sûr, cela dépendra si une solution politique alternative se présentait ou si la situation budgétaire de la France partait totalement à la dérive… ».
Podcasts
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Labour's plan for the EU
28 November 2024
Charles Grant and Stella Creasy discuss Labour's plan for forging closer ties with the EU.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: What does Trump mean for European security?
12 November 2024
Luigi Scazzieri, Ian Bond and Sophia Besch discuss the impact of Trump on European security.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Moldova and Georgia: In Brussels' orbit, or Moscow's?
31 October 2024
Ian Bond and Zselyke Csaky discuss the elections in Georgia and Moldova.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Europe and the Middle East – just a bystander?
14 October 2024
Anunita Chandrasekar and Luigi Scazzieri discuss Europe's role in the Middle East conflict.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: What does the US presidential election mean for Europe’s economy?
03 October 2024
Alan Beattie, Aslak Berg and Zach Meyers discuss the transatlantic economic relationship.
Events
Discussion on 'Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and long-term prospects for European security'
08 October 2024
London
With Daniel Fried, Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council
CER/Delegation of the EU to the UK Conservative party conference fringe event on 'Working together to support Ukraine'
01 October 2024
Hall 8a, The ICC, Birmingham
With George Freeman, Bernard Jenkin, Alicia Kearns, Isabell Poppelbaum and Valerii Zaluzhnyi
CER/Delegation of the EU to the UK discussion on 'The soft power of languages'
26 September 2024
London
With Alison Graves, Bernardette Holmes and Dominic Schroeder. Listen to the opening remarks here.
CER/Delegation of the EU to the UK Labour party conference fringe event on 'Working together for European security'
23 September 2024
Auditorium 1C, ACC, Liverpool
With Stella Creasy, Kitty Donaldson, Stephen Doughty and Pedro Serrano
CER/Delegation of the EU to the UK Liberal Democrat party conference fringe event on 'Working together towards an inclusive world order'
16 September 2024
Empress Room, The Grand, Brighton
With Yevheniia Kravchuk, Layla Moran, Pedro Serrano and Julie Smith