John Springford
John Springford
Associate fellow
Areas of expertise
Britain and Europe, migration and labour markets, the single market and supply side reform, international trade, the euro, fiscal and monetary policy.
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Brexiting yourself in the foot
Prospect
09 June 2016
It looks as if the "Leave" camp will focus on immigration for the remainder of the Brexit campaign. Judging from the latest polls this may turn out to be a winning strategy.
CER podcast: Debate on - Can Britain join Norway in the EEA?
09 June 2016
Could Britain end up in the EEA? The CER couldn't agree, so we decided to have a debate between our director Charles Grant and senior research fellow John Springford.
ARD: Die Story im Ersten - Albtraum Brexit
06 June 2016
Das Rennen zwischen Befürwortern und Gegnern eines Austritts aus der EU ist denkbar knapp. Doch was kommt nach einem Brexit?
Duncan Smith's free movement fig-leaf
Prospect
28 April 2016
Brexiteers, after a difficult start to the campaign, are trying to push the EU debate onto immigration.
The EU will play hardball with post-Brexit Britain
The Telegraph
19 April 2016
Post Brexit Britain will look back ruefully at its past privileges – inside the single market, but outside the eurozone – and wonder what possessed it to give them up.
UCL European Institute: John Springford on migration in the Brexit debate
31 March 2016
John Springford, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform on the economic and trade implications of free movement, and the role of migration in the referendum on Britain's EU membership.
The idea of buccaneer Britain trading freely outside the EU is a fantasy
The Telegraph
02 March 2016
We will always want to trade with Europe, because it's rich and close. The only question is the terms on which we will do so.
Cameron’s compromise
Prospect
20 February 2016
The PM's best bet now is to move the EU debate onto grander issues.
CER podcast: February 18-19 EU Council Summit
19 February 2016
The CER's Sophia Besch talks to CER director Charles Grant and senior research fellow John Springford about their take on David Cameron's EU deal at the February EU summit.
ITV Good Morning Britain: EU summit negotiations
18 February 2016
John Springford chats to Good Morning Britain on David Cameron's negotiations at the February EU Council Summit.