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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.”
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.
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.“
"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.
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.”
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
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».
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.”
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.
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.
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.
‘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.”
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… ».
Big countries nearly always get EU’s prized single market job
25 November 2024
Politico
“Generally, what you see is that larger member states with more power more consistently get the files they care about,” said Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform.
That’s the result of France and Germany’s power in the EU, as well as a “long tradition, an intellectual history really, of French thinking about industry and building a single market,” argued Tordoir. The EU's largest economy, Germany, has been more focused on trade with the rest of the world, he added.
That’s the result of France and Germany’s power in the EU, as well as a “long tradition, an intellectual history really, of French thinking about industry and building a single market,” argued Tordoir. The EU's largest economy, Germany, has been more focused on trade with the rest of the world, he added.
Taiwan’s future in the shadow of a changing America
24 November 2024
International Policy Digest
Ian Bond, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform, believes Europe could benefit from US-China decoupling. He argues that sectors like green technology and high-quality machinery may gain market share as trade dynamics shift. However, Bond also highlights the EU’s reluctance to engage directly on sensitive issues like Taiwan, preferring to focus on its economic priorities.
Germany is ‘kaput’: Why the economic model no longer works in the proud country of automobiles
23 November 2024
El Pais
Industrial production in Germany began to fall earlier and faster than in other eurozone countries, says Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform (CER) think-tank, who points out to EL PAÍS the shock that the war in Ukraine has had on the country’s economy: “The German model was based on energy from Russia and on export-driven growth thanks to demand from the United States and China. These pillars have been deeply shaken.”
The UK’s high-wire act between the US and Europe
22 November 2024
Financial Times
Walking a line between being both pro-European and Atlanticist will be difficult when it comes down to matters of substance, warns Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform in London.
"It seems clear that the UK government will look to walk a tightrope with the Americans; collaborating with the US on defence and lining up with the EU on trade and climate issues,” he says. But, he adds, “the danger is we don’t keep anyone happy: we do just enough with the US to create doubts in European minds that we’re not trustworthy.”
"It seems clear that the UK government will look to walk a tightrope with the Americans; collaborating with the US on defence and lining up with the EU on trade and climate issues,” he says. But, he adds, “the danger is we don’t keep anyone happy: we do just enough with the US to create doubts in European minds that we’re not trustworthy.”
Once dominant, Germany is now desperate
20 November 2024
The Economist
One crucial development, according to Sander Tordoir of the Centre for European Reform (CER) , a think-tank, is the changing relationship with China. In the 2000s and 2010s Germany was perfectly placed to satisfy Chinese appetites for its cars, chemicals and precision-engineered widgets: goods exports to China rose by 34% between 2015 and 2020, even as those to other countries fell. As recently as 2020 China was a net importer of cars but last year it became the world’s largest exporter.
EU to demand technology transfers from Chinese companies
19 November 2024
Financial Times
Elisabetta Cornago, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform think-tank, said that the Commission was “trying to find plenty of ideas” to shore up its trade defences “against a possible flood or redirection of Chinese trade flows towards Europe”.