Press
Putin promises to 'respect' Ukraine's election
23 May 2014
The Wall Street Journal
"He has already achieved many of his objectives—he's got Crimea, he's made sure he has a seat at the table at whatever happens with the future of Ukraine—so he can afford to be magnanimous," said Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.
European elections: Is concern about Russia boosting EU popularity?
22 May 2014
The Christian Science Monitor
Ian Bond of the CER says “Putin has a narrative about European expansionism that rather appeals to [far-right] ideas that Europe is trying to take everyone over.”
Elections won’t solve many of eurozone’s problems
20 May 2014
Gulf News
The euro could be reformed fundamentally along the lines proposed by Charles Grant director of the CER.
Vladimir Putin faces giving ground in China to seal gas deal
19 May 2014
The Telegraph
“The reality is that China now holds the whip hand and they will drive a very hard bargain. For them this is just commerce,” said Ian Bond, from the Centre for European Reform.
First ever televised debates struggle to electrify EU voters
19 May 2014
Oman Daily Observer
Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform think-tank also laments the fact that the candidates from the largest political parties “are remarkably similar,” even though they “claim to be offering voters a choice of Europes.”
UK influence in Brussels wanes as Cameron faces defeat
19 May 2014
Bloomberg
“If we send medium-to-lightweight politicians to Brussels, then obviously they’re not going to get good, influential jobs,” said Charles Grant. “If you don’t have a good communicator who commands respect, then it will be harder to win a referendum campaign for staying in.”
Peter Jones: Better off out of EU? It’s a fantasy
19 May 2014
The Scotsman
The CER studied British trade with EU countries, comparing that with the 30 largest trading partners that are not in the EU [...] and found that in the period between 1992 and 2010, British trade with the EU was 55 per cent higher than would be expected.
The eurozone's problems have not gone away, and elections won't change much
18 May 2014
The Guardian
One of two things could happen. The euro could be fundamentally reformed along the lines proposed by Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform.
Elected, yet strangely unaccountable
17 May 2014
The Economist
Charles Grant, of the London-based Centre for European Reform, notes that “the parliament has serious shortcomings as an institution…much of the time its priority appears to be more power for itself.”
EU elections 2014: Does Germany rule your world?
15 May 2014
The Telegraph
The success of Germany’s Mittelstand is “partly down to the structure of the German financial system. Small and medium sized businesses have been able to access long-term capital at quite favourable interest rates." says Simon Tilford of the CER.
Recovery stalls in Europe as austerity grinds on
15 May 2014
The Telegraph
Simon Tilford says “We think it is highly unlikely that the ECB will launch the kind of shock and awe QE needed to convince the markets that they are really going to stay the distance”.
Eurozone economy shows weak expansion
15 May 2014
The Wall Street Journal
"We're seeing a cyclical pickup in activity, but it's anemic given the depth of the slump," said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the CER, a nonpartisan think-tank in London. "Typically, you'd expect faster growth in the aftermath of such a recession."
Pour une mise à jour du récit européen
14 May 2014
Le Temps
Stephen Tindale, membre du Centre for European Reform basé à Londres, un think tank pro-européen mais critique, donne des pistes pour redonner du souffle au projet européen, miné par la crise et la perte de confiance
Clean up act
14 May 2014
The Economist Intelligence Unit
All clean energy sources are needed to limit global warming, argues Stephen Tindale, associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform.
For some in Europe, high lending rates hamper recovery
12 May 2014
The New York Times
“It [differences in lending costs] is something that guarantees economic divergence,” said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the CER in London, “and it will make it hard to generate growth in the south, without which those countries’ debts will be unsustainable.”
Getting out? UK exit from EU less likely
11 May 2014
The Wall Street Journal
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the City has little to fear from further eurozone integration but much to lose from EU exit, according to the Centre for European Reform.
EU exit: deception and exaggeration
09 May 2014
EurActiv
Despite the rise of UKIP and the potential electoral triumph for Eurosceptics in the coming EU elections, some commentators like Charles Grant (of the Centre for European Reform) believe an In/Out referendum is winnable.
Barroso sees Britain as a 'special' case within EU
08 May 2014
Financial Times
The CER has concluded that if Britain left the EU, banks would shift some of their activities to elsewhere in the 28-member bloc. “The remaining member states would insist that Britain sign up to many rules, in exchange for more limited access to European markets than it currently enjoys,” the report says.
G7 Energy Ministers’ Meeting: Agreement on breaking Russian dependence.
08 May 2014
Mainichi Newspaper
“According to Stephen Tindale, associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform, a British think tank familiar with the European energy situation: “For many years there has been little cost incentive to promote the spread of energy conservation and renewables. However, in the wake of efforts to reduce dependency on Russian energy, now is the time for drastic reforms.”
The Eurosceptics have browbeaten us. It's time we stopped cringing
08 May 2014
The Guardian
That's why, if only from self-interest, we ought to care more about which EU-wide group wins these elections. It's why we ought to be engaged with the arguments between the centre-right's Jean-Claude Juncker or the centre-left's Martin Schulz, on which the Guardian reports today.