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Uncertainty clouds Brexit path as May becomes UK prime minister
13 July 2016
The Wall Street Journal
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank focused on improving EU governance, said it is in the UK's interests to delay giving its European neighbours formal notification. More time would allow the UK to better gauge its adversaries' interests and develop a negotiating strategy. "But delay too long and you could lose their goodwill, and if you lose their goodwill you won't get a good deal," he said.
Pound's Brexit plunge unlikely to boost exports at 1992, 2008 rate
13 July 2016
Reuters
"Exporters need to continue to invest to remain competitive. If Brexit leads to an investment freeze, the fall in the pound might not be enough to boost exports," Christian Odendahl and John Springford at the Centre for European Reform, a research institute in London, wrote this week.
Nick Clegg MP at our conference on Brexit
12 July 2016
Konrad Szymański at our conference on Brexit
12 July 2016
Speakers included: Richard Baldwin, Thomas Fricke, Andrew Lilico, Ludger Schuknecht, Adair Turner, Mark Boleat, Douglas Carswell, Nick Clegg, Malcolm Rifkind, Konrad Szymański, Robert Cooper, Charles Crawford, Bernard Jenkin, Nathalie Tocci and George Robertson.
Thomas Fricke at our conference on Brexit
12 July 2016
Speakers included: Richard Baldwin, Thomas Fricke, Andrew Lilico, Ludger Schuknecht, Adair Turner, Mark Boleat, Douglas Carswell, Nick Clegg, Malcolm Rifkind, Konrad Szymański, Robert Cooper, Charles Crawford, Bernard Jenkin, Nathalie Tocci and George Robertson.
No, the markets are not taking Brexit in their stride. Far from it
12 July 2016
The Telegraph
Christian Odendahl, the chief economist of the Centre for European Reform, argues that various factors - like low price elasticity and 21st century supply chain dynamics - subdue the benefits of a falling pound. He believes that any rebalancing of the economy will likely be the result of falling incomes and dampened consumption. This is like Long John Silver rebalancing his gait by cutting off his other leg.
Douglas Carswell MP at our conference on Brexit
12 July 2016
Speakers included: Richard Baldwin, Thomas Fricke, Andrew Lilico, Ludger Schuknecht, Adair Turner, Mark Boleat, Douglas Carswell, Nick Clegg, Malcolm Rifkind, Konrad Szymański, Robert Cooper, Charles Crawford, Bernard Jenkin, Nathalie Tocci and George Robertson.
Economists oppose George Osborne's corporation tax cuts crusade
12 July 2016
The Independent
But Christian Odendahl and John Springford of the Centre for European Reform said this was likely to "backfire". "The stimulative effect of such tax cuts in the short run is weak, as with monetary policy. Companies will be unlikely to invest their extra earnings while they face uncertainty" they said.
The first item in Theresa May's in-tray: A Brexit-induced recession
11 July 2016
City A.M
Theresa May will be the next UK Prime Minister, and sterling and the FTSE 250 rose almost immediately.
Sir Malcolm Rifkind at our conference on Brexit
11 July 2016
Speakers included: Richard Baldwin, Thomas Fricke, Andrew Lilico, Ludger Schuknecht, Adair Turner, Mark Boleat, Douglas Carswell, Nick Clegg, Malcolm Rifkind, Konrad Szymański, Robert Cooper, Charles Crawford, Bernard Jenkin, Nathalie Tocci and George Robertson.
Charles Crawford at our conference on Brexit
11 July 2016
Speakers included: Richard Baldwin, Thomas Fricke, Andrew Lilico, Ludger Schuknecht, Adair Turner, Mark Boleat, Douglas Carswell, Nick Clegg, Malcolm Rifkind, Konrad Szymański, Robert Cooper, Charles Crawford, Bernard Jenkin, Nathalie Tocci and George Robertson.
How the myth of an EU army bolstered the Brexit vote
08 July 2016
Defense One
"The EU army has been one of the most persistent myths peddled by the Brexit campaign," Sophie Besch, a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, told Defense One. But like any good rumor, the story did hold a speck of truth.
..."The problem [during the Brexit vote] was that calls for an EU defence union, for an operational HQ, for closer integration in general were all taken to mean ‘EU army’," said Besch.
..."The problem [during the Brexit vote] was that calls for an EU defence union, for an operational HQ, for closer integration in general were all taken to mean ‘EU army’," said Besch.
Tok FM: Kto zostanie liderem Partii Konserwatywnej?
08 July 2016
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska talks to Tok FM about the Conservative Party's the leadership contest.
Poland wants emigrants in Britain to return, just not yet
07 July 2016
The Daily Mail
"The Poles in Britain are an important part of the PiS electorate, so are their families," said Agata Gostynska-Jakubowska, a research fellow at London's Centre for European Reform think tank. "It would be risky to use the situation to persuade the Poles to return."
Former Tory MPs Douglas Carswell and Sir Malcolm Rifkind have crossed swords over Theresa May's leadership campaign
06 July 2016
City AM
And speaking at the Centre for European Reform's Brexit conference today, Carswell, who has represented Ukip in parliament since 2014, said the home secretary's views were “regrettable”. “I personally think its very regrettable that one of the candidates for the leadership of the Conservative party has been a little bit iffy about this,” he said.
In shadow of Brexit, NATO considers Russian deterrence
06 July 2016
The Daily Mail
"The NATO summit was not supposed to be about Britain," said Ian Bond at the Centre of European Reform think-tank in London. "But NATO leaders will not be able to ignore the security implications of Britain's vote to leave the EU," he said.
Duelo de damas para el numero 10
06 July 2016
La Razon
Nadie le pidió a David Cameron que celebrara un referéndum sobre la permanencia de Reino Unido en la Unión Europea.