Press
Theresa May's first address at the 'superbowl of espionage'
20 September 2016
Channel 4 News
Mrs May continues with her mantra about seeking an “ambitious” renegotiation, code for the best of both worlds, a bit of single market traded for some immigration control. Mr Wolf says, echoing Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform, that seems very unlikely.
CER podcast: Last week in EU affairs
20 September 2016
Sophia Besch talks to Ian Bond and Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska about the Bratislava summit, President Jean-Claude Juncker's State of the European Union address and defence union proposals.
Could Central European states veto Brexit?
20 September 2016
The Christian Science Monitor
"Free movement is the only way that most such services – in construction, retail, and so forth – can be traded, as construction workers and baristas cannot provide their services remotely," John Springford, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, wrote in a report.
Five reasons why the EU will make life impossible for Theresa May after Brexit – and five reasons why it should think again
20 September 2016
The Telegraph
As Simon Tilford, deputy director at the Centre for European Reform notes, on average, EU states send 8 per cent of their exports to Britain, but we send 45 per cent of ours to the EU.
Een berg Brexit-onderhandelingen: Keep calm and carry on?
19 September 2016
Internationale Spectator
Na de uitslag begint het harde werk. Hoe vorm te geven aan Brexit?
London's Hong Kong dreams
19 September 2016
Politico
"The idea that Britain could just leave and have complete regulatory autonomy is fanciful," said John Springford, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, a pro-European think-tank. "The reason for that should be obvious: London is the EU's principal wholesale financial center. And there is no way the EU will allow for its financial center to be outside the EU."
Why warnings about 'hard Brexit' fall on deaf ears
19 September 2016
Financial Times
John Springford of the Centre for European Reform argues today that this upbeat economic data are allowing the Brexiters to brush aside for now arguments about economic risks. But he warns: "Brexit is not an event but a process of disintegration." He cites evidence suggesting that if the UK ends up with a free-trade agreement with the EU rather than single market membership, the cost could be between 0.75 per cent and 3 per cent of gross domestic product.
Minus Britain, the EU brainstorms in Bratislava
16 September 2016
IISS
As Brussels and European Union capitals get back into their political rhythm again after the summer break, the EU meeting in Bratislava on Friday 16 September is set to be anything but business as usual.
Anti-Brussels rhetoric goes mainstream across Europe
16 September 2016
Financial Times
But even if the bloc manages to contain the populist onslaught, growing Euroscepticism threatens to cripple the EU’s inner workings by placing national governments — instead of the commission — at the heart of the machine. Such a shift, warns, Charles Grant, founder of the Centre for European Reform, could put divisive topics, such as deeper eurozone integration, on hold "for decades" while undermining Brussels' authority in the meantime.
Juncker-Tusk: A clash of EU visions
16 September 2016
EU Observer
On Wednesday (14 September), the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, delivered his annual state of the Union speech at the European parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg.
CER podcast: Simon Tilford and Alexander Stubb on Brexit and the future of Britain and the EU
16 September 2016
Simon Tilford speaks to former Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb about the implications of Brexit and the challenges ahead for the EU.
EU needs minister of foreign affairs and defence HQ, says European Commission president
15 September 2016
Global Government Forum
"Post Brexit and without the British veto [a new military headquarters] has now very much become an option," said Sophia Besch, a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform. "But it's important to note that Juncker has stopped short of proposing a European army," she said.
Ahead of post-Brexit summit, France and Germany call for unity
15 September 2016
Voice of America
"You have some governments, particularly in Central European countries like Hungary, who are really trying to take advantage of Brexit to say the EU really needs to get out of our business, or we'll go the same way as the British," says Ian Bond, foreign policy director of the London-based Centre for European Reform. "And I think that's quite dangerous."
Szczyt UE w Bratysławie. Rewolucji nie będzie?
15 September 2016
Wiadomosci
W ostatnim czasie, np. w kwestii polityki migracyjnej mogliśmy obserwować próbę sil pomiędzy Komisja Europejska a Rada Europejska oraz przewodniczącymi Tuskiem i Junckerem. Tuskowi zależny, i bardzo słusznie, aby w kwestii kierunków rozwoju Unii to Rada Europejska grała pierwsze skrzypce. Będzie próbował to zaznaczyć podczas nieformalnego spotkania w Bratyslawie - mówi WP Agata Gostyńska, ekspert Centre for European Reform w Londynie.
Kontrol med migration er nøglen
14 September 2016
Information.dk
Med undtagelse af Merkel er EU-ledere end ikke begyndt at tale med deres egne befolkninger om udfordringens størrelse ved migration, mener britiske Ian Bond, leder af Centre for European Reforms udenrigspolitiske afdeling.
EU officials to discuss 'free movement' at Bratislava summit in bid to stem Brexit contagion
12 September 2016
The Telegraph
Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, a pro-EU think-tank, said that the line in Brussels, Paris and Berlin was very clear on free movement and - despite recent remarks suggesting a more pragmatic approach - with Mr Tusk's office too.
It's border wars! Home Secretary Amber Rudd threatens retaliation against EU over plans to force British travellers to pay for visas in Europe
11 September 2016
The Daily Mail
Camino Mortera-Martinez, a research fellow specialising in justice and home affairs at the Centre for European Reform, quoted in the [Guardian] newspaper, said: 'In theory UK citizens, as third-country nationals, would certainly be subject to the obligations (of such a scheme),' adding: 'This will have to be part of the Brexit talks. It will all have to be negotiated.'
Britons may have to apply to visit Europe after Brexit
10 September 2016
The Guardian
"In theory UK citizens, as third-country nationals, would certainly be subject to the obligations" of such a scheme, said Camino Mortera-Martinez, a research fellow specialising in justice and home affairs at the Centre for European Reform. "This will have to be part of the Brexit talks. It will all have to be negotiated."
Merkel in desperate attempt to win back support after migrant crisis as she slashes taxes
09 September 2016
The Express
Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, said: "It's not as if those who are feeling frustrated, detached or insecure - the people voting AfD - are voting AfD because their tax is high, so I don't think it will be very effective." The economist said that the CDU should invest in the integration of migrants and the police force to stop the AfD's popularity rising further.
Bratislavský summit bude prvým krokom EÚ bez Veľkej Británie
09 September 2016
Hlavne Spravy
Neformálny summit v Bratislave bude veľmi dôležitým summitom pre dvadsaťsedmičku a bude zároveň prvým krokom EÚ bez Veľkej Británie. Pre TASR to povedal Ian Bond, riaditeľ pre zahraničnú politiku londýnskeho think tanku Centra pre európsku reformu.
“Svojím spôsobom to bude veľmi zvláštny summit, pretože Veľká Británia tam nebude mať svoje zastúpenie. Pravdepodobne jednou z hlavných tém diskusie bude práve to, čo robiť s Veľkou Britániou. Z toho dôvodu si myslím, že to bude veľmi dôležitý summit pre dvadsaťsedmičku,” uviedol Bond.
“Svojím spôsobom to bude veľmi zvláštny summit, pretože Veľká Británia tam nebude mať svoje zastúpenie. Pravdepodobne jednou z hlavných tém diskusie bude práve to, čo robiť s Veľkou Britániou. Z toho dôvodu si myslím, že to bude veľmi dôležitý summit pre dvadsaťsedmičku,” uviedol Bond.