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The Spectator Podcast: Will the EU compromise for Boris?
02 August 2019
As the UK government ramps up its no deal Brexit planning, is there any chance of a compromise with the EU on a deal? In this week’s magazine, James Forsyth looks at how seriously Brussels is taking Boris Johnson’s threats. He suggests that until parliament signals it can pass a deal, the EU...
New British trade pact with US unlikely anytime soon, experts say
02 August 2019
Yahoo News
"An offsetting trade deal with the US will not make up for the loss of trade to the EU," said John Springford, deputy director of the think tank Centre for European Reform and an expert on global trade.
Gulf tension making it harder for EU to save Iran deal
02 August 2019
EU Observer
Tensions between Europe and Iran are rising after Iran's seizure of a British-flagged tanker transiting through the Persian Gulf in mid-July.
Sky News: New Prime Minister
01 August 2019
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska argued that a threat to withdraw 39 billion euro was not a wise negotiating strategy. She pointed out that it would also undermine the UK’s credibility in the eyes of other global powers who the UK wants to strike free deals with.
Preparing for no deal is a paradoxical process
01 August 2019
The Economist
While the government will determine the route Britain takes out of the EU, it is businesses that will feel the effects, and that must take action to mitigate them. But “businesses do not want to,” says Sam Lowe, a researcher at the Centre for European Reform think-tank.
Voice of America: As Brexit storm gathers, Britain looks to Trump for hope
01 August 2019
In the US, the Democrats control the House of Representatives and have vowed to uphold the Good Friday Agreement that ended the conflict in Northern Ireland — something imperiled by Brexit, said John Springford of the CER.
Central Bank: Irish growth could be wiped out by hard Brexit
31 July 2019
The Times
One estimate from the Centre for European Reform [a London-based think tank], shows that by the end of 2018, the UK economy was 2.5 per cent smaller than it would have been had the UK voted to remain in the EU.”
CER podcast: The EU's Security Union
31 July 2019
Beth Oppenheim asks Camino Mortera-Martinez to review the record of the EU's Security Union.
UK reliance on EU market highlighted by new services data read
31 July 2019
Bloomberg
Research from the Centre for European Reform shows that even if the UK manages to strike a new free-trade agreement with the EU - a prospect that looks increasingly unlikely under Prime Minister Boris Johnson - there will be “big constraints” on services trade. There would also be an increase in British firms establishing a commercial presence in the EU, which would result in some well-paid jobs moving to the bloc, the think tank said.
No-deal Brexit: How prepared are the EU and the UK?
31 July 2019
Financial Times
Sam Lowe, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, said companies had failed to prepare because they did not believe a crash exit was realistic.“So far the whole strategy required companies to sign up to things and engage, but they haven’t been doing it enough,” he added.
Twardy brexit coraz bliżej. Boris Johnson gra va banque
30 July 2019
Wyborcza
Zdaniem Agaty Gostyńskiej-Jakubowskiej z londyńskiego think tanku Centre for European Reform nie ma co liczyć na to, że UE ugnie się przed "szantażem" Londynu, bo odstąpienie od obrony interesów Irlandii miałoby fatalne skutki dla solidarności europejskiej i mogłoby spowodować wzrost nastrojów eurosceptycznych.
Revealed: Real reason EU leaders won't budge on Boris Johnson's no deal Brexit threat
30 July 2019
The Express
European leaders are working on the assumption Boris Johnson is bluffing with his threat of a no deal Brexit scenario to push for a general election against Jeremy Corbyn after he is potentially stopped by both Brussels and MPs in Parliament, Charles Grant has claimed.Speaking to Channel 4 News, the director of the Centre for European Reform claimed European Union chiefs believe an early general election is likely and that Boris Johnson "wants to be stopped" in his bluff to take the UK out of the EU without an agreement.
With Boris Johnson in office, a Brexit standoff with Ireland solidifies
30 July 2019
The Wall Street Journal
“One of the consequences of Brexit that has not been much discussed is the growth of Irish nationalism,” said Charles Grant, the founder of the Centre for European Reform, a think tank.
Se tambalea la promesa de la paridad en la Comisión Europea de Von der Leyen
30 July 2019
EurActiv
Así las cosas, una de las primeras promesas de Von der Leyen podría tener los días contados. Su margen de maniobra para convencer a los Estados miembros de que envíen a más mujeres es "limitado", según explica a Efe la investigadora del Centre for European Reform (CER) Camino Mortera-Martínez.
Channel 4 News: EU must recognise current Brexit deal not going to pass Commons
29 July 2019
As the government ramps up its no deal planning, Boris Johnson has insisted a new deal with the EU is still a possibility.
ZDF: Vorgeschmack auf den Brexit
29 July 2019
Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform spoke to ZDF about Brexit from (1.35 mins).
Brytyjczycy chcą nastraszyć Unię. Raczej im się to nie uda
29 July 2019
Wiadomosci
Jak zauważa w rozmowie z WP Agata Gostyńska z Centre for European Reform w Brukseli, brytyjskie podejście ma nawet głębsze korzenie. Grożenie wetem i odejściem od stołu było częstą - i na ogół skuteczną - zagrywką Londynu na unijnym forum. Zdaniem ekspertki, tym razem strategia nie zakończy się sukcesem.
No-deal exit 'would leave UK farmers defenceless'
28 July 2019
The Telegraph
Sam Lowe, lead trade specialist at the Centre For European Reform think tank, added that if Parliament blocked the legislation it would leave farmers and industry utterly exposed and remove any leverage the UK might have to incentivise others to cut trade deals with the UK.
NHK: New UK Prime Minister
26 July 2019
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform spoke to NHK about Boris Johnson's appointment as Prime Minister (from 2.20 mins).
Will Boris Johnson call an October election?
25 July 2019
Financial Times
Mr Johnson clearly does want to try and implement a deal this autumn if possible. He made that clear on Thursday in his maiden address to the House of Commons as prime minister. The focus of his effort right now is on forcing the EU to think again. But the UK and EU are so far apart, that some (such as John Springford) see a different chain of events unfolding.