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Die EU-Gegner Europas feiern das Ochi der Griechen
07 July 2015
Die Welt
Simon Tilford vom CER hält das Votum in Griechenland für "das Letzte, was Cameron braucht". Einerseits werde man in Brüssel jetzt noch weniger Zeit und Verständnis für Camerons innerparteiliche Probleme haben.
Merkel's German critics say Greek bailout was doomed from start
07 July 2015
The Wall Street Journal
"Merkel now has very limited political space within which to maneuver because domestic public opinion has become strongly anti-Greece," said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the CER who believes Germany pushed too much austerity onto euro-crisis-stricken countries.
The Greeks got to vote. Now the rest of the eurozone will get its turn
07 July 2015
Quartz
To get these leaders on side, Greece needs to engage in a "rhetorical disarmament," Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the CER think-tank, tells Quartz.
After "no" vote, Greece needs a "yes" from Europe
07 July 2015
CBS Money Watch
"The referendum has made the political situation in creditor countries much more difficult," said Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, a London-based think-tank, in an interview with CBS Money Watch.
Grecia, Tilford: "All'Ue serve un asse Roma-Parigi"
07 July 2015
Lettera 43
L'economista Tilford: "Sì a un asse franco-italiano per salvare Atene" E su Renzi: «Scenda in campo prima che tutto degeneri". La locomotiva tedesca si è fermata all'ingresso di Atene. E lascia il passo a quella franco-italiana. Questa volta non è infatti la Germania a potere salvare la Grecia e tutta...
Britain looks to Greece as EU referendum looms
06 July 2015
Deutsche Welle
"The no vote brings a Grexit closer. But Grexit cuts two ways for David Cameron," explains Rem Korteweg, senior researcher at the Centre for European Reform.
Greece prepares new bailout bid ahead of EU summit
06 July 2015
The Washington Post
“Merkel does accept that Greece may leave the euro, but she doesn’t want to be blamed for it,” said Charles Grant, director of the London-based Centre for European Reform, a policy institute. “She has to try and go the extra mile to make a compromise feasible.”
BBC Newsnight live from Athens: Duncan Weldon talks to Simon Tilford on the Greek crisis
06 July 2015
Live from Athens, as the Greeks and the Euro face the consequences of a no vote. The BBC are hit in the wallet. And have Labour forgotten how to win?
Simon Tilford talks to Duncan Weldon on the Greek crisis: watch it here (12:39/ 14:18).
Simon Tilford talks to Duncan Weldon on the Greek crisis: watch it here (12:39/ 14:18).
With Greek ‘No’ vote, Tsipras wins a victory that could carry a steep price
05 July 2015
The New York Times
“If there’s a will by creditors to get everyone back at the table, a deal could be done,” said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform in London.
Quartet of crises threatens Europe's core
05 July 2015
Reuters
Rem Korteweg of the CER compares the interlocking crises to the four horsemen of the apocalypse in the New Testament Book of Revelation: harbingers of a "day of judgment" representing conquest, war, famine and death.
What will be the next issue that tears EU apart?
05 July 2015
The Telegraph
Rem Korteweg, of the Centre for European Reform, said the parallel crises represent "four horsemen", which will unleash "chaos, instability and mutual recrimination" on the EU.
No catharsis in Grexit
03 July 2015
City A.M.
There is a growing gap between the way the Greek crisis is seen in the Eurozone and the way it is seen across the rest of the world. Everyone agrees that Greece is a poorly governed country and that Syriza has played a poor hand badly. But whereas many Eurozone...
Nie da się wyjść ze strefy euro i nikt tego Grecji nie życzy
03 July 2015
Obserwatorfinansowy
Zakładam, że po referendum Grecja i jej wierzyciele wrócą do negocjacji, bo zależy im na rozwiązaniu impasu w rozsądnym czasie. Nie można całkiem wykluczyć zaskarżenia przez Ateny instytucji europejskich przed Trybunałem Sprawiedliwości, ale to otworzyłoby tylko prawdziwą puszkę Pandory – mówi Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, analityk Centre for European Reform.Obserwator Finansowy:...
Brexit foes fear Grexit may push UK out too
02 July 2015
Politico
"If Cameron wants to win a referendum," warned Charles Grant of the CER, "he needs the EU's image to be positive. Grexit makes the EU look like it is every man for himself, run by incompetent leaders who don't understand economics, who failed to save the euro, which was a mad invention anyway."
Alexis Tsipras's enemies in Europe see their chance in vote on Greece's bailout terms
02 July 2015
The New York Times
"There has been a troubling lack of impartiality by European Union officials," said Simon Tilford, the deputy director of the Centre for European Reform, in London. "We have seen a steady stream of very inappropriate remarks."
Økonomer: Vi lader som om Grækenland kan betale
01 July 2015
Information
"Nej, det er der ingen, der tror på. Gældens størrelse i forhold til den græske økonomis størrelse er for stor," siger Simon Tilford, økonom i tænketanken CER i London.
Mixed messages and no progress in Greek crisis
01 July 2015
The New York Times
"Germany is essentially the hegemon in Europe, but it does not like being seen as running the show," said Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, a research group in London.
Parliament moves ahead on TTIP deal
01 July 2015
Politico
"At the European Parliament at large, you have political families but very different national sentiments, especially in the S&D," said Rem Korteweg, at the CER. "There is much more emotional national sentiment that comes to the surface in these plenary votes."
Investors are terrified Greece's economy is falling apart
29 June 2015
Time
"This market reaction won’t be to the liking of the Greeks, who’ll have been hoping for something stronger to underline the risks of a breakup," said Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the CER in London.
Europe may not admit it, but its future is on the line in Greece
29 June 2015
The Washington Post
“Around the world, there’s a growing incomprehension that the Europeans have allowed something like this to spin out of control,” said Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform. “It could be very damaging to European credibility.”
In the long run, Tilford said, European officials are deluding themselves if they think that other vulnerable economies along Europe’s southern periphery will be protected from a fate similar to Greece’s.
In the long run, Tilford said, European officials are deluding themselves if they think that other vulnerable economies along Europe’s southern periphery will be protected from a fate similar to Greece’s.