Press

Italy’s ‘Neet’ rate is way above OECD average

07 January 2015
Financial Times
John Springford writes a letter of opinion in the Financial Times.

Eurozone consumer prices fall for first time since 2009, adding to deflation fears

Simon Tilford
07 January 2015
New York Times
“The eurozone is suffering from a profound malaise,” said Simon Tilford, of the CER. “It’s already in a deflationary trap of the kind we saw in Japan in the 1990s, but it’s less well equipped than the Japanese to deal with it,” he added.

Christian Odendahl speaks to Share Radio on eurozone deflation

Christian Odendahl
07 January 2015
Share Radio
Christian Odendahl speaks to Share Radio about deflation in the eurozone and whether this will spur the ECB to act.

Brinkmanship returns to the Eurozone

Simon Tilford
06 January 2015
The Wall Street Journal
“The underlying problem of the eurozone is unresolved: how to find an equitable way of sharing the burden of the debt crisis,” said Simon Tilford of the CER. 

Grecia: analista CER, non uscirà da euro, troppo rischioso

Christian Odendahl
06 January 2015
adnkronos
"In questa fase iniziale sarebbe contenuto perchè paesi come Italia o Spagna, vedendo gli effetti negativi dell'abbandono dell'euro non seguirebbero di certo quella strada", spiega Christian Odendahl.

All eyes on Berlin as ECB readies bond-buying scheme

Christian Odendahl
04 January 2015
New York Times, Reuters
"The Greek situation makes it much more difficult to announce a QE program where the risks are shared out," said Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the CER.

All eyes on Berlin as ECB readies bond-buying scheme

Christian Odendahl
04 January 2015
New York Times, Reuters
"The Greek situation makes it much more difficult to announce a QE program where the risks are shared out," said Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the CER.

I dag får litauerne den euro, som halvdelen af dem ikke vil have

Simon Tilford
01 January 2015
Politiken
Men selv om de baltiske lande på grund af historien og Ruslands ageren i dag kan have en særlig politisk interesse i at komme med i euroen, så kan man spørge sig selv, hvorvidt det er mere end bare ren og skær symbolik, siger Simon Tilford fra CER.

Referendum would turn UK’s presidency of EU into a ‘farce’

27 December 2014
The Guardian
Charles Grant, director of the CER, said that, if a Tory government were to recommend staying in the EU during a referendum campaign in 2017, then it might be possible to hold a reasonably successful British presidency.

O ano em que Reino Unido pode começar a soltar amarras da UE

Camino Mortera-Martinez
26 December 2014
Publico
Camino Mortera-Martinez concorda com o primeiro-ministro britânico, concluindo que a generalidade dos entraves propostos por Londres vai contra os princípios da livre circulação.

Year in review 2014: Russian president Vladimir Putin goes back to the USSR

25 December 2014
The National
"If there is anything we have learnt about Putin in 2014, [it’s] that he’s even more paranoid about the West in general and America in particular than we previously assumed", says Charles Grant, director of the CER.

The week the dam broke in Russia and ended Putin's dreams

20 December 2014
The Telegraph
“The nightmare scenario is if ‘little green men’ appear in one of the Baltics, and it then invokes Nato’s Article V,” says Ian Bond of the CER.

Les Anglais penchent de plus en plus vers une sortie de l'UE

Simon Tilford
19 December 2014
Le Figaro
 "L'euroscepticisme est clairement devenu plus prononcé ces derniers temps", souligne Simon Tilford, du think-tank Centre for European Reform.

BBC Radio 4: The World Tonight: Germany and the eurozone

Christian Odendahl
19 December 2014
BBC Radio - The World Tonight
Christian Odendahl speaks to BBC Radio 4 The World Tonight on Germany's budget deficit and how this impacts the rest of the eurozone.

Russia and the US play the blame game

18 December 2014
The Moscow Times
The US Senate Intelligence Committee's recently released report on CIA torture of terrorist suspects makes stomach-churning reading. 

BBC 4 Radio Today Programme - The last EU summit of 2014

18 December 2014
BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
The last EU summit of the year ended early on Thursday evening. Charles Grant talks to BBC Radio 4 on Britain's relationship with the EU.

Facing new opportunities in Europe?

Yehuda Ben-Hur Levy
17 December 2014
The Jerusalem Post
Israel should aspire to cooperate with the political parties which are truly committed to the liberal-democratic tradition.

EU investment: Juncker's cunning plan

17 December 2014
BBC News
"It seems the point of the fund is to help the eurozone, and the East Europeans are worried about that, especially the Czech government," said John Springford of the CER.

EU doet er goed aan om de relatie met Turkije op peil te houden

Rem Korteweg
16 December 2014
Energiepodium.nl
Rem Korteweg: "Erdogan wil van Turkije een strategische gashub maken".

ITV Tonight, Episode 40: Europe - The people's poll

15 December 2014
ITV News
Fiona Foster reports on what impact the EU has had on the UK, and reveals the results of one of the largest ever opinion polls on the future of Britain in Europe. She speaks to John Springford on the question of a British exit from the EU.