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Europe will never be the same after Scot vote, nor will British euroscepticism
20 September 2014
The Telegraph
“The Catalans see this as a victory regardless of the result, and I think we are heading for a very nasty crisis,” said Charles Grant, head of the CER.
Die umstrittene Abwertung
19 September 2014
Frankfurter Allgemeine
"Das Beispiel Japan zeigt deutlich, dass niedrige Zinsen und niedrige Inflation einen langfristigen Aufwertungsdruck ausüben", sagt Christian Odendahl, Chefökonom am CER.
Scotland’s ‘No’ vote: the UK takes stock
19 September 2014
Fortune
“The word ‘federal’ has been a swear word for years, but no longer,” said Stephen Tindale, associate fellow at the CER in London.
Russian government feels squeeze of tighter sanctions
19 September 2014
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
"A lot depends on what's happening to the oil price," says Ian Bond. "The budget and accumulation of surpluses in the two national wealth funds depends so much on the world oil price and at the moment it is rather too low for Russia to run a surplus."
Nederland, neem een 'Brexit' serieus!
18 September 2014
Internationale Spectator
Staat het Verenigd Koninkrijk met één voet buiten de Europese Unie? Na de mislukte poging van de Britse premier David Cameron om te voorkomen dat Jean-Claude Juncker president van de Europese Commissie werd, viert euroscepsis in Londen hoogtij.
Експерти "Дня" — про те, які ризики несе для Великобританії та Європи відповідь "так" на референдумі в Шотландії (with Russian translation).
18 September 2014
Ukranian Daily DEN
18 вересня в Шотландії відбувся референдум, який вирішить подальшу долю цієї частини Сполученого Королівства. Виборцям потрібно відповісти "так" або "ні" на запитання: "Чи повинна Шотландія бути незалежною країною?"
European integration emboldens Europe's separatists
18 September 2014
Wall Street Journal
Today, "separatism has a spring in its step," says Charles Grant, director of the London-based Centre for European Reform.
Judy Asks: Has Obama finally discovered foreign policy?
17 September 2014
Carnegie Europe
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Europa doet too little, too late aan afhankelijkheid Rusland
17 September 2014
Energiepodium.nl
Rem Korteweg, Centre for European Reform: "EU legt sancties met duidelijke tegenzin op"
More questions than answers in Brussels as Scotland votes
17 September 2014
Europe online
"These shifts would make it harder for Britain to argue that it should maintain its place on the UN Security Council," said Charles Grant of the CER.
West trades accusations over hostage ransoms
15 September 2014
Voice of America
“What we saw with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb was that they did very good business by kidnapping Western tourists in places like Niger and Mali and then collected ransoms from governments in Europe. And that’s a very negative phenomenon," said Ian Bond.
Scotland faces running gauntlet to join EU
14 September 2014
Financial Times
John Kerr, chairman of the CER, warned that it was impossible to predict how any of these votes and negotiations would go. “The fact is that the EU would be uncharted waters,” he wrote in a recent appraisal of Scotland’s prospects.
Europe follows Scottish independence vote with wariness and hope
14 September 2014
Voice of America
"Support for Catalan is growing, and they are inspired by what the Scottish are doing. What's happening is being watched very closely by many other parts of Europe..." said Stephen Tindale.
NATO’s hopes for Russia have turned to dismay
12 September 2014
International New York Times
“I could weep for the hopes that we had in the early 1990s,” said Ian Bond at the CER. “The walls that divided us were collapsing, and Putin is building them up again.”
Germany considers giving states more autonomy on taxes
12 September 2014
Reuters
"I see very little prospect of tax competition in Germany, the reason being that the states would have to agree to that (in the upper house of parliament)," said Christian Odendahl of the CER.
Friends of the Earth's shift on nuclear should be celebrated, not denied
12 September 2014
The Guardian
"Friends of the Earth campaigned to get existing nuclear stations closed down, on safety grounds, as well as opposing new nuclear stations. So the current Friends of the Earth line is a change from the past," said Stephen Tindale.
West pushes crippling sanctions on Russia's oil industry despite Ukraine ceasefire
11 September 2014
The Telegraph
“Putin needs China for his domestic political narrative, but those in the business know that Russia has few alternatives to the West,” said Ian Bond at the CER.
Euroopalla on johtaja – mutta johtaako se mihinkään?
11 September 2014
Helsingin Sanomat
"Pitkälti on näin. Merkelillä on Euroopassa paljon vaikutusvaltaa melkein asiassa kuin asiassa", toteaa tutkija Ian Bond brittiläisestä CER. "Hän on myös muuttunut ajan myötä kovemmaksi [Venäjän suhteen]."
Suomen EU-kelpoisuutta epäiltiin ennenkin
10 September 2014
Helsingin Sanomat
Miltä Suomen tilanne sitten näyttää nyky-Britanniasta käsin? Arvostetun Centre for European Reform -ajatuspajan ulkopolitiikkajohtaja ja Venäjän-tuntija Ian Bond kehottaa Suomea muistamaan, että EU:n yhtenäisyys luo turvallisuutta.
Schaeuble rebuffs calls for German stimulus
09 September 2014
Reuters
"Germany has ample financial room to spend more, and a boost in public investment would help the domestic as well as the European economy," said Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the CER.