EU digital agenda

John Springford
26 July 2015

The EU should not fret about the power of US internet giants. The take-up of digital technology across the services sector is more important than a 'European Google'.
Splendid isolation

John Springford, Richard Lambert
25 June 2014

Membership of the European Union has shackled Britain’s economy to a corpse. The United Kingdom has been bound by swaths of costly red tape to a bunch of moribund economies with no growth prospects. As a result, UK exporters have been held back from the fast-growing markets of the Commonwealth and the developing world.
UK & single market

The final report of the CER commission on the UK and the EU single market
09 June 2014

A group of experts finds that, after leaving the EU, the UK would face an invidious choice: sign up to the single market’s rules, or suffer economic damage.In April 2016 an updated version of the report The economic consequences of leaving the EU: The final report of the CER commission on Brexit 2016 was published.
City and Brexit

John Springford, Philip Whyte
08 May 2014

If Britain leaves the EU, the City of London will lose access to European markets – unless the UK aligns its financial rules with those of the EU.
Single market

John Springford
07 June 2013

The CER's commission was launched this week. Policy experts, economists and business people will examine the economic case for and against EU membership.

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Could eurozone integration damage the single market?

Charles Grant

27 July 2015

Britain fears that the eurozone could caucus and impose rules on the EU single market. So David Cameron is asking for safeguards to protect the market.

Bulletin issue 103 August/September 2015

Issue 103 - 2015

Charles Grant, Christian Odendahl, Ian Bond, Rem Korteweg

27 July 2015

How to keep Greece in, Christian Odendahl
Could eurozone integration damage the single market?, Charles Grant
Greek foreign policy: The next ruin?, Ian Bond, Rem Korteweg

Offline? How Europe can catch up with US technology

John Springford

26 July 2015

The EU should not fret about the power of US internet giants. The take-up of digital technology across the services sector is more important than a 'European Google'.

The Greek bailout deal resolves nothing

Christian Odendahl, John Springford

13 July 2015

Even if the new bailout makes it through the Greek parliament in coming weeks, the programme's economic incoherence will make it fall apart.

Thomas Cromwell or the executioner's axe? Options for a Grexit

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, Camino Mortera-Martinez

10 July 2015

EU lawyers are working to find a creative way to accommodate a Grexit if it becomes inevitable. None of the options are legally watertight or desirable.

The eurozone's 'five presidents' report': An assessment

Christian Odendahl

22 June 2015

The long-awaited report rightly aims to complete a financial union in the eurozone, but over-emphasises structural reforms and underplays the need for stronger counter-cyclical policies.

Greece: After a deal, work on a solution

Christian Odendahl

11 June 2015

A deal between Greece and its creditors is still likely but what the country really needs is a Greece-led, cross-party plan to transform its institutions.

How will the eurozone cope with the next downturn?

Simon Tilford

27 May 2015

Eurozone policy-makers will have little ammunition to combat the next downturn: interest rates will still be close to zero, public debt and unemployment high.

Issue 102 - 2015

Charles Grant, Rem Korteweg, Simon Tilford

27 May 2015

Five ways to win a referendum, and five potential pitfalls , Charles Grant
Don't mention Beijing: The EU and Asia's maritime security, Rem Korteweg
How will the eurozone cope with the next downturn? , Simon Tilford

The low-hanging fruit of European capital markets

Christian Odendahl

08 April 2015

The planned capital markets union in Europe faces many obstacles. Commissioner Hill was right to start with the lower-hanging fruit.

Issue 101 - 2015

Christian Odendahl, Ian Bond, John Springford

08 April 2015

Security in the age of austerity: You get what you pay for, Ian Bond
The low-hanging fruit of European capital markets, Christian Odendahl
A Marxist take on the 'Brexit' general election, John Springford

German rebalancing: Waiting for Godot?

Simon Tilford

09 March 2015

Far from rebalancing, Germany’s trade surplus continues to grow. This is in nobody’s interests. The German government could and should take steps to reduce it.

The implications of Syriza’s victory

Christian Odendahl, Simon Tilford

26 January 2015

Greece is not at imminent risk of leaving the euro. But the negotiations will be difficult and uncertainties over Greece's membership will persist.

Quantitative easing alone will not ward off deflation

Christian Odendahl

21 January 2015

Quantitative easing alone will do little to boost the eurozone economy. The ECB needs to shift expectations and this requires a different approach to monetary policy.

Greece will remain in the euro for now

Christian Odendahl, Simon Tilford

16 January 2015

Neither Greece nor the eurozone want Grexit, and it is unlikely to happen. But neogiations will be difficult and uncertainties over Greece's membership will persist.