Research
CER podcast: Unpacking Europe: The future of EU-Türkiye relations
26 March 2026
Thomas Maddock spoke with Galip Dalay and Senem Aydin-Düzgit about the future of EU-Türkiye relations and how geopolitical upheaval is changing the relationship.
Starmer to bring back 76 EU rules in King's Speech in bombshell Brexit betrayal
25 March 2026
The Express
Supporters of the move, such as the Centre for European Reform, suggest that a renegotiation with Europe could net an improvement to GDP of some 0.3-0.7% of GDP over the next decade, potentially worth billions.
Iran-oorlog heeft zonnige kanten voor China
23 March 2026
Het Financieele Dagblad
Hoewel China ongeveer de helft van zijn olie-invoer en een derde van de gasimport uit de Golfregio haalt, kan het land op langere termijn voordeel halen uit de oorlog in Iran. Dat stellen Ian Bond en Thomas Maddock van het Centre for European Reform.
La crisis que viene
23 March 2026
La Vanguardia
Es un mundo en llamas, en el que ya empiezan a aparecer los ganadores y los perdedores de esta guerra, con Rusia e Israel situándose en el bando de los que sacan más partido del conflicto, China de vencedor en el largo plazo y Europa como gran perjudicada, según el análisis del Centre for European Reform.
How has Brexit affected immigration to the UK?
19 March 2026
Encompass
Vote Leave made the end of free movement a central plank of their referendum campaign, and promised that Britain would introduce a ‘points-based system’ if it left the EU.
The Iran war’s economic threat to Europe and Asia
19 March 2026
The New York Times
Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Center for European Reform, a research institute, said Europe’s overall public finances are in good shape, but that a repeat of the level of relief that governments provided consumers and businesses in 2022 would raise troubling prospects. In the European Union, energy subsidies nearly doubled to 397 billion euros, or $457 billion, in 2022 from a year earlier. Over two years, the British government provided about 75 billion pounds ($100 billion) of support, including subsidizing household energy bills.
Ukraine suffers money detback after Hungary blocks $100 billion from Europe
19 March 2026
The Wall Street Journal
The pipeline issue gives Orbán something concrete to talk about after years of pledging to keep Hungary out of the war and backing Trump’s plans to end it, said Zselyke Csaky, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform think-tank. “Orbán is behind in the election campaign and he needed some tangible proof that can make it look like Ukraine posed a threat,” she said. “The pipeline provides this excuse.”
Trump wants to strongarm Nato into a new Gulf war. Here’s why Europe must resist
18 March 2026
The Guardian
If Europe is sucked into this illegal conflict with Iran, public support for rearmament could collapse – and only Putin will benefit.
ITV Peston: Benefits of the UK-EU reset
18 March 2026
John Springford was asked by The Peston show to update his estimates of the benefits of the UK-EU reset.
Rachel Reeves risks a Brussels shake-down
17 March 2026
The Telegraph
While deals on plant and animal health, and on electricity trading, bring obvious benefits to EU farmers selling food to Britain and to northern European customers buying British energy, Charles Grant, at the Centre for European Reform, says even in these limited areas it is hard to strike a deal.
Rachel Reeves warned that more than warm words are needed to woo the EU
17 March 2026
Financial Times
Anton Spisak, a former UK government official now at the Centre for European Reform think-tank, said that while it was helpful for Reeves to acknowledge the cost of Brexit, unless the Labour government softened its manifesto red lines, deeper economic integration was off the table, meaning the gains for the UK economy would be “relatively small”.
Monocle Radio - The Briefing: Trump delays talks with Xi as the Iran war rages on
17 March 2026
Armida van Rij joined aspoke to Monocle Radio's The Briefing to discuss the far right's wins and losses in the French municipal elections (from 11:40 mins).
Keep it secret: The dollar’s not safe
14 March 2026
EurActiv
Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, thinks that ...“The longer the war drags on, the higher the political cost for the president: rising petrol prices at the pump, financial market volatility, higher US borrowing costs, and damage to US allies in the Gulf,” Tordoir said. “Trump needs an off-ramp, and he needs it fast.”
Rachel Reeves to make new push for greater single-market access
13 March 2026
Financial Times
“When I speak to people in Paris and Berlin, there’s not much enthusiasm,” said Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, an independent think-tank. “It feels like it’s cherry picking.”
The Iran war is dashing Europe’s growth ambitions
13 March 2026
Politico
A “full-blown energy shock” from a lengthy Iran conflict could “choke all the long-term competitiveness debates,” said Sander Tordoir, the chief economist at the Centre for European Reform. “The European Council, European leaders, the [European] Commission, will just be scrambling and in an immediate crisis mode.”
Experten: Europas upprustning hotas av ekonomin
12 March 2026
Dagens PS
Europeiska länder behöver lägga stora pengar på försvaret kommande år – en utmaning om man inte har allmänheten bakom sig, menar forskaren Armida van Rij.Europa står inför ett trippelhot: Rysslands imperialistiska ambitioner, Kinas ekonomiska påtryckningar och USA:s svåra inställning – försvaret behöver rustas upp men finansieringen kan visa sig vara en svår nöt att knäcka, menar forskaren Armida van Rij i en rapport för tankesmedjan Centre for European Reform (CER).
Europe's green energy dream is being quietly dismantled — and investors are missing the real trade
12 March 2026
CTOL digital
The Carnegie Endowment and Centre for European Reform have both documented how "greenlash" — once a fringe talking point — has now entered mainstream bargaining. The default setting in Brussels has quietly shifted: simplify first, justify later.
Europas upprustning hotar att falla på finansieringen
11 March 2026
YLE
Europa behöver rustas upp, men satsningarna hotas av allvarliga finansieringsproblem och växande motstånd bland väljarna. Det varnar forskaren Armida van Rij i en rapport för tankesmedjan Centre for European Reform (CER).
« Le fossé demeure » : après le rapport Draghi sur la compétitivité, l’Europe a-t-elle engagé le sursaut attendu ?
07 March 2026
Challenges Fr
« La Commission a inscrit la compétitivité à son agenda avec plus de sérieux, car le rapport a montré le coût de l’immobilisme, tempère Anton Spisak, chercheur au Center for European Reform. Mais entre le diagnostic de Draghi et ce qui a été effectivement mis en route depuis, le fossé demeure. »
Militares y diplomáticos aliados advierten de que Trump "no se queda quieto" y que la actitud de Sánchez "tendrá consecuencias"
07 March 2026
El Espanol
"España dice que cumple su objetivo del 2%, pero es el segundo país por la cola en la lista de la OTAN", incide Ian Bond, diplomático británico con 28 años de servicio, exembajador de Reino Unido en Letonia y hoy vicedirector del Centre for European Reform (CER).