Research
May asks for two-year transition deal after Brexit
23 September 2017
EurActiv
Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform said May was "right to adopt a positive tone", but added that her offers were "not enough to unblock" the talks.
This is no way to dismantle a nuclear bomb
22 September 2017
CNN
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un are doing their best to make a bad situation in the Korean Peninsula worse.
The UK's Brexit hostage
22 September 2017
Politico
“How does the EU cope with losing a substantial net contributor?” said John Springford, the director of research of the Centre for European Reform. “You have to try to find money either from net contributors who aren’t necessarily going to be too keen on that, or from net recipients who are going to receive less money. Obviously, this is going to be nightmarish.”
Germania, prosperità e rabbia: paradosso Merkel L'industria cresce (ma grazie all'Est)
22 September 2017
Corriere della Sera
«Quelle riforme non sono la causa principale della ripresa — dice Christian Odendahl, un economista tedesco del Centre for European Reform —. Il loro impatto è stato modesto».
Tyskland viker inte ner sig i brexitfrågan
22 September 2017
Di
Även Christian Odendahl, chefsekonom på tankesmedjan Centre for European Reform i London, dämpar brittiskt hopp att nästa tyska regering blir mjukare.
Bruxelles håber på tysk status quo – og mere fart på eurosamarbejdet
22 September 2017
Berlingske
»Det er ret klart, at den tyske position på tværs af partier er pro Europa og pro euro. Dermed er det tyske valg meget anderledes end det franske valg, det italienske valg og Brexit-afstemningen i og med, at det ikke bringer ustabilitet til Europa,« siger Christian Odendahl, cheføkonom hos tænketanken Centre for European Reform.
Brexit may frustrate co-operation on security in Europe
21 September 2017
The Economist
Camino Mortera-Martinez of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank, notes that Norway and Iceland took five years to negotiate a treaty on the European Arrest Warrant, and it has taken a further eight years to be fully ratified.
German election 2017: What does German election means for Brexit and the EU?
21 September 2017
The Express
The Centre for European Reform (CER) has said that all parties more or less agree on the Brexit stance so the elections mean “very little” for Brexit. CER research fellow Sophia Besch said: "Contrary to the statements of some senior Conservatives in Britain, the German elections will not affect the outcome of Brexit, whatever coalition partner Angela Merkel may choose. “All major German parties want to maintain close economic and political ties to Britain post-Brexit, and limit the economic fallout.
CER podcast: Briefing on the German election
21 September 2017
Christian Odendahl and Sophia Besch discuss who is likely to win on Sunday, what the German election will mean for Europe, and what it will mean for Brexit negotiations.
Channel 4 News: The Brexit bill
21 September 2017
John Springford director of research at the Centre for European Reform speaks to Channel 4 News about the Brexit bill in advance of Theresa May's speech in Florence (from 21:10 mins).
BBC Newsnight: EU citizens rights
21 September 2017
John Springford, director of research at the Centre for European Reform speaks to BBC Newsnight about EU citizens rights in light of Brexit (from 7:10 mins)
British Prime Minister Theresa May hopes to end cabinet disquiet with Brexit speech
20 September 2017
Agence France Presse
"The onus is on the British to come up with a serious offer to move the talks forward," Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform (CER), told AFP. "Theresa May needs to make a serious offer on the money that she hasn't made so far. And on the transition, she needs to say what she wants."
CNBC: What could the next German government look like?
20 September 2017
Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, discusses the formation of the next German coalition with CNBC live from Berlin.
How the hard-right AfD party has become a potent voice heading into Germany's election
20 September 2017
The Globe and Mail
Christian Odendahl, chief economist of the Centre for European Reform, thinks the party will be mostly ignored and could vanish, as Germany's little social liberal Pirate Party did. "The CDU and SPD are embedded in the centre and will not tolerate a party to their right," he says. "They will work to neutralize the AfD."
Brexit bulletin: Living on Boris time
20 September 2017
Bloomberg
John Springford of the Centre for European Reform said money is the UK’s strongest hand although it’s still a weak one.
Lessons from Tokyo on Britain's post-EU future
20 September 2017
Nikkei Asia Review
"These points were like a cold shower," said Ian Bond of the Centre for European Reform. "Japan set out all the things that should have been discussed before the referendum."
Brexit's top billing: The money trick
20 September 2017
Financial Times
John Springford at the Centre for European Reform, calculates the EU-27 would have to cough up an extra 0.1 per cent of their GDP each year to fill the post-UK budget black hole in the event of a “no deal”.
Germans' misplaced faith in economic strength
19 September 2017
Politico
“Given how central Germany is to many of the challenges facing Europe, from economics to security, another bland grand coalition would be bad news,” warned Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform.
Brexit negotiations three months on: No progress, no resolution, no deal
19 September 2017
Sputnik News
While fighting words indeed, few if any in Brussels were likely intimidated by the ultimatum — as noted by academics and think tanks, such as the Centre for European Reform — no deal would in fact be far worse than a bad deal.
Germany's Free Democrats may stall EU reform hopes
18 September 2017
EurActiv
If the FDP joined a CDU government, eurozone reform would be “dead in the water”, economist Christian Odendahl of the Centre for European Reform said, labelling it “the most dangerous coalition for the euro”.