Research
After Brexit vote, a united front is now vital
30 June 2016
The Courier
If Leave was an expression of English nationalism, then we should expect Scotland’s budget to be cut – it is seen by many down south as plain unfair. Nicola Sturgeon has shown leadership – she has said a referendum is possible but put the needs of Scotland before knee-jerk constitutionalism. She has appointed an expert panel to advise on Scotland’s options – it’s a good line-up. Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform is a very smart choice as he’s well-connected with EU thinkers.
Brexit means Brexit: Johnson's fall reduces room for EU-turn
30 June 2016
Bloomberg
"If there is one British politician who could pull off a U-turn shamelessly, fudge things and keep the UK in, with chutzpah, it was Johnson," Simon Tilford, deputy-director of the Centre for European Reform, said in a phone interview.
Pro-Brexit forces didn't seem interested in self-interest
30 June 2016
Star Tribune
The people who would be hurt the most by their country getting out of EU lived in regions where support for the idea seemed to be greatest. That’s why the CER called the vote "Brexiting yourself in the foot", an analysis published just before the vote.
Who's next to Leave? EU fears an epidemic of exits after UK Brexit vote
30 June 2016
Sputnik News
British political analyst Ian Bond said that a lot will now depend on what happens to Britain. "You don’t want to make it look too attractive in the outside world. I think the Boris Johnson approach that 'I’m pro cake and pro eating it' is just not going to fly, European leaders are going to say — well you have a choice, it’s a binary choice, and that’s that," he said in an interview.
Project Hope: Why Britain's in a better position than Brussels
30 June 2016
The Spectator
"The knee-jerk reaction of the Commission is always to try to seize on any crisis to push for more Europe and closer integration," says Charles Grant from the Centre for European Reform. "This time, they can dream on."
Is the EU trying to scare the UK into staying in?
30 June 2016
EU Observer
In the UK, it would be "extremely difficult politically to backtrack on the referendum result", said Agata Gostynska-Jakubowska, a research fellow at the London-based Centre for European Reform. The only possibility would be an early election, she told EUobserver, adding that such a scenario was “politically difficult to imagine”.
Judy Asks: Is Brexit reversible?
29 June 2016
Carnegie Europe
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Now the vote is over, let us move on with six steps to a bright future
29 June 2016
Pro Active Investors
"Whatever Juncker and a few federalist diehards in Brussels may think, most EU governments have woken up to the reality that the more Europe the push, the more euroscepticism they get," said Charles Grant from the Centre for European Reform. "The knee-jerk reaction of the Commission is always to try to seize on any crisis to try to push for more Europe and closer integration, but they can dream on this time," he said.
Jeremy Corbyn: I won't betray the Labour Party by quitting now
29 June 2016
The National
But yesterday in a speech to the Centre for European Reform, Yvette Cooper, who lost out to Corbyn last time around, said she may stand again, claiming Corbyn "cannot even fill a shadow frontbench" let alone lead the party.
She said: "There is a political vacuum just when political leadership is needed most."
She said: "There is a political vacuum just when political leadership is needed most."
TOK FM: Szkocja prosi UE aby jej nie zawiodla
28 June 2016
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska speaks to Tok FM about Scotland after the UK's EU referendum.
Jeremy is losing us support in Labour's heartlands - Yvette Cooper
28 June 2016
BBC News
Former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, who was defeated by Jeremy Corbyn in last year's leadership election, has joined the calls for him to quit. Speaking to the Centre for European Reform in London, she said: "He is losing us Labour support across the country - and particularly in the towns and coalfields that built the Labour movement in the first place.
Labour crisis: Yvette Cooper fails to rule out leadership bid as she urges Jeremy Corbyn to quit
28 June 2016
International Business Times
Labour's Yvette Cooper has failed to rule out another leadership bid, as the former minister urged Jeremy Corbyn to stand down from the top job amid an attempted coup. "I'm not ruling anything out, but I'm not standing here launching any campaign," Cooper told journalists when she was grilled on her own political ambitions. Cooper, speaking at the CER, also called for the creation of a National Commission on Immigration, which would attempt to build a consensus on the issue.
How Brexit burst the Brussels bubble
28 June 2016
Prospect
The EU needs to start listening to its citizens, eurosceptic though they may be, if it wants to save what is left of the European project.
A snap election is coming, Yvette Cooper claims
28 June 2016
The Daily Mail
In her speech at the CER, Ms Cooper said: "There needs to be direct access for the Opposition to civil servants now too. The leading Tory party contender has said he is considering an General Election. The Prime Minister has accepted there may be a case for an early General Election, that may be only 4 months away."
Yvette Cooper's speech to the Centre for European Reform
28 June 2016
Yvette Cooper MP delivers a speech at the CER on what the UK should do next following the EU referendum result.
Cooper calls for national commission on immigration
28 June 2016
The Guardian
Yvette Cooper, the former shadow home secretary and former Labour leadership contender, gave a speech to the Centre for European Reform this morning. The only clip I’ve seen on the news features a passage criticising Jeremy Corbyn, but it will be a shame if that is the only passage that gets picked up because the speech was very good. It is probably the most thoughtful response to the referendum I’ve heard yet from a British politician.
Yvette Cooper calls on Jeremy Corbyn o "stand down swiftly" to save Labour
28 June 2016
BuzzFeed
Senior Labour MP Yvette Cooper has called on Jeremy Corbyn to "stand down swiftly" as party leader – and refused to rule out her own leadership bid. Cooper said Corbyn would be letting down communities "who badly need a Labour government" if he failed to bow to pressure and resign.
Yvette Cooper says she won’t rule out standing for Labour leader
28 June 2016
The Guardian
Yvette Cooper has warned that Jeremy Corbyn has no alternative plan for the country’s post-Brexit future, in a speech in which she said she would not rule out standing for the Labour leadership should the position fall vacant.
Speaking before the result of a no-confidence vote in Corbyn’s leadership, expected at 5pm on Tuesday, Cooper said time was running out for progressive opposition figures to begin setting out their stall for what a departed UK should look like.
Boris Johnson and Theresa May lead field in Tory race
28 June 2016
The Irish Times
Amid growing concern about an increase in xenophobic incidents since the referendum, Labour MP Yvette Cooper has called for a national commission to develop a consensus on what immigration policy should be after Brexit.
BBC World Service: Can The EU Survive?
28 June 2016
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska speaks to the BBC World Service about the future of the European Union after Britain's vote to leave (from 08.44).