Research
Judy Asks: Will the UK referendum irreparably damage Europe?
22 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.
The referendum in Doncaster, and Labour's disappearing trick
22 June 2016
Open democracy
Simon Tilford of the Centre for European Reform has condemned the leading Brexiteers as "libertarian sovereigntists who support further deregulation of the British economy. Their opposition to immigration is aimed at appealing to disenfranchised and insecure voters". This is right, but they are not appealing to their desire for security but a preference for more risk generated by fatalism and loss.
The Brexiteers' exit plan: Legally dubious, unfeasible and likely to antagonise our neighbours
22 June 2016
European Institute - LSE
Last week Vote Leave laid out its plans for divorce and a future relationship with the EU. It argued that if voters decided to end UK's membership of the EU, the UK would negotiate a "friendly deal" with European partners by the next general election in 2020.
Comment Boris Johnson a inventé l'europhobie britannique
22 June 2016
Le Temps
Boris Johnson ne croit pas au Brexit. Du moins, il y a quatre mois, juste avant d’annoncer officiellement qu’il défendrait une sortie du Royaume-Uni de l’Union Européenne, le principal homme politique du camp du Brexit n’y croyait pas. "Il l’a confié à un ami commun quelques jours avant son annonce", affirme Charles Grant, le très sérieux directeur du think tank Centre for European Reform.
Europa po Brexicie: bardziej podzielona, bardziej niemiecka
22 June 2016
Wiadomosci
Wielkiej Brytanii zdarza się być w mniejszości państw członkowskich, jeśli chodzi o podejmowanie decyzji w niektórych obszarach. Ale jej wyjście z instytucji unijnych wcale nie oznacza, że ten proces decyzyjny będzie bardziej spójny - zauważa w rozmowie z WP Agata Gostyńska, ekspert Centre for European Reform w Londynie.
Polskie Radio: Brexit - historyczny wybór Wielkiej Brytanii?
22 June 2016
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform speaks to Polskie Radio about the UK's EU referendum.
Brexit? EU-saken er kommet på britenes dagsorden for å bli
22 June 2016
Aftenposten
Økonomen Simon Tilford ved Centre for European Reform, som jeg traff for noen uker siden, mente derimot at en ny folkeavstemning kunne komme kort tid etter et «Leave»-flertall nå: Hvis den påfølgende økonomiske og politiske krisen blir sterk nok, kan en ny regjering be EU om nåde – og så tillyse ny folkeavstemning. Ikke sannsynlig, mente Tilford, men fullt ut tenkbart.
In Brexit vote, echoes of Trumpism minus Donald Trump
21 June 2016
Reuters
Brexit supporters mirror Trump voters, said Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, a pro-EU think-tank based in London, in that they tend to be older, white, less affluent, and less likely to live in urban areas. Also, as Trump vows to "Make America Great Again," Brexit backers are wistful for a bygone age. "There is a feeling among some that they’re trying to get back to when Britain was white, when England was more secure," Grant said.
Referendum na Wyspach. "Do niezdecydowanych będą przemawiały argumenty gospodarcze"
21 June 2016
RMF 24
"Zwolennicy Brexitu zdecydowanie odwoływali się do mitów związanych z członkostwem Wielkiej Brytanii w Unii Europejskiej. Przykładem jest bulwersujący bilbord odsłonięty w dniu śmierci Jo Cox, który ukazuje falę uchodźców, a którymi Nigel Farage, przewodniczący ultra prawicowej partii UKiP, straszy Brytyjczyków.
Wyjście Wielkiej Brytanii z Unii będzie jak trzęsienie ziemi
21 June 2016
Polska Times
Jeśli dojdzie do Brexitu, przez Europę przeleje się fala eurosceptycyzmu. Powróci też pytanie o rolę Niemiec w Unii - mówi Charles Grant, założyciel i dyrektor londyńskiego ośrodka analitycznego Centre for European Reform, w rozmowie z Agatonem Kozińskim.
Brexit raises economic and security fears in Central and Eastern Europe
21 June 2016
World Politics Review
“Budapest and Warsaw, under the current leadership, share David Cameron’s vision for Europe,” says Agata Gostynska, a research fellow at the London-based Centre for European Reform, referring to the British prime minister. “They do not like the idea of ever closer union, do not intend to join the eurozone any time soon, and oppose any further leap into political integration. Were Britain to leave the EU, they would find it harder to spread this vision.”
A week that will define Europe – what happens if we leave the EU?
21 June 2016
The Express
The Centre for European Reform’s director Charles Grant believes that a Brexit result would also set the wheels in motion for a new Conservative Leadership contest.
Mr Grant, who helped found the pro-European think tank, told Express.co.uk: “I’m sure if Cameron loses, he will resign or say he will resign quite quickly.”
After a vote for Brexit, Britain will be given three choices
20 June 2016
The Times
One of the most remarkable things about this referendum campaign has been the dearth of discussion on the various alternatives to EU membership.
Irnos de la UE sería una decisión de niños malcriados
20 June 2016
La Vanguardia
Simon Tilford vive con admitida sorpresa el rumbo que ha tomado la opinión pública británica a pocos días de que el país vote en el referéndum sobre la Unión Europea. Enlas últimas dos semanas, la opción de irse (el famoso Brexit) lleva una ligera ventaja.
CER podcast: The EU referendum - a fact free debate
20 June 2016
Charles Grant chats with colleagues Simon Tilford, Rem Korteweg, Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, John Springford and Sophia Besch to discuss common EU myths and how to improve the quality of the debate.
What is 'Brexit'? a look at the debate and its wider meaning
20 June 2016
The New York Times
"There wouldn't be a referendum without the eurozone crisis, which made the EU look badly organized and dysfunctional," said Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, a London-based research group. "The refugee crisis hasn’t helped either. It made the EU seem out of control."
Europa efter brexit
19 June 2016
Svenska YLE
Ian Bond, direktör för Center for European Reform - en Londonbaserad EU-tankesmedja – är kritisk till premiärminister David Camerons utspel om folkomröstning. Om man alls kan lita på opinionsundersökningarna visar de vilken katastrofal felbedömning David Cameron gjorde när han förband sig vid en folkomröstning. Han gjorde det i tron att han kan ”köpa” den euroskeptiska falangen inom det konservativa partiet och samtidigt ta hand om det högerpopulistiska självständighetspartiet, Ukip.
EU countries warn Britain on Brexit: You'll pay if you leave us
19 June 2016
The New York Times
Brussels could offer Britain one of the three existing models of varying closeness and mutual obligation — the bloc’s arrangements with Norway, Canada and the World Trade Organization — rather than offer to negotiate something new, said Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, a London research institution.
The effect on the bloc of a British departure would be threefold, Mr Grant said.
The effect on the bloc of a British departure would be threefold, Mr Grant said.
Should I stay or should I go now?
19 June 2016
Die Presse
Das machen die EU-Gegner, indem sie Europa zur Projektionsfläche für alles machen, was Besorgnis erregt, schiefläuft oder vielleicht einmal besser war. Von einem „Bündnis aus jenen, die es sich leisten können, etwas zu verlieren, und jenen, die nichts zu verlieren haben“, spricht Simon Tilford vom Centre for European Reform.
EU frygter »jordskælv« fra britisk folkeafstemning
19 June 2016
Berlingske
Den seneste uge har været præget af store udsving på finansmarkederne i takt med, at flere og flere meningsmålinger har peget på et flertal i Storbritannien for at forlade EU. Men også i de fleste andre EU-lande bliver der flere og flere, der har et overvejende negativt syn på EU, og der er derfor en risiko for, at et britisk exit kan sætte gang i en dominoeffekt, mener seniorforsker Rem Korteweg fra tænketanken Centre for European Reform (CER).