Research
Cameron's 'Stop Juncker' drive seen as lose-lose strategy
16 June 2014
Reuters
"He [Cameron] has painted himself into a really difficult corner," Rem Korteweg, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform in London, a think-tank, told Reuters.
British exit from the EU a deterrence for R&D investment, warns a new report
12 June 2014
Science|Business
The UK would lose its heft in key manufacturing industries, face heavy research funding shortfalls and risk brain drain were it to leave the European Union, according to a new report.
No shelter for Britain in European halfway houses
12 June 2014
Financial Times
The conclusion of the CER's report is stark: all conceivable halfway houses would deliver the lack of influence that comes from being outside the EU with the lack of independence from being inside it. “In” or “out” is the choice: of the two, the first would be vastly better.
Cameron's allies vote to embrace Merkel's political foes
12 June 2014
Financial Times
“The Tories are having to understand that Berlin won’t bail them out when they need help,” said Charles Grant. “The British need to get real on Juncker. They have almost certainly lost the battle and need to start negotiating a good deal.”
Need for UK nuclear stressed by climate campaigners
11 June 2014
PennEnergy
The need for nuclear was backed-up by Stephen Tindale, associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform. “I spent 20 years campaigning against nuclear and then realised I was wrong: it’s low carbon. It’s a price worth paying to have a new generation of nuclear in the UK.”
EU membership a 'boon' to UK economy
10 June 2014
EU Observer
Membership of the EU has been a "boon" for the British economy, and leaving the EU “would not be an economic liberation,” according to an expert group. The conclusion is part of a 92-page report published on Monday by the London-based Centre for European Reform.
There is life after Europe, but let us stop the triumphalism
10 June 2014
The Telegraph
Nor should Brexit be about the alleged suffocation of Britain by EU regulation. As the Centre for European Reform argues in its new report, this is greatly overblown.
Wise Men warn on dangerous delusions of Brexit
09 June 2014
The Telegraph
Withdrawal from the EU would nullify Britain’s trading treaties with the world in one stroke and reduce the country to a supplicant pleading for re-entry into the global system, a top panel of experts has warned.
Centre for European Reform's analysis shows benefits of EU
09 June 2014
The Guardian
The Centre for European Reform think-tank produced its final report [on the UK and EU single market] on Monday and as a dissection of Britain's economic relationship with the rest of the EU, it is hard to beat.
Video interview on 'The economic consequences of leaving the EU'
09 June 2014
John Springford and Simon Tilford discuss the final report of the CER commission on the UK and the EU single market.
UK 'would not be freer' after leaving EU
08 June 2014
Financial Times
“A bonfire of European rules would not transform Britain’s economic prospects,” according to the final report of the CER commission on the UK and the EU single market. “The idea that the UK would be freer outside the EU is based on a series of misconceptions”.
David Cameron faces heavy political price for opposing Juncker
08 June 2014
Financial Times
But Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, says that by being “so shrill and outspoken in public”, the British may have made it harder for others to abandon Mr Juncker.
"I will not be forced to get on my knees before the British" - Juncker
06 June 2014
The Voice of Russia (Radio)
Stephen Tindale, associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform, talks to Voice of Russia UK Radio about relations between David Cameron and Jean-Claude Juncker (listen from 00:42).
Obama vows to stand with Ukraine
06 June 2014
CCTV News
Rem Korteweg, senior research fellow at the CER, talks to The Heat about President Obama's relations with Europe (from 18:19).
Why Britain still wants to fight Europe on the beaches
06 June 2014
The Guardian
Charles Grant, director of the CER, says that part of Britons' tepid attitudes to the EU, is that we "had a jolly good war and think all the others were either on the wrong side or ran away and were defeated".
British opposition to Juncker shows no sign of abating
06 June 2014
Agence France Presse
"It is possible that if he [Juncker] becomes EU Commission president, he will be much less convenable to Cameron's desire to negotiate and repatriate some powers that he would have been if Cameron had supported him," Stephen Tindale told AFP.
Im Zweifel links: Es ist vorbei, bye-bye!
05 June 2014
Der Spiegel
In der "FAZ" schreibt der Brite Charles Grant: "In den Verträgen steht nichts über Spitzenkandidaten, sondern dass der Europäische Rat bei seiner Entscheidung das Wahlergebnis berücksichtigen solle."
European Parliament tie-up complicates Cameron's reform push
05 June 2014
Reuters
"The risk is that it [Conservative MEPs aligning with right-wing parties in the European Parliament] is going to make it more difficult to get concessions out of the Commission and the Council in terms of Britain's reform agenda," said Stephen Tindale, an associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform.
Russia’s aggression a "moral threat" to Europe
04 June 2014
The Baltic Times
Russia’s invasion of the Crimea is “the most flagrant breach of international law in Europe, and the West’s response has been hesitant and divided,” said Ian Bond. “Georgia ought to have been a warning.”
Showing the West that Russia is not alone
03 June 2014
Inter Press Service
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the CER, told IPS: “In the past China and Russia’s cooperation in the UN Security Council was on what is common ground for them, i.e. that foreign powers should not interfere in the affairs of other nations. But Crimea has changed that”.