Centre for European Reform

The Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the European Union. It is a forum for people with ideas from Britain and across the continent to discuss the many political, economic and social challenges facing Europe. It seeks to work with similar bodies in other European countries, North America and elsewhere in the world.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Europe’s growth strategy: All supply and no demand

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To say that Europe has a growth problem is an understatement. Almost four years since the outbreak of the global financial crisis, only a h...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Pressure and tact are the right response to Victor Orban

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Viktor Orban's FIDESZ party won a constitutional majority in the Hungarian parliament two years ago on a promise of purging the country...
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Friday, February 17, 2012

Russia is not completely wrong about Syria

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Russia has been roundly criticised for vetoing a draft UN Security Council resolution aimed at stopping the violence in Syria and ousting P...
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Friday, February 10, 2012

France: Why the self-flagellation?

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President Sarkozy wants France to become more like Germany. In a recent speech he made 15 positive references to the German economic model....
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Friday, February 03, 2012

Greece's real challenge

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The German idea of sending Athens a ‘budget commissioner’ was daft. Berlin itself could not tolerate such interference in its fiscal sovere...
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Thursday, February 02, 2012

Why France is leaving Afghanistan

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The decision by President Nicolas Sarkozy to speed up the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan has re-awakened suspicions that Pari...
Friday, January 27, 2012

The Baltic states and Ireland are not a model for Italy and Spain

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Eurozone policy-makers – from President Sarkozy and Wolfgang Schäuble to the former President of the ECB, Jean-Claude Trichet – advocate th...
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Friday, January 13, 2012

Is Austria the new Finland?

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In August 2010, a newly elected Slovak government refused to contribute to the first Greek bail-out. A year later, the rising popularity of...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

What Europe's new diplomatic service can do for Britain

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As the influence of individual European countries vis-à-vis rising giants such as China declines, many look to the EU’s new diplomatic corp...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

The Commission’s energy roadmap is a missed opportunity

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by Stephen Tindale The European Commission recently published its 'Energy Roadmap 2050'. The paper begins by repeating the EU'...
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