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.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Needed: a Franco-German concordat

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Like many other EU summits over the past two years, the European Council meeting in Brussels on June 28th and 29th has been billed as a ‘las...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

Germany's own goal: Why Berlin's sense of invulnerability will be its undoing

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Countries around the world fear that Europe's handling of the eurozone crisis will cause a global slump. But in Germany, the currency un...
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Thursday, June 14, 2012

The EU must fight corruption and defend the rule of law

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The fight against corruption and national maladministration is currently very much on the minds of policy-makers in Brussels. This is becau...
Friday, June 01, 2012

Some sorts of austerity are better than others

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Governments in the eurozone's periphery are pursuing a scorched earth fiscal strategy. Distressed governments may not be able to afford...
Friday, May 18, 2012

NATO ponders austerity and US 'pivot'

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When NATO heads of state meet in Chicago this Sunday and Monday, two key worries will be on their minds. In a departure from the past six ...
Monday, May 14, 2012

How Hollande should handle Merkel

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The election of François Hollande as French president has excited some of those who blame Germany’s emphasis on fiscal austerity for many o...
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Germany’s choice: Higher inflation or sovereign defaults

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The battle lines are hardening. More and more eurozone governments are calling for the ECB to loosen monetary policy, for example by direct...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Why France is threatening to leave Schengen

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Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to send the EU's Schengen area to the guillotine in order to win re-election to the French presidency. Las...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Governance reforms have left the euro's flawed structure intact

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Eurozone policy-makers often complain that they are not given enough credit for all the changes they have pushed through since the Greek so...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Energy efficiency: Made in Denmark, exportable to the rest of the EU?

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Denmark uses energy more efficiently than any other EU member-state. Successive governments have implemented ambitious and consistent polic...
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