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.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Hollande, the Germans and political union

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Before becoming French president, Franҫois Hollande did not appear to take much interest in the EU. However, in his youth he was a protégé ...
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Friday, September 21, 2012

Time for a European Civil Liberties Union?

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Today's EU faces retreat on several fronts. One is a possible break-up of the euro with unknowable consequences for the single market an...
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Friday, August 31, 2012

How seriously can investors take Draghi’s assurances?

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ECB president, Mario Draghi, has repeatedly claimed that the central bank will do everything necessary to save the euro. Nothing has been ...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Will a new German constitution save the euro?

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If the Social Democrats win next year’s general election in Germany, they will ask voters to adopt a new constitution in a referendum. The...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Burma: An EU foreign policy success

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Disunity is bad but pluralism is good. The story of EU policy on Burma illustrates this point. Disunity is normal: sovereign states with var...
Wednesday, August 08, 2012

The Commission should stand firm on Iceland’s accession negotiations

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Iceland is the world’s longest running democracy. At a time when some member-states are struggling with democracy in the face of economic cr...
Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Can 'good Italy' triumph over 'bad Italy'?

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The key battles for the survival of the euro will be fought in Italy more than anywhere else. Mario Monti’s technocratic government is stru...
Monday, July 16, 2012

What Central Europe thinks of Britain and why

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Britain's Conservative Party is committed to repatriating powers from the EU. On July 12th, Foreign Secretary William Hague launched a ...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Has the eurozone reached the limits of the politically possible?

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June's EU summit was the first to agree measures that address the core of the crisis: inflated government borrowing costs that weaken p...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Britain should not go Swiss

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British eurosceptics want to renegotiate the UK’s relationship with the EU. They divide into two camps. There are those who want Britain to ...
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