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.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

EU-Israel relations: Confrontation or co-operation?

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For the last decade, relations between the EU and Israel have been strained by tension over the Middle East peace process, but strengthened ...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Germany and the eurozone: The view from Paris

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On recent visits to Berlin, I have been surprised at how negative people are about France. Key officials regard the country as incapable of ...
Thursday, December 04, 2014

Cameron's migration speech and EU law: Can he change the status quo?

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On November 28th, David Cameron delivered a long-awaited speech addressing public concerns on EU migration. Its essence was not anti-Europea...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2014

The ECB is not the German central bank

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For many years, the debate about whether the European Central Bank (ECB) was too heavily influenced by Germany was confined to academic pape...
Monday, December 01, 2014

Public investment: A modest proposal

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Last Wednesday Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, announced his plan to create a €315 billion ‘European Fund for...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

What should an energy union cover?

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The events of the last year, and in particular the risk that the fighting in Ukraine could jeopardise Russian energy supplies to Europe, hav...

Ukraine after the elections: Democracy and the barrel of a gun

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Ukraine has lost control of parts of its industrial heartland, as well as Crimea. The question is whether there will now be a government in...

Free movement: Why Britain does not need to change the rules

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Now that the European Commission, Germany and other member-states have made clear that they will not accept quotas or ‘emergency brakes’ on ...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Hungary and the West: We need to talk about Viktor

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Prime Minister Viktor Orban still dominates Hungary’s political scene, in spite of recent large demonstrations in Budapest. But his politica...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Iran nuclear talks: Patience is a virtue

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When negotiators from Iran and the EU3+3 (France, UK, Germany plus the US, Russia and China) reached an interim agreement in November 2013 r...
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