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CER podcast: The Russia-Ukraine crisis as seen from Kyiv and Paris from 2022-02-16T13:34:19
In this week's CER podcast on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, our foreign policy director Ian Bond is joined by Marie Dumoulin, a former French diplomat who now heads the Wider Europe programme at the E...
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CER podcast: Do states need to use more economic coercion to drive climate action? from 2022-02-04T17:16:36
This week’s CER podcast features speakers from our recent economics conference on ‘The politics of climate change’ at Ditchley Park.
Panellists included Suzi Kerr of the Environmental Defe...
Ask CER - Episode 3: Strategic autonomy, the EU's taxonomy and the French election from 2022-01-26T15:40:51
In this week's CER podcast, our experts answered the questions you wrote in with, asking about all things European policy. Our media co-ordinator Rosie Giorgi spoke to senior research fellows Luigi...
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CER end of year podcast: Review of 2021 from 2021-12-22T12:52:49
In our latest Centre for European Reform podcast, our Clara Marina O'Donnell fellow Megan Ferrando speaks to eight of our researchers. They reflect on the EU's past year from different perspectives...
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CER podcast: Poland and Belarus: What can and should the EU do? from 2021-11-25T06:00:29
In this week's CER podcast, our director Charles Grant speaks to senior research fellow Camino Mortera-Martinez and Katia Glod of the Centre for European Policy Analysis, to discuss the latest deve...
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Ask CER episode 2: Europe's climate challenges, the EU's recovery fund & the latest on Nord Stream 2 from 2021-11-12T07:00:21
This week’s CER podcast is the second episode in our ‘Ask CER’ series, where our researchers answer questions that our listeners have asked. Our media co-ordinator and host Rosie Giorgi speaks to f...
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CER podcast: What's the state of UK-EU relations? from 2021-10-29T05:00:44
In this week's CER podcast, our director Charles Grant speaks to senior research fellow Sam Lowe about the state of UK-EU relations. They discuss the ongoing issue of the Northern Ireland Protocol,...
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CER podcast: Europe's gas crisis heats up from 2021-10-14T11:00:40
In this week’s Centre for European Reform podcast, our chief economist Christian Odendahl is joined by CER’s director of foreign policy, Ian Bond, and research fellows Elisabetta Cornago and Zach M...
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Ask CER - Episode 1: EU integration, democratic backsliding & UK financial services regulation from 2021-09-29T14:23:58
For our new ‘Ask CER’ podcast, we asked listeners to write in with whatever they wanted to know about the EU, Britain and the world, so that our experts could do their best to answer. In the first ...
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CER podcast: German foreign and security policy after the election from 2021-09-10T05:00:37
In this week's podcast, CER research fellow Luigi Scazzieri speaks to Claudia Major, head of International Security at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), and Sophia ...
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CER podcast: Why the 1991 Moscow coup still resonates from 2021-08-18T05:30:34
The attempted coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 failed, but today’s Russian regime owes more to the plotters than their democratic opponents. In this CER podcast episode, Ian Bon...
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CER/OSEPI podcast: How should the EU tackle corruption? from 2021-08-05T08:17:37
For this week's podcast episode, we have teamed up with the Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI). One of our senior research fellows, Camino Mortera-Martinez, recently published a paper a...
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CER podcast: The EU's climate action plan for 2030: What's inside the Fit for 55 package? from 2021-07-22T08:05:35
Last week the European Commission presented its Fit for 55 policy package, setting out its new policies and the reforms it will undertake to meet the EU's 2030 climate goals. These include the refo...
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CER podcast: How well will the UK's European diplomatic strategy work? from 2021-07-09T11:41:38
In this week's podcast, our director of foreign policy Ian Bond speaks to CER research fellow Luigi Scazzieri and Georgina Wright of the Institut Montaigne in Paris. Luigi recently published a pape...
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CER podcast: Frans Timmermans on the EU and climate from 2021-06-25T11:33:17
This week European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans spoke at a CER event on the EU’s new carbon border adjustment mechanism, the Commission’s plans for reform of the emissions trading sch...
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CER podcast: Joe Biden's bridge-building European tour from 2021-06-11T07:36:28
This week's CER podcast looks ahead to Joe Biden's trip to Europe, where he will meet Boris Johnson and the Queen, before taking part in the G7, NATO and EU-US summits and later meeting Vladimir Pu...
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CER podcast: Political repression in Belarus and what the West can do about it from 2021-05-28T12:17:29
Political repression in Belarus has been evident for many years, with opposition leaders disappearing in the late 1990s and many other government critics being persecuted or detained since then; th...
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CER podcast: How can Europe decarbonise road transport without sparking backlash? from 2021-05-21T06:00:20
In this week's CER podcast, Sam Lowe speaks our new research fellow, Elisabetta Cornago, who is based in Brussels and joins us having previously worked at the OECD and the International Energy Agen...
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CER podcast: The EU’s plans for Big Tech from 2021-05-10T05:00:10
In this week's CER podcast, Camino Mortera-Martínez chats to our new research fellow Zach Meyers. Zach joins Camino from London to discuss one of Europe’s hottest topics: what to do with Big Tech. ...
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CER podcast: Russia and Ukraine: A worsening crisis? from 2021-04-23T06:00:21
Seven years after Russia illegally annexed Crimea, conflict between Russia and Ukraine has resurged, with Putin deploying Russian regular forces along Ukraine's eastern border. In this podcast epis...
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CER podcast: Europe needs a new approach to the Sahel from 2021-04-09T06:00:21
In this week's CER podcast, Ian Bond, our Director of Foreign Policy, speaks to Abdoul Salam Bello, Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank and non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Cou...
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Britain after the pandemic from 2021-03-25T08:00:19
In this week's CER podcast, our deputy director John Springford speaks to Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics at King's College London and senior fellow at UK in a Changing Europe. They discuss...
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CER podcast: Britain after the pandemic from 2021-03-25T07:00:19
In this week's CER podcast, our deputy director John Springford speaks to Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics at King's College London and senior fellow at UK in a Changing Europe. They discuss...
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CER podcast: The politics of vaccines in Europe from 2021-03-11T07:00:18
In this week's podcast episode, our deputy director John Springford speaks to Tomáš Valášek, Member of Slovak Parliament and former CER foreign policy director, who recently resigned from his posit...
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CER podcast: What does Draghi's new government mean for Italy and Europe? from 2021-02-24T14:01:23
In the latest CER podcast, our Clara Marina O'Donnell fellow Katherine Pye speaks to Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali and Special Advisor to EU High Representative Jos...
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CER podcast: Roaring twenties? Prospects for the economic recovery from 2021-02-10T06:00:22
In the latest CER podcast episode, our chief economist Christian Odendahl is joined by Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, chief economist at the French Treasury, and our deputy director John Springford. They dis...
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CER podcast: What next for post-Merkel Germany? from 2021-01-20T06:00:19
In this week's podcast episode, the CER's chief economist Christian Odendahl speaks to Laura Krause, Germany director of the social research start-up More in Common, as well as Sophia Besch, a seni...
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CER podcast: The future UK-EU relationship from 2021-01-13T06:00:27
In the first CER podcast of 2021, CER Clara Marina O'Donnell fellow Katherine Pye speaks to the CER's director Charles Grant, senior research fellow and trade expert Sam Lowe and RUSI chair David L...
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CER end of year podcast: Reflecting on 2020 from 2020-12-18T06:01:08
As 2020 draws to a close, the CER's director Charles Grant, chief economist Christian Odendahl and senior research fellow Camino Mortera-Martinez look back at the year from their respective vantage...
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CER podcast: Can the EU bring its neighbouring countries further into its orbit? from 2020-12-10T07:00:10
This week's CER podcast is the final episode in the series from the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series.
The podcast f...
CER podcast: Can the EU use trade and investment policies to advance its strategic goals? from 2020-12-03T06:00:35
This week's CER podcast is the fourth of five episodes on the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series.
The podcast featur...
CER podcast: Is Europe falling behind technologically? from 2020-11-25T08:43:04
This week's CER podcast is the third of five episodes released in conjunction with the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series. Chr...
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CER podcast: How should the EU approach China? from 2020-11-18T06:00:21
This week's CER podcast is the second of five episodes released in conjunction with the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series. So...
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CER podcast: The global recovery from the pandemic: How can we get it right this time? from 2020-11-11T14:53:52
This week's CER podcast is the first of five episodes released in conjunction with the CER's annual economics conference, usually hosted at Ditchley Park but this year held as a webinar series. The...
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CER podcast: Biden vs Trump: America's choice matters to Europe from 2020-10-28T06:00:22
In this week's podcast episode, Ian Bond, the CER's director of foreign policy, speaks about the forthcoming US election with Sir Nigel Sheinwald, former British Ambassador to the US, Kori Schake, ...
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CER podcast: Europe, the US and China: A love-hate triangle? from 2020-10-14T05:00:24
This week's podcast accompanies the launch of the CER policy brief 'Europe, the US and China: A love-hate triangle?', which examines the complex triangular relations between Europe, Beijing and Was...
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CER podcast: Brexit, the Internal Market Bill and the prospects for a deal from 2020-10-09T05:00:47
In this podcast episode, CER director Charles Grant and Catherine Barnard, professor of EU law at Cambridge University and senior fellow at UK in a Changing Europe discuss the controversial Interna...
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CER podcast: CER podcast: Brexit, the Internal Market Bill and the prospects for a deal from 2020-10-09T05:00:47
In this podcast episode, CER director Charles Grant and Catherine Barnard, professor of EU law at Cambridge University and senior fellow at UK in a Changing Europe discuss the controversial Interna...
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CER/OSEPI podcast: The new migration pact: A "fresh start" or more of the same? from 2020-09-28T05:00:34
The European Commission has unveiled its much-awaited ‘new migration pact’. But just how much of it is new? Will the EU finally agree on a common migration policy?
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New CER podcast: What does the 2020 SOTEU speech reveal about the EU’s ambition? from 2020-09-18T05:00:48
In this year's State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen laid out her plans for the EU's transition "from fragility to a new vitality". But is the Commission president being too optimistic h...
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CER podcast: Tensions rising between Turkey and EU in Eastern Mediterranean from 2020-09-03T05:00:17
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an’s regional ambitions and push for control of gas resources in Eastern Mediterranean have put Turkey on a collision course with the European Union. Dangerous military ...
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CER podcast: A rigged election in Belarus: Can Lukashenka cling to power? from 2020-08-12T10:30:54
Lukashenka has rigged his re-election as president of Belarus, and begun a violent crackdown on protesters rejecting the result. The EU, US and Russia face dilemmas in responding to events. Charles...
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CER podcast: The EU's increasingly troubled relationship with China from 2020-07-29T05:00:16
Growing economic tensions, COVID-19, cyber attacks, disinformation, intellectual property theft, a security clamp down in Hong Kong, treatment of the Uyghurs, and restrictions on Huawei: the CER’s ...
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CER podcast: Belarus may be less stable than it appears from 2020-07-17T05:00:36
Lukashenka is certain to win Belarus’s presidential election. But his suppression of dissent poses a dilemma for the EU: punishing Lukashenka could help Russia to extend its sway over the country.
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CER podcast: The EU’s €750 billion question: How should the COVID-19 recovery fund be spent? from 2020-07-01T05:00:21
European Union leaders will meet in Brussels on July 17-18 to discuss plans for a new recovery fund and long-term budget to help Europe bounce back from the COVID-19 crisis. The CER’s chief economi...
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CER podcast: Can the EU and the UK strike a deal on their future relationship? from 2020-06-17T05:00:14
Following Monday’s meeting between Boris Johnson and the three Presidents of the EU, has a deal between the EU and UK become more or less likely? Charles Grant and Sam Lowe discuss.
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CER podcast: Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic is deepening the transatlantic rift from 2020-06-03T06:00:17
Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic is creating new friction in the transatlantic relationship and exacerbating existing differences on China, trade and defence spending. Tensions will get...
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CER podcast: A Hamilton moment? from 2020-05-22T05:00:43
On 18th May, Merkel and Macron proposed a €500bn recovery fund for the EU. John Springford and Christian Odendahl discuss why it's needed, and whether reluctant countries will back it.
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CER podcast: Putin hits a bad patch from 2020-05-06T05:00:14
As 2020 started, Vladimir Putin’s economic, political and diplomatic position looked strong. Now he faces recession, an exploding COVID-19 pandemic and declining domestic support. What does that me...
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CER podcast: What does COVID-19 mean for the EU-UK trade talks? from 2020-04-22T05:00:23
Charles Grant and Sam Lowe discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on the EU-UK trade talks, and whether the pandemic will lead to the transition period being extended, taking into account the argument...
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CER podcast: The EU, the US and China: Irresponsible stakeholders in the global order? from 2020-04-08T06:50:06
The EU, the US and China are the most important economic blocs in the world. But trade, political and security relations between them are becoming dangerously tense. Can the EU calm things down?
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CER podcast: The EU must fight COVID-19 on the home front and abroad from 2020-03-25T06:13:20
EU solidarity went missing when the COVID-19 pandemic started, feeding eurosceptic narratives. The Union is now getting its act together internally. It should also help to mitigate the impacts of t...
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CER podcast: Western leaders should talk to Putin, but not be taken in by him from 2020-03-18T06:00:08
Western leaders must know their facts before they talk to Putin, and take a firm line on unacceptable actions. But there are things that they need to talk about; they should not regard not talking ...
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CER podcast: How to contain the coronavirus fall-out from 2020-03-11T14:45:06
The new coronavirus has been spreading rapidly in Europe, and Italy has imposed strict constraints on movement to contain the outbreak there. Luigi Scazzieri, Christian Odendahl and John Springford...
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CER podcast: Are the Brexit negotiations doomed to fail? from 2020-03-04T06:30
The EU and the UK have now published their objectives outlining what they want a future EU-UK partnership to look like. There is much headline disagreement, but is there a landing zone in sight? Ch...
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CER podcast: A 'sovereign' EU needs a stable economy from 2020-02-21T15:25:17
The EU’s economic size is its main source of global power. But what are the consequences of the eurozone’s economic instability – and its large current account surplus – for the EU’s ability to act...
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CER podcast: Europe and Libya from 2020-02-12T07:00:10
The conflict in Libya is spiralling out of control despite the recent Berlin conference. Beth Oppenheim and Luigi Scazzieri discuss why Europe has struggled to influence Libya, and how the conflict...
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CER podcast: Brexit bulletin special from 2020-01-29T06:30
In this special Brexit episode of the CER podcast, Charles Grant explains why the CER is still needed after Brexit; Sam Lowe discusses the future of UK-EU trade; and Ian Bond explores the fate of U...
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CER podcast: Democracy and the rule of law in the EU from 2020-01-22T08:44:10
Ian Bond and Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska talk to Beth Oppenheim about the decline in respect for the rule of law across the European Union, and discuss possible remedies. Find their policy brief her...
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CER podcast: Can Europe overcome its paralysis on Palestine? from 2020-01-15T06:00:32
The EU has struggled to take decisive action on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this episode, Sophia Besch asks Beth Oppenheim to review the record of the former EU High Representative Federic...
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CER podcast: Reviewing 2019 from 2019-12-18T06:00:33
CER researchers review the year 2019, and discuss what to expect in 2020. The conversation spans the future UK-EU relationship; the fraying of the transatlantic link; China; the state of Franco-Ger...
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CER podcast: Where is Turkey going? from 2019-12-04T07:00:23
After Turkey’s recent offensive in northern Syria, Ankara’s relationships with the EU and US have been badly strained. Luigi Scazzieri and Beth Oppenheim discuss whether the EU can avoid a broader ...
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Episode 5: Growing regional divergence from 2019-11-20T06:00:23
Cinzia Alcidi, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies, and Jens Suedekum, Professor of International Economics at the Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics at Hei...
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Episode 1: Europe’s demographic time bomb from 2019-11-20T06:00:13
Hervé Boulhol, Senior Economist for Pensions & Population Ageing at the OECD, and Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government, discuss Europe's demographic time bomb.
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Episode 2: Europe’s role between the US and China from 2019-11-20T06:00:13
Alicia García Herrero, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, and Martin Sandbu, European Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, discuss Europe's role between an increasingly protectionist and belligeren...
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Episode 3: Gridlock in the eurozone from 2019-11-20T06:00:13
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Professor at the Hertie School of Governance & Sciences Po, and Ángel Ubide, expert on central banking, European affairs, finance, and macroeconomic policy, discuss whether monet...
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Episode 4: The political economy of climate change from 2019-11-20T06:00:13
Åsa Löfgren, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg, and Richard Tol, Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex, discuss whether the...
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CER podcast: The cost of Brexit to June 2019 from 2019-11-06T06:30:02
The UK economy is 2.9 per cent smaller as a result of the vote to leave the EU. John Springford talks to Beth Oppenheim about his final analysis in this series.
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CER podcast: Von der Leyen's carbon border tax from 2019-10-09T05:30:04
Sam Lowe talks to Beth Oppenheim about the incoming Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal for a carbon border tax. How could it work and what are the risks?
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CER podcast: Meet the new European Commission from 2019-09-24T09:29:49
Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska talks to Sophia Besch about the new European Commission. Who are Ursula von der Leyen's new commissioners – and what happens next?
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CER podcast: Negotiations after no-deal Brexit from 2019-09-11T05:30:05
John Springford deciphers what has been happening in Westminster over the past week, and talks to Beth Oppenheim about what this means for the chances of a no-deal Brexit.
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CER podcast: The EU's Security Union from 2019-07-31T05:00:25
Beth Oppenheim asks Camino Mortera-Martinez to review the record of the EU's Security Union. Has it successfully addressed Europe's security challenges, and what will happen to it after Brexit?
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CER podcast: Does the EU need a common arms export policy? from 2019-07-17T04:34:16
Sophia Besch and Beth Oppenheim discuss the state of the EU's arms export regime, and whether the Union needs a genuinely common and enforceable policy.
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CER podcast: EU top jobs from 2019-07-05T09:18:37
Sophia Besch talks to Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska about the EU’s top jobs reshuffle. They discuss the candidates, Europe's winners and losers, and what happens next.
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CER podcast: The Big European Sort? The diverging fortunes of Europe's regions from 2019-06-19T04:59:59
Beth Oppenheim talks to John Springford and Christian Odendahl about regional divergence across the EU. They discuss the political and economic consequences and possible policy solutions.
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CER podcast: What is a customs union? from 2019-06-05T05:00:15
Sophia Besch asks Sam Lowe to explain what a customs union is. Sam argues that a customs union is still compatible with an effective UK trade policy.
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CER podcast: European Parliament elections special from 2019-05-20T07:45:23
Beth Oppenheim talks to the CER's experts about the upcoming European Parliament elections. Ian Bond, Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska, Charles Grant, Camino Mortera-Martinez, Luigi Scazzieri and Leonard...
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CER event audio: CER/FES conference on Europe's climate challenge, panel 3 from 2019-05-09T15:30:50
Panel 3: Industry and innovation
Speakers:
Catherine Howarth, Chief Executive, ShareAction
Corinna Zierold, Senior Policy Adviser, industriAll European Trade Union
Chair: John ...
CER event audio: CER/FES conference on Europe's climate challenge, panel 2 from 2019-05-09T15:30:44
Panel 2: A clean energy market
Speakers:
Lisa Fischer, Senior Policy Advisor, E3G
Jostein Kristensen, Partner, Oxera Consulting
Clare Moody, MEP, Group of the Progressive Allia...
CER event audio: CER/FES conference on 'Europe's climate challenge', panel 1 from 2019-05-09T15:30:21
Panel 1: Europe and global climate leadership
Speakers:
Elina Bardram, Head of Unit, International Relations, Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Clive Lew...
CER podcast: A guide to the Spanish election from 2019-05-08T05:00:19
Sophia Besch asks Camino Mortera-Martinez to talk through the Spanish election results.
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CER podcast: Europe and Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi from 2019-04-24T06:00:04
Sophia Besch asks Beth Oppenheim whether the European-Saudi relationship has changed after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi last October.
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CER podcast: The cost of Brexit to December 2018 from 2019-04-10T05:00:12
The UK economy is 2.5 per cent smaller as a result of the vote to leave the EU. John Springford talks to Beth Oppenheim about his latest analysis and draws some political lessons from the findings.
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CER podcast: Europe after Brexit from 2019-03-27T07:00:09
Sophia Besch asks Ian Bond to reflect on the CER's 2016 predictions about the effect of Brexit on future EU policy. How do they stand up now, on the eve of the UK’s departure?
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CER podcast: Why Europe needs legal migration from 2019-03-13T06:00:28
Beth Oppenheim and Camino Mortera-Martinez make the case for opening legal migration routes into the EU.
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CER podcast: What next for Brexit? from 2019-03-04T10:14:27
Beth Oppenheim asks Charles Grant to weigh up the possible Brexit scenarios: will Theresa May's deal make it through parliament, or will the UK end up with no deal, a general election, or a referen...
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CER podcast: Brexit and services from 2019-02-27T06:00:16
Sophia Besch asks Sam Lowe how Brexit will affect trade in services between the UK and the EU, and why services have been sidelined in the debate.
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CER Bulletin podcast: Trumpian foreign policy; Europe's economic slowdown; populism in Spain from 2019-02-09T06:00:05
In this CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
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CER podcast: The rule of law under threat from 2019-01-30T06:00:13
Beth Oppenheim asks Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska about the latest developments in the rule of law dispute between Warsaw and Brussels, and how the EU should respond to democratic backsliding, beyond ...
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Episode 5: Should governments be more interventionist? from 2019-01-16T06:00:15
Torsten Bell, director of the Resolution Foundation, and Shahin Vallée, from the European Institute at London School of Economics, discuss the growing consensus that the state will do more for its ...
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Episode 4: The macroeconomic implications of low productivity growth from 2019-01-16T06:00:15
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Professor at the Paris School of Economics, and Brad Setser, Senior Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, discuss whether European governments are being too timid in prom...
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Episode 3: Will the median worker do better or worse in the future? from 2019-01-16T06:00:15
Stephen King, Senior Economic Adviser at HSBC, and Sotiria Theodoropoulou, Senior Researcher and Head of Unit at the European Trade Union Institute, discuss the future of the median worker, includi...
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Episode 2: What explains the productivity slowdown? from 2019-01-16T06:00:15
Laurence Boone, Chief Economist and G20 Finance Deputy, and Duncan Weldon, economist and writer, discuss the causes of Europe’s productivity slowdown, and whether or not it is the legacy of the eco...
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Episode 1: What happens to our politics if our economies do not grow? from 2019-01-16T06:00:15
Claire Waysand, General Auditor at the Treasury, Ministry of the Economy and
Industry & Digital Sector, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Econom...
CER podcast: CER researchers review the year 2018 from 2018-12-12T09:50:18
CER podcast: CER researchers review the year 2018 by Centre for European Reform
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CER Bulletin podcast: China and the EU; fighting disinformation from 2018-12-05T06:00:14
In this CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on two of the most important topics for Europe this month.
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CER podcast: A guide to the withdrawal agreement from 2018-11-21T06:00:14
Beth Oppenheim asks John Springford what is in the 585 page withdrawal agreement, and Charles Grant outlines what might happen next: will Theresa May and her withdrawal plan survive?
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CER podcast: One year since Macron's Sorbonne speech from 2018-11-07T06:00:18
Sophia Besch asks Leonard Schuette what progress has been made on Macron's reform agenda one year on, and they discuss the impact of Merkel's planned departure.
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CER podcast: The cost of Brexit to June 2018 from 2018-10-24T05:00:03
The UK economy is 2.5 per cent smaller as a result of the vote to leave the EU. John Springford talks to Beth Oppenheim about his latest analysis, how he has refined his modelling method and the im...
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CER event audio: CER 20th birthday party, London from 2018-10-15T10:14:15
Speeches by the host, the Ambassador of Spain, HE Mr Carlos Bastarreche; CER director Charles Grant; and the keynote speaker, the Rt Hon David Lidington MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and...
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CER podcast: Instability in Libya and a divided EU from 2018-10-10T05:00:09
Sophia Besch asks Luigi Scazzieri about the latest escalation of the conflict in Libya, and they discuss the EU's fragmented policy.
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CER Bulletin podcast: Singapore-on-Thames; the Western Balkans; Italy from 2018-09-28T10:25:41
In the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
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CER podcast: Another referendum? from 2018-09-12T08:09:22
Sophia Besch asks Agata Gostynska-Jakubowska and Beth Oppenheim about the prospects for another Brexit referendum.
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CER podcast: What is the cost of Brexit? from 2018-08-01T06:00:04
The UK economy is around 2 per cent smaller as a result of the vote to leave the EU. John Springford speaks to Sophia Besch about his analysis, his modelling method and the implications of the result.
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CER podcast: A guide to the White Paper from 2018-07-13T11:45:54
Beth Oppenheim asks Sam Lowe about the UK Government's recent White Paper on Brexit, and whether it stands any chance of being accepted by the EU.
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CER event podcast: CER/KAS Conference on 'Plugging in the British: Completing the circuit' from 2018-07-11T05:00:34
Three panels of experts gathered to discuss the new CER/KAS policy brief, ‘Plugging in the British: Completing the Circuit’ at the Royal United Services Institute. In the first session, Camino Mort...
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CER event audio: CER/KAS conference on 'Plugging in the British: Completing the circuit' from 2018-07-05T10:47:42
CER event audio: CER/KAS conference on 'Plugging in the British: Completing the circuit' by Centre for European Reform
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CER podcast: Plugging in the British to EU justice and home affairs from 2018-07-04T05:00:05
Sophia Besch asks Camino Mortera-Martinez whether the UK will stay plugged into EU justice and home affairs structures after Brexit.
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CER podcast: Is Macron becoming isolated in Europe? from 2018-06-20T06:00:04
Sophia Besch asks Charles Grant about Macron's progress on his reform agenda so far.
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CER Bulletin podcast: Transatlantic relationship; Brexit & financial services; UK-EU defence from 2018-06-14T10:12:48
In the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
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CER podcast: A briefing on Italy's new government from 2018-06-06T05:00:05
Sophia Besch asks Luigi Scazzieri what to expect from the new ruling coalition in Italy.
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CER podcast: NATO and the transatlantic defence relationship from 2018-05-23T05:06:45
Recorded at the Daimler US-European Forum: Sophia Besch talks to Constanze Stelzenmüller and Camille Grand about changes in the relationship between the US and its European NATO allies.
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CER podcast: The Customs Union debate from 2018-05-09T05:22:01
Sophia Besch asks John Springford and Sam Lowe to lay out the arguments in favour and against a customs union between the UK and the EU after Brexit.
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CER podcast: Defence co-operation after Brexit: A positive sum game? from 2018-04-26T05:23:51
Beth Oppenheim talks to Sophia Besch about the difficulties the UK and the EU face as they are trying to negotiate the conditions for European military co-operation and defence industrial policy af...
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CER audio clip: Ian Bond speaks to LBC Radio about Russian reaction to allied strikes on Syria from 2018-04-17T08:55:40
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform speaks to LBC about how Russia will react or retaliate to the allied strikes on Syria.
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CER Bulletin podcast: EU reform; Brexit and foreign policy; Europe and cyber security from 2018-04-11T06:02:18
In the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
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Brexit negotiations: Will the unity of the 27 crack? from 2018-03-28T05:17:24
Sophia Besch speaks to Beth Oppenheim and Sam Lowe about what to expect during the second part of Brexit negotiations – will the future relationship talks bring out different political and economic...
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CER podcast: Security after Brexit from 2018-03-14T06:25:18
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CER event audio: CER/DGAP launch of 'Can EU funds promote the rule of law in Europe?' from 2018-03-02T14:38:05
Launch of CER policy brief 'Can EU funds promote the rule of law in Europe?' by Jasna Šelih with Ian Bond and Carl Dolan. Hosted by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin.
CER podcast: A European agenda for Germany from 2018-02-28T07:10:35
Sophia Besch and Beth Oppenheim discuss German politics, and what Berlin needs to do over the next four years to help Europe overcome its many challenges.
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CER podcast: A briefing on Italy's election from 2018-02-13T14:35:11
Sophia Besch asks Luigi Scazzieri about the political debate in Italy, which coalition might win the election on March 4th, how strong is the Italian populist platform, and how to counter Italian e...
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CER podcast: Brexit negotiations phase 2: The politics of regulatory alignment from 2018-01-30T15:56:25
Charles Grant talks to Sophia Besch about how the EU-27 view the British idea of a bespoke post-Brexit partnership based on regulatory alignment.
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CER Bulletin podcast: Trade post Brexit; EU vs Poland; Trump's foreign policy from 2018-01-24T11:31:31
In the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.
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CER podcast: A briefing on Nordstream 2 from 2018-01-17T07:33:05
Noah Gordon talks to Sophia Besch about the controversial Nordstream 2 pipeline – who is in favour of the project and who stands to lose out, what the EU is doing and what it should do, and whether...
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CER podcast: CER researchers review the year 2017 from 2017-12-20T06:13:21
Charles Grant, Simon Tilford and Ian Bond review the political themes and events that shaped 2017, and take a look at some of the predictions they made last year.
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CER podcast: Will there be reforms for the eurozone? from 2017-12-08T14:05:03
Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska and Sophia Besch review the Commission's new proposals for eurozone reform, and look at what EU leaders should discuss at the euro summit next week in Brussels.
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CER event audio: London launch of 'Ulster's fight, Ulster's rights?' from 2017-12-06T12:44:16
Launch of CER policy brief 'Ulster's fight, Ulster's rights? Brexit, Northern Ireland and the threat to British-Irish relations' by Edward Burke, hosted by the Embassy of Ireland in London.
How to save the EU, Episode 2: What does the illiberal backlash in newer EU members mean? from 2017-11-22T15:24:08
Heather Grabbe, Director at the Open Society European Policy Institute, and Constanze Stelzenmüller, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution discuss the backlash against liberal nor...
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How to save the EU, Episode 3: Is the EU still the answer to globalisation? from 2017-11-22T15:23:53
Catherine Mann, Chief Economist & G20 Finance Deputy at the OECD, Barry Eichengreen, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and Christian Odendahl, Chief Economist at the CER discuss w...
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How to save the EU, Episode 1: Who is opposed to the EU and why? from 2017-11-22T15:23:44
Anand Menon, Director at The UK in a Changing Europe, and Yascha Mounk, Executive Director at Renewing the Centre, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change discuss different strands of Euroscepticism...
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Relaunching the EU - Episode 2: Migration and security from 2017-11-08T06:13:45
John Springford and Luigi Scazzieri argue that he EU needs to prioritise the development of a new neighbourhood policy, as a way of reducing both security threats and migration pressures.
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Relaunching the EU - Episode 3: Reforming the eurozone from 2017-11-08T06:13:33
Christian Odendahl discusses possible reforms to eurozone governance that could put the currency union on a more stable footing.
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Relaunching the EU - Episode 1: A more flexible Union from 2017-11-08T06:13:21
Charles Grant lays out a proposal for a new European Architecture. He argues for the EU to develop more flexible structures, so that its countries are given greater choice over which policies they ...
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CER podcast: Should we learn to live with a nuclear North Korea? from 2017-10-25T06:22:42
CER podcast: Should we learn to live with a nuclear North Korea? by Centre for European Reform
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CER podcast: Peacekeepers for Ukraine? from 2017-10-11T05:47:32
Sophia Besch talks to Luigi Scazzieri about Russian President Putin’s proposal to send a UN peacekeeping force to eastern Ukraine. Scazzieri explains the background to Russia’s proposal, the risks ...
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CER event audio: Konrad Szyma?ski speaks at the CER fringe event at #CPC17 from 2017-10-03T12:14:54
Konrad Szyma?ski, Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland speaks at the CER fringe event at the Conservative party conference: 'How to handle Brexit'.
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CER event audio: Dominic Grieve MP speaks at the CER fringe event at #CPC17 from 2017-10-03T10:16:39
Dominic Grieve, MP for Beaconsfield speaks to the CER fringe event at the Conservative party conference: 'How to handle Brexit'
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CER event audio: Andrea Leadsom MP speaks at the CER fringe event at #CPC17 from 2017-10-03T09:43:37
Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons speaks at CER fringe event at the Conservative party conference: 'How to handle Brexit'
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CER event audio: Juliet Samuel of The Telegraph speaks at the CER fringe event at #CPC17 from 2017-10-03T09:40:26
Juliet Samuel, Columnist, The Telegraph speaks at the CER fringe event at the Conservative party conference: 'How to handle Brexit'.
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CER podcast: EU values and interests in the age of Trump from 2017-09-29T08:19:34
CER podcast: EU values and interests in the age of Trump by Centre for European Reform
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CER podcast: Briefing on the German election from 2017-09-20T16:43:21
Christian Odendahl and Sophia Besch discuss who is likely to win on Sunday, what the German election will mean for Europe, and what it will mean for Brexit negotiations.
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CER podcast: François Heisbourg on Franco-German defence co-operation and the EU defence fund from 2017-08-11T10:27:25
Sophia Besch speaks to Francois Heisbourg about the future of European defence co-operation and about why he thinks the EU’s proposal for a European defence fund has potential.
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CER podcast: Brexit negotiations: Players and process on the EU side from 2017-07-17T10:51:02
Sophia Besch talks to Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska about the role of the European Commission, the member-states, the European Parliament and the ECJ in the Brexit talks, and about how process can tur...
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CER podcast: The Middle East peace process - state of play from 2017-07-06T15:24:57
Sophia Besch talks to Luigi Scazzieri about the position of the Trump administration on the Middle East peace process, and about concrete policy recommendations for the EU.
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CER podcast: Security co-operation after Brexit from 2017-06-30T11:37:38
Sophia Besch talks to Camino Mortera-Martinez about how to keep Britain plugged into Europol and European criminal databases.
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CER podcast: UK election primer from 2017-06-07T11:45:28
On the day before the UK general election, Charles Grant and Simon Tilford discuss current polls, the effect of recent attacks on voting, which issues were not sufficiently discussed in the campaig...
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CER podcast: Why no deal is not better than a bad deal from 2017-06-05T08:28:20
Simon Tilford and John Springford lay out in detail how leaving the EU without a deal would damage the British economy.
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CER podcast: Strategic co-operation and competition in the Arctic from 2017-05-31T13:58:44
Recording at the CER's Arctic Bridge Summit in Finland, Sophia Besch talks to Elisabeth Braw and Ethan Corbin about security challenges in the Arctic and how Russia and Europe could co-operate in t...
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CER podcast: Why the UK voted to leave, and lessons for the EU 27 from 2017-05-23T13:03:41
John Springford talks to Matthew Goodwin, Paul Whiteley and Florence Faucher on the reasons the UK voted to leave, how these political trends played out in the French elections, and lessons for the...
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CER podcast: The EU, Russia and China: Difficult neighbours? from 2017-05-17T14:09:53
In the week of the One Belt One Road Summit Ian Bond talks to Sophia Besch about the complex relationships and rivalries between Russia, China and the EU, and how the EU should move forward to defu...
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CER podcast: What does Macron's victory mean for France, the UK, the EU and the world? from 2017-05-08T15:40:54
Ian Bond talks to Sophia Besch about the next steps for the newly elected French president; how his victory is perceived in Brussels, Berlin, London, Moscow and Washington; and whether the defeat o...
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CER podcast: What UK-EU trade deal after Brexit? from 2017-04-25T08:12:26
John Springford talks to Sophia Besch about about the best possible trade deal between the UK and the EU after Brexit. Based on new empirical research into the costs of trade barriers he argues for...
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CER podcast: Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska on the triggering of Article 50 from 2017-03-30T12:25:49
Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska talks to Sophia Besch about the triggering of Article 50, the tone and substance of the letter, how it was received in Brussels, and how we can expect negotiations to unf...
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CER podcast: CER researchers discuss the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome from 2017-03-24T09:37:37
Ian Bond talks to Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska and Camino Mortera-Martinez on the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome: the EU has a great past, but what will its leaders do about its many challe...
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CER podcast: Charles Grant on Theresa May's emerging Brexit deal from 2017-03-07T11:30:03
Director of the CER Charles Grant discusses the progress and the process of deciding the British position in Brexit negotiations, assesses the value of the UK’s ‘trump cards’ and explains why many ...
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CER podcast: Daniel Keohane on the future of European Defence after Brexit and Trump from 2017-02-28T14:28:18
Daniel Keohane and Sophia Besch discuss how Brexit will affect EU defence cooperation and if and how Theresa May can use the UK’s special relationship with the United States to get a better deal fr...
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CER podcast: What free movement means to Europe and why it matters to Britain from 2017-02-16T09:40:23
Camino Mortera-Martinez and Christian Odendahl discuss the politics and economics that underlie the different views of free movement in Britain and Europe, and asses how these differences will impa...
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CER podcast: Kori Schake on Donald Trump and what he means for Europe from 2017-02-09T09:53:20
Kori Schake, CER board member and research fellow at the Hoover Institution, talks to Sophia Besch about how European leaders should approach the Donald Trump presidency, the real checks and balanc...
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Keynote speech by Sir Julian King on 'Making a success of the EU's security union' from 2017-02-02T13:15:13
Keynote speech at our dinner on 'Making a success of the EU's security union', by Sir Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union.
Sir Julian is the British commissioner in c...
CER podcast: Rob Wainwright and Camino Mortera-Martinez on Europol and UK-EU security co-operation from 2017-01-27T12:02:07
Camino Mortera-Martinez talks to Rob Wainwright about the work of Europol on counter-terrorism and migration, the future of his agency and the effects of Brexit on UK-EU security co-operation.
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CER podcast: 5 questions on Trade, Trump and TTIP from 2017-01-16T16:42:03
Rem Korteweg explains what trade policy under Trump will look like, if and how European governments can save TTIP, and what to make of a US-UK trade deal.
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CER podcast: CER researchers review the year 2016 from 2016-12-21T13:31:52
Charles Grant, Simon Tilford and Ian Bond review the year 2016: The rise of a new global disorder, the future of the European project, stories the world did not pay enough attention to in 2016, dev...
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CER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode five from 2016-12-16T15:04:07
In this episode, Martin Sandbu and Christian Dustmann discuss 'How should governments respond to migration fears?'
In November 2016, the CER took more than 50 of Europe's top economists to...
CER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode four from 2016-12-07T10:33:43
In this episode, Marcel Fratzscher and Ryan Avent discuss ‘Is inequality behind the rise in populism?’
In November 2016, the CER took more than 50 of Europe's top economists to Ditchley Park in...
CER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode three from 2016-11-30T14:54:03
In this episode, Martin Hellwig and Agnès Bénassy-Quéré discuss ‘Has trade liberalisation and financial globalisation gone too far?’
In November 2016, the CER took more than 50 of Europe's...
CER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode two from 2016-11-25T11:16:02
In this episode, David Willetts and Nicholas Crafts discuss 'Was Brexit a rebellion against globalisation?'
In November 2016, the CER took more than 50 of Europe's top economists to Ditchl...
CER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode one from 2016-11-16T14:27:17
In this episode, Barry Eichengreen and Martin Wolf discuss 'Are macro-economic policy failures behind the rise of populism?'
In November 2016, the CER took more than 50 of Europe's top eco...
CER podcast: What the US elections and Brexit mean for US-EU relations from 2016-11-07T10:08:05
Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska, Rem Korteweg and Ian Bond discuss the impact of the UK’s vote to leave the EU on transatlantic relations and how the future US president will approach Europe.
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CER podcast: Charles Grant and Jean Pisani-Ferry on UK-EU relations and the future of the Eurozone from 2016-10-26T09:42:09
Charles Grant and Jean Pisani-Ferry discuss the chances of a ‘continental partnership’ between Britain and the EU post Brexit, as well as France’s position on the eurozone.
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CER podcast: What the fall of sterling means for the British economy and post-Brexit politics from 2016-10-21T13:58:39
Simon Tilford and John Springford discuss the value of sterling and the impact on the economy and British politics.
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CER podcast: The rights of EU migrants in Britain after Brexit from 2016-10-07T16:32:52
CER experts John Springford and Camino Mortera-Martinez assess the credibility, legality and practical feasibility of political proposals to restrict the rights of EU migrants in the UK.
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CER podcast: Charles Grant on negotiating Brexit – priorities on both sides of the channel from 2016-10-03T13:22:48
Sophia Besch talks to CER's director Charles Grant about Brexit red lines in Paris, Berlin and Brussels and a negotiation strategy for the British.
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CER podcast: Last week in EU affairs from 2016-09-20T09:38
Sophia Besch talks to Ian Bond and Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska about the Bratislava summit, President Jean-Claude Juncker's State of the European Union address and defence union proposals.
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CER podcast: Simon Tilford and Alexander Stubb on Brexit and the future of Britain and the EU from 2016-09-16T16:23:39
Simon Tilford speaks to former Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb about the implications of Brexit and the challenges ahead for the EU.
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CER podcast: Charles Grant and Nick Clegg on Brexit challenges from 2016-09-08T14:31
Charles Grant talks to Nick Clegg MP about the challenges facing the EU-UK exit negotiations, after the launch of his second 'Brexit Challenge' report.
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CER podcast: 5 questions on Theresa May's Brexit negotiations from 2016-08-01T12:06:56
Sophia Besch talks to Charles Grant about the six deals that the British government will have to strike – with the EU, the WTO and bilaterally – in order to realise the Brexit vote.
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CER Podcast: 5 questions on Theresa May’s visit to Warsaw from 2016-07-29T16:08:16
Sophia Besch talks to Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska about Polish priorities during the Brexit negotiations and consequences of the British vote to leave the EU for the bilateral relationship between t...
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CER podcast: Five questions on territorial disputes in the South China Sea from 2016-07-26T16:20
Sophia Besch talks to Rem Korteweg about reactions to the recent UN tribunal ruling from ASEAN countries, the US and the EU, and the difficult balance between power politics and international law.
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CER podcast: 5 questions on the attempted coup in Turkey from 2016-07-20T15:48:17
Sophia Besch talks to Rem Korteweg about the implications for the EU, NATO and Turkey’s European trajectory.
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CER podcast: Discussion on Theresa May's new cabinet from 2016-07-15T09:22:14
A conversation about the strategy behind recent appointments, consequences for Britain’s foreign policy and trade relations, and an outlook on the start of negotiations with the EU 27.
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Centre For European Reform's 18th Birthday Party from 2016-07-11T10:41:22
With keynote speeches from Helle Thorning-Schmidt and The Rt Hon David Miliband. Hosted by the Ambassador of Ireland Mr Daniel Mulhall.
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CER podcast: The EU referendum - a fact free debate from 2016-06-20T15:52:20
CER podcast: The EU referendum - a fact free debate by Centre for European Reform
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Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska on 'The Economist Asks: EU referendum special' from 2016-06-17T16:52:53
With Mario Monti, Zanny Minton Beddoes and Lane Greene.
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CER podcast: Europe after Bremain - an agenda for the UK from 2016-06-17T15:00
Sophia Besch talks to John Springford, Camino Mortera-Martinez and Ian Bond on what role the UK could play in the EU following a vote to stay in on June 23rd.
This podcast refers to the re...
CER podcast: The impact of a Brexit on different British regions from 2016-06-13T15:14
John Springford explains the results from new research by the CER and Groningen University which shows that eurosceptic regions have the most to lose from a Brexit. He talks to Sophia Besch about e...
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CER podcast: Debate on - Can Britain join Norway in the EEA? from 2016-06-09T12:27:08
Could Britain end up in the EEA? The CER couldn't agree, so we decided to have a debate between CER director Charles Grant and senior research fellow John Springford.
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CER podcast: EU capitals weigh in on the Brexit debate from 2016-06-02T12:02:27
Sophia Besch talks to her fellow CER colleagues Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska, Christian Odendahl, Camino Mortera-Martinez, Rem Korteweg, Paola Buonadonna and Shahin Valeee from the LSE, about how the...
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CER podcast: Five questions on the implications of a Brexit for EU institutions from 2016-05-24T14:59:24
In the fourth episode of a series of podcasts on the implications of a Brexit for the EU, Sophia Besch talks to CER research fellow Agata Gosty?ska-Jakubowska.
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CER podcast: Five questions on the implications of Brexit for EU JHA policies from 2016-05-18T14:38:28
In the third episode of a series of podcasts on the implications of a Brexit for the EU, Sophia Besch talks to CER's Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) research fellow Camino Mortera-Martinez.
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CER podcast: Five questions on the economic implications of a Brexit for the EU from 2016-05-13T12:03:57
In the second episode of a series of podcasts on the implications of a Brexit for the EU, Sophia Besch talks to CER's deputy director Simon Tilford.
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CER podcast: Five questions on the implications of a Brexit for the EU from 2016-05-04T12:59:05
Sophia Besch talks to CER director of foreign policy Ian Bond in the first episode.
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Economists on Brexit vote: Would leaving the EU damage the UK economy? from 2016-04-22T13:39:10
At our event on 21 April, 86% of the audience, the majority of whom were economists, agreed that leaving the EU would damage Britain's economy during a CER debate.
An electronic poll was t...
CER podcast: The Dutch-Ukraine referendum from 2016-04-01T15:29:48
The Netherlands will vote on the EU's association agreement with Ukraine next week on the 6 April. Like the British referendum, the Dutch referendum risks making both the EU and its eastern neighbo...
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CER podcast: Emergency EU Turkey summit from 2016-03-09T12:27:01
Sophia Besch talks to the CER's JHA expert Camino Mortera-Martinez about the details of this week's migration summit deal and broader implications for the sustainability of Schengen.
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CER podcast: Cameron's EU deal from 2016-02-22T12:43:29
CER's Sophia Besch talks to CER director Charles Grant and senior research fellow John Springford about their take on David Cameron's EU deal at the February EU summit.
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Wha...