John Springford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform along with Claire jones, Paul Mason and Josef Janning discuss the future of the EU on the BBC's Real Story.
29 June 2018
BBC The Real Story: Can the EU Survive?
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BBC Radio 4- Today programme: British trade post-Brexit
Sam Lowe a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform spoke to the Today programme (from 56.15 mins) about the unknown costs British companies face after Brexit.
If the government gave firms Brexit advice it could be seen as acknowledgement of costs from leaving EU “but that’s not a reason not to...it’s due diligence. A responsible government would be taking this a lot more seriously” .
03 July 2018
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Parliament Live: EU policing and security co-operation
Camino Mortera-Martinez (from 15.40 mins), a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform along with Claude Moraes MEP gave evidence on EU policing and security co-operation.
03 July 2018
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Parliament Live: EU External Affairs Sub-Committee
Sam Lowe (from 10.05 mins), a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform along with Susan Morley and Joseph Owen gave evidence on post-Brexit customs proposals.
05 July 2018
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CNBC: EU already losing patience with the UK over Brexit
"The chances of a no-deal scenario are rising," says Agata Gostynska-Jakubowska, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform.
05 July 2018
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Encompass Podcast: Geopolitics in 2021
Charles Grant spoke to Paul Adamson about likely trends in geopolitics in 2021.
07 January 2021
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BBC Radio 4 - The World at one: Brexit problems with new trading arrangements
Sam Lowe a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform spoke to Sarah Montague about the teething problems and costs of the new trading arrangements (from 28.30 mins).
14 January 2021
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BBC News: EU, Germany and the vaccines
"It's about boosting the supply of the vaccines, and quickly. [...] This is the richer countries' job, and I think that's where the EU's strategy fell short" Christian Odendal, chief economist of the Centre for European Reform told BBC News.
29 January 2021
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BBC Politics West: Labour mobility
Sam Lowe a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform spoke to BBC Politics West about how the EU's proposal on general labour mobility would have reduced the red tape now affecting the UK's live music industry (from 9.20mins).
14 February 2021
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The Spectator Podcast: Boris’s climate conundrum
While coronavirus has dominated the last year in politics, domestic issues are creeping back onto the agenda. Near the top of the list is reaching Net Zero by 2050 - not least because climate-conscious Joe Biden is now in the White House. Can Britain hit its target? Katy Balls speaks to James Forsyth and Sam Lowe, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform.
20 February 2021
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Over the Farm Gate podcast: Trade and policy special
This week, following the government's application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), we're asking what this is, and how could it affect UK agriculture?
Concerns have been raised about how this could impact access to the UK for foreign produce, and food production standards. So, to delve into this, Abi is joined by; Sam Lowe, trade policy expert from the Centre for European Reform and Amandeep Kau Purewal, senior policy analyst from the AHDB.
15 February 2021
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Northern Ireland Affairs Committee: Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol
Sam Lowe, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform gave evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol.
24 February 2021
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BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room: Brexit Business
Sam Lowe, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Refrom joined Peter Foster, Vandeline von Bredow and Maddy Thimont Jack to speak with David Aaronovitch two months on from the UK's uncoupling from the European Union's single market.
Britain's transition period with the EU ended on December 31st. For the first time since the inception of the single market in 1992, British companies were on the outside. A trade agreement was reached meaning that no tariffs would be paid on imports or exports, but it did mean that trade would no longer be entirely friction free. It’s still early days, but what do we now know about the extent of that friction and its possible consequences? How representative are the frustrations of Cornwall’s daffodil growers who say they can’t find labourers or UK companies that are now setting up production facilities in the EU in order to avoid red tape and its cost? To what extent have difficulties been mitigated by new trade deals that the UK is now free to negotiate. And what’s the view from the EU?
25 February 2021
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Uncommon Decency podcast: A Very British Divorce
After almost 4 years since 17 million Brits voted for this outcome, the UK has finally divorced from the European supranational behemoth. The year-end deal on the new trade rapport between the two sides of the Channel was elusive, but the sighs of relief in Whitehall and the Berlaymont have been music to each other’s ears. With two of the most insightful Brexit watchers in the market—Charles Grant, the 22-year director of the Center for European Reform (CER) and Mujtaba Rahman of Eurasia Group, NYU Stern and SciencesPo—, we bring to you a retrospective on the chaotic last 3.5 years of endless back-and-forth, vitriol and deadline extensions. If anything, what has Brexit taught us about the inner forces driving the UK and the EU, and to what extent will it be a template of future divorces of this sort?
26 February 2021
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Bloomberg Daybreak Europe: Odendahl: Vaccine rollout risks anger beyond Brussels
While the initial blame for the slow European vaccination rollout went to the European institutions, which negotiated the contracts, public backlash now risks spilling into national politics with the German CDU next in line ahead of a general election in September, according to Christian Odendahl, Chief Economist at the Centre for European Reform. He speaks to Bloomberg's Maria Tadeo and Anna Edwards in an episode of The Brussels Edition.
11 March 2021
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TRT World: Russia-NATO tensions heat up
Last week, NATO foreign ministers gathered in Brussels for the first time in over a year. The in-person summit featured Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg saying Moscow's 'pattern of repressive behaviour at home and aggressive behaviour abroad' required immediate, collective action. From Crimea to cyberattacks, diplomatic pressure seems to have achieved little in restraining Moscow. So now, NATO's 30 member states are building their biggest collective defense in a generation. And with a new US president who's clearly no friend of Vladimir Putin, NATO's banking on a new administration in Washington to help get it done. Guests: Andrei Fedorov Former Russian Deputy Foreign Minister William Courtney Former US Ambassador Ian Bond Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform.
02 April 2021
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Bloomberg TV: Merkel's succession in disarray as party splits over nominee
Christian Odendahl, chief economist at th CER talked to Bloomberg TV about the Merkel succession, and how German politics might change in the coming years.
13 April 2021
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Times Radio: Russian pressure in eastern Ukraine
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform spoke with Carole Walker and outlined three possible motives behind the increased Russian pressure in eastern Ukraine (from 1:50).
13 April 2021
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BBC Radio 4: The Briefing Room - Could Germany Go Green?
Sophia Besch, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform spoke to David Aaronovitch about what the Greens might change about German foreign policy (from 12.3 mins).
22 April 2021
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Euranet: The next battle for rule of law in the EU will be fought in court
Camino Mortera, a senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, believes that Hungary and Poland may have a case to answer. “This case that has been brought to the European Court of Justice by Poland and Hungary is not – and I know this may sound provocative – the latest crazy idea of Orban or Law and Justice [party], but is part of a legal debate among experts in the field on whether the European Union really has the competence to approve a regulation that would make access to EU funds conditional on respect for the rule of law.”
From a legal point of view, Poland and Hungary have strong arguments, says Mortera.
Firstly, there is already a legal instrument to monitor and deal with potential violations of the Union’s democratic principles or the rule of law, the famous article 7 of the Treaties. Secondly, as far as the budget is concerned, there are also other mechanisms for overseeing the use of EU funds, such as the EU prosecutor and the European anti-fraud office.
Mortera is expecting a very political ruling.
“The Court of Justice will certainly be political in its decision, because it is a decision that affects the essence and the future of the European Union, so it is very difficult for the European Court not to take the political aspect into account. But from a legal point of view, Hungary and Poland, I think, have two very strong arguments on the issue.”
Among others, the case could shape the fate of a potential fiscal union.
11 May 2021
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