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Charles Grant

@cer_grant

Director, Centre for European Reform. Interested in the EU, Russia and China. Also a music lover.

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linkhttp://www.cer.eu calendar_today13-07-2012 11:25:09

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🎙️ New episode #CERpodcast - CER director Charles Grant discusses the UK-EU summit set to take place on May 19 with Sophia Gaston🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/wddZt48

🎙️ New episode #CERpodcast - <a href="/CER_EU/">CER</a> director <a href="/CER_Grant/">Charles Grant</a> discusses the UK-EU summit set to take place on May 19 with <a href="/sophgaston/">Sophia Gaston</a>🎙️ 

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.Charles Grant director of the CER, argues in a forthcoming paper that the Starmer government’s “ambitions are limited, which gave the EU an excuse to lower its own ambitions”. buff.ly/AVAIQWq

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An enlarged EU would face an impaired ability to make decisions quickly & efficiently. Existing mechanisms, such as the passerelle & constructive abstention, offer potential ways forward but are only partial solutions. 🆕by Zselyke Csaky & Charles Grant Read here: buff.ly/DGNa8tD

An enlarged EU would face an impaired ability to make decisions quickly &amp; efficiently. Existing mechanisms, such as the passerelle &amp; constructive abstention, offer potential ways forward but are only partial solutions.
🆕by <a href="/zecsaky/">Zselyke Csaky</a> &amp; <a href="/CER_Grant/">Charles Grant</a>
Read here: buff.ly/DGNa8tD
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Vetoes are more common in the #EU today. Two things have made building consensus more difficult: agreement among member-states has decreased, while the need to respond quickly to global events has grown. 🆕insight by Zselyke Csaky & Charles Grant Read here: buff.ly/DGNa8tD

Vetoes are more common in the #EU today. 
Two things have made building consensus more difficult: agreement among member-states has decreased, while the need to respond quickly to global events has grown. 

🆕insight by <a href="/zecsaky/">Zselyke Csaky</a> &amp; <a href="/CER_Grant/">Charles Grant</a>
 
Read here: buff.ly/DGNa8tD
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The UK may not want to choose between the US and the EU, but when push comes to shove, the economic relationship with the EU will always be more significant. 🆕 insight by Aslak Berg, Ian Bond & Charles Grant Read here: buff.ly/kaSnhq0

The UK may not want to choose between the US and the EU, but when push comes to shove, the economic relationship with the EU will always be more significant. 

🆕 insight by <a href="/BergAslak/">Aslak Berg</a>, <a href="/CER_IanBond/">Ian Bond</a> &amp; <a href="/CER_Grant/">Charles Grant</a>
 
Read here: buff.ly/kaSnhq0
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Will the EU-UK deal be an easy sell, or does it risk being seen as a ‘brexit betrayal’? And does it lack ambition, or is it an important first step in restoring trust between two allies? Listen here 👇 James Heale Lucy Dunn Charles Grant spectator.co.uk/podcast/the-eu…

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The #EUUK #summit today should enable leaders to respond to the threatening global situation by putting past differences behind them. 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🆕 insight by Aslak Berg, Ian Bond & Charles Grant Read here: buff.ly/kaSnhq0

The #EUUK #summit today should enable leaders to respond to the threatening global situation by putting past differences behind them. 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 

🆕 insight by <a href="/BergAslak/">Aslak Berg</a>, <a href="/CER_IanBond/">Ian Bond</a> &amp; <a href="/CER_Grant/">Charles Grant</a>

Read here: buff.ly/kaSnhq0
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Together with James Heale, I discuss the UK-EU summit. Though the agreement reached is not particularly ambitious, it sets a direction for a relationship which is likely to get much closer in the long run. CER

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.Charles Grant joined Coffee House podcast to discuss the UK-EU summit. Though the agreement reached is not particularly ambitious, it sets a direction for a relationship which is likely to get much closer in the long run. buff.ly/oGYLFDb

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“British exporters have been seriously hit by the bureaucracy they face trying to get food and plants and animals across the frontier into the EU,” Charles Grant, director of the CER told euronews buff.ly/x9FN7yB

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Simon Jenkins: “I once opposed EU membership as I thought on balance that a looser free trade area, like the European Free Trade Association, was more in line with Britain’s place in the world. In retrospect, I was wrong.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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.Charles Grant, director of the CER, said the cherry-picking line had been “a product of the strained relationship that followed the referendum, and the EU’s concern that other countries should not follow the UK’s example.” buff.ly/Q9qTZnQ

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Russian retaliation against the EU is economic coercion – the EU does not need to grant any kind of legitimacy to Russian economic pressure. 🇪🇺 🇷🇺 CER insight by Aslak Berg Read here: buff.ly/dnPSyIg

Russian retaliation against the EU is economic coercion – the EU does not need to grant any kind of legitimacy to Russian economic pressure. 🇪🇺 🇷🇺 

<a href="/CER_EU/">CER</a> insight by <a href="/BergAslak/">Aslak Berg</a>
 
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📅 JOIN US - London - 18 June: Discussion on 'Will Labour's immigration reforms undermine its other missions?' with Brian Bell, Jonathan Portes, John Springford and Madeleine Sumption Email [email protected] for further info & registration

📅 JOIN US - London - 18 June: Discussion on 'Will Labour's immigration reforms undermine its other missions?' with Brian Bell, <a href="/jdportes/">Jonathan Portes</a>, <a href="/JohnSpringford/">John Springford</a>  and <a href="/M_Sumption/">Madeleine Sumption</a>

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The elections in Poland and Romania will deliver little change, for now. But they raise a disconcerting question: can democracy survive if it is continuously on the ballot? Zselyke Csaky analyses what the results mean for the EU. 🇷🇴 🇵🇱 Read here: buff.ly/FejJVW1

The elections in Poland and Romania will deliver little change, for now. But they raise a disconcerting question: can democracy survive if it is continuously on the ballot? <a href="/zecsaky/">Zselyke Csaky</a> analyses what the results mean for the EU. 🇷🇴 🇵🇱 

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Thank you to Richard Amor European Investment Bank, Elena Gordeeva The EBRD, Julia Prescot Meridiam & Fiona Ramsey European Commission for speaking at our CER/EU Delegation UK discussion on 'New partnerships for development: The EU's Global Gateway initiative' in London yesterday.

Thank you to Richard Amor <a href="/EIB/">European Investment Bank</a>, Elena Gordeeva <a href="/EBRD/">The EBRD</a>, Julia Prescot <a href="/Meridiam/">Meridiam</a> &amp; Fiona Ramsey <a href="/EU_Commission/">European Commission</a> for speaking at our  <a href="/CER_EU/">CER</a>/<a href="/EUdelegationUK/">EU Delegation UK</a> discussion on 'New partnerships for development: The EU's Global Gateway initiative' in London yesterday.
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As a large-scale war unfolds on European soil… Europe must act decisively. – today at the GLOBSEC side-event “Making Europe More Secure? Lessons from Ukraine” co-organized by Price of Freedom, ICUV | International Centre for Ukrainian Victory and GLOBSEC We are grateful for meaningful discussion to our speakers:

As a large-scale war unfolds on European soil… Europe must act decisively. – today at the GLOBSEC side-event “Making Europe More Secure? Lessons from Ukraine” co-organized by Price of Freedom, <a href="/ICUVua/">ICUV | International Centre for Ukrainian Victory</a>  and <a href="/GLOBSEC/">GLOBSEC</a>  
We are grateful for meaningful discussion to our speakers:
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One of the greatest. I can think of no one better for Schubert and Beethoven . A winning combination of intellectual rigour and artistic sensitivity.