The economic basis of democracy in Europe
This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at structural economic change, inequality and the depoliticization of economic policymaking. Understanding contemporary challenges to democracy in Europe requires looking beyond the rise of ‘populism’. Instead, it requires acknowledging a multiplicity of threats to democracy, in particular those arising from the structure of European economies and...
How to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform argues that the UK and the EU need to work together in good faith to fix the Protocol. In a new Centre for European Reform policy brief, ‘How to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol’, Hilary Benn MP argues that the UK and the EU...
The EU needs a bigger playing field – not a level playing field
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at whether ‘level playing field’ tools can be repurposed to help deliver new priorities. Policy-makers in Brussels and EU capitals are increasingly worried that other countries are taking unfair advantage of the EU’s open markets. They fret that EU firms are disadvantaged. In...
The state of the European Union
This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe looks at the current state of members states, EU institutions and a number of policy areas. In ‘The State of the European Union’, some of the most respected scholars working on the EU provide their analysis of its current state, looking, in turn, at...
What can we know about the cost of Brexit so far?
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at how far the UK is lagging behind compared to similar economies. Covid-19 made it hard to isolate the impact of Brexit on the UK economy. But now that the most advanced economies have re-opened and have surpassed their pre-pandemic level of output,...
How to make EU fiscal rules compatible with net zero
This briefing from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at Europe and the need for more green investment. In order to be climate neutral by 2050 and to fulfil its 2030 climate targets, Europe needs more green investment. Although total European climate investment is on the rise, thanks in part to the...
Post-Brexit imports, supply chains, and the effect on consumer prices
This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe looks at the decrease in imports following the UK's departure of the Single Market. This report documents the decrease in imports and shows how the patterns of imports vary across sectors following the UK’s departure from the Single Market and Customs Unit at the...
Boiling dry
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at how the EU can help prevent instability in the water-scarce Maghreb. Over-exploitation and mismanagement of water, worsened by climate change, has made water scarcity of increasing concern in the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya). It constrains agricultural production and access to...
Agriculture after Brexit
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the government's plans to redirect its £2.4bn budget away from payments. By setting high expectations for post-Brexit agricultural support, the government risks its reforms being seen as a failure by some (if not all) of farmers, environmentalists, taxpayers and consumers. This report analyses...
Trading up
This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies looks at how to support UK exports in a post-Brexit world. SMEs make up 99.9% of UK businesses, employing 16.3 million people. They are at the heart of the UK economy. Yet historically, they have been far more reluctant to export than their international...
