Reports
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...
British Politics after Brexit
This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe looks at public opinion in the UK on the UK's constitutional future. Drawing on the expertise of over 40 of the UK’s top experts on public opinion, British Politics after Brexit provides a comprehensive overview of public opinion in the UK. The landscape of British...
Free trade under Brexit
This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at why Brexit's benefits to the UK have been widely underestimated. In this report published by Civitas, Professor Minford (Professor of Applied Economics, Cardiff University) analyses the ways in which official trade modelling and policy assumptions have underestimated the gains from free trade with non-EU countries. The...
Doing things differently? Policy after Brexit
This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe looks at how policy and policymaking have changed in a range of sectors. Brexit is done, but what does it mean? Doing things differently? Policy after Brexit brings together a number experts in their respective fields to investigate how policy and policymaking have changed...
Understanding the Red Wall: Politics and identity in new electoral battlegrounds
This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe looks at focus groups based in Yorkshire and Humberside and their issues and priorities. The 2019 general election gave birth to a new term for understanding electoral geography, the Red Wall. This report, ‘Understanding the Red Wall: Politics and identity in the new electoral battlegrounds’, focusses...
Why the EU’s recovery fund should be permanent
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at the EU’s post-pandemic recovery and resilience facility. The EU’s post-pandemic recovery and resilience facility (RRF) began disbursing funds to member-states this summer. The €723.8 billion fund will be spent by the end of 2026, and amounts to 0.8 per cent of EU...
Bridging the channel
This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at how Europeans and the UK can work together on defence capability development. Since Brexit, the UK has been reluctant to engage with the EU in defence industrial co-operation. Aside from being disappointed with the EU’s offer to third countries, UK policy-makers and...
The EU’s unsustainable China strategy
This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at whether the EU can continue to balance its relationships with China and the US. In recent years, the EU’s approach to China has mainly focused on economic factors and the interests of a few member states. However, internal and external political tensions – as well...
