Centre for European Reform podcast

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 on the global stage? John Springford and Christian Odendahl discuss.

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 may evolve.

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 UK foreign policy.

Ian Bond and Agata Gostyńska-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 here: https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2020/democracy-and-rule-law-failing-partnership

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 Federica Mogherini on the Middle East Peace Process, and to draw recommendations for Josep Borrell.

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-German relations; and the EU economy.

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 rupture between Turkey and the West.

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 Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, discuss Europe's growing regional divergence and how the EU should respond.

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 EU should use its market power to force other countries to fight climate change.

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 monetary policy has run out of road, or whether there is more that Christine Lagarde can do.

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 belligerent US, and the ever-growing technological superiority of China.

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.

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.

Charles Grant and Beth Oppenheim discuss what will happen next with the Brexit process, as well as what the future UK-EU relationship could look like.

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?

Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska talks to Sophia Besch about the new European Commission. Who are Ursula von der Leyen's new commissioners – and what happens next?

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.

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?

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.

Sophia Besch talks to Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska about the EU’s top jobs reshuffle. They discuss the candidates, Europe's winners and losers, and what happens next.

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.

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.

Beth Oppenheim talks to the CER's experts about the upcoming European Parliament elections. Ian Bond, Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska, Charles Grant, Camino Mortera-Martinez, Luigi Scazzieri and Leonard Schuette brief listeners on the key member-states, as well as the EU institutions in Brussels.

Panel 3: Industry and innovation Speakers: Catherine Howarth, Chief Executive, ShareAction Corinna Zierold, Senior Policy Adviser, industriAll European Trade Union Chair: John Springford, Deputy Director, Centre for European Reform Closing remarks Sophia Besch, Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform

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 Alliance of Socialists and Democrats and Vice-Chair, Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament Chair: Sam Lowe, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform