I learned a lot about what is happening with enlargement from this brilliant podcast, by @milanninberlin.bsky.social and @zecsaky.bsky.social. They are not as pessimistic as I am about the prospects of EU enlargement.
Europe needs to rapidly improve its deterrence.
A new @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social / Hanns Seidel Foundation paper by @armida.bsky.social outlines key steps European governments can take in the next 1-2 years to accelerate rearmament, readiness and deterrence efforts.
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In practice, says @cergrant.bsky.social of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social think-tank, the EU would want to see broad agreement across party lines in Britain before discussing re-entry terms, so that tomorrow’s ministers did not unpick a deal reached by today’s.
@cergrant.bsky.social spoke on the Pacific Council on International Policy's webinar on 'Europe's future in focus: Security, growth, and the challenge of unity', watch here:
Keir Starmer multiplie les mesures pour rapprocher son pays de Bruxelles, par «intérêt national» pour contrer les effets désastreux du #Brexit. Mais la question européenne reste ultrasensible outre-Manche. L'analyse de @cergrant.bsky.social directeur du @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social
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@cergrant.bsky.social, director of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social think-tank, said that while the EU was keen on greater security and defence co-operation with the UK there were some countries, including France, that were “much less keen on extending economic co-operation”.
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Good column by Janan Ganesh: UK needs a centre-left foreign policy (cos right is anti-EU, pro-US and says don't talk to China); but a centre-right economic policy (cos left is for high tax and welfare spending, and anti-business). @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social
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@cergrant.bsky.social, director of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social think-tank, is sceptical of a movement to rejoin the EU, arguing that Brussels would not embrace the idea without clear political consensus within the UK. For now, that looks far off. 🇪🇺 🇬🇧
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If the #Hormuz strait remains closed, European governments should avoid the huge fossil fuel subsidies they provided in 2022, argue @elisabettaco.bsky.social and @johnspringford.bsky.social in their new @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight.
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🎙️Listen to our new #CERpodcast ‘Unpacking Europe’ discussing Hungary's landslide election outcome, @zecsaky.bsky.social spoke with Zsuzsanna Szelényi🎙️
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On May 6, 2026, the Pacific Council hosted a webinar on the challenges and prospects shaping Europe's future. Drawing on CER's 2025 Annual Report, Europe's Future: Grounds for Hope?, the conversation…
Le premier ministre britannique, Keir Starmer, multiplie les mesures pour rapprocher son pays de Bruxelles, par «intérêt national» pour contrer les effets désastreux du Brexit. Mais la question…
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The country requires centre-left foreign policy and centre-right reform at home
On this week’s Unpacking Europe podcast, CER’s senior research fellow Zselyke Csaky sat down with Zsuzsanna Szelényi, director of the Democracy Institute's Leadership Academy, a founding membe...
“I think this is crunch time on enlargement. So what is realistic? We will see after the June European Council,” @milanninberlin.bsky.social told @zecsaky.bsky.social in the latest #CERpodcast, listen here: buff.ly/TBagUtJ
