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Research Date 8 Dec 2017 Vladimir the fourth goes forth Vladimir Putin’s announcement to run for his fourth, and probably final, presidential term is no surprise. Thus far, all the polls indicate he will romp home on 18 March next... Read more
Research Date 29 Nov 2017 The £60 billion economic impact of Brexit (and counting) One of the most contested issues, before and since the referendum on UK membership of the EU, has been the potential impact of Brexit on the UK economy. The exercise... Read more
Report Date 24 Nov 2017 The EU ETS and Brexit’s first billion euro problem Complex, arcane and underperforming, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme has emerged as Brexit’s unlikely first billion euro problem [1]. Superficially, the challenge is a technical one; how to manage the... Read more
Research Date 24 Nov 2017 Political lessons from Madrid to Berlin After the withdrawal of the liberal FDP from coalition negotiations, German politics is faced with a similar dilemma to Spain in 2015-2016: an inconclusive set of elections, the unwillingness of... Read more
Report Date 20 Nov 2017 Screen Tests: the EU’s proposed new framework for foreign investment Summary A few months ago, we looked at the evolution of the debate on foreign investment screening in Europe and the joint French-German-Italian call for a new regime in the... Read more
Research Date 10 Nov 2017 Good work? Will the UK government act on the Taylor Review The UK government’s official response to the Taylor Review on Modern Working Practices is expected imminently. However, there are major questions over whether ministers will be able to support many... Read more
Research Date 7 Nov 2017 Sicily and the perils of going it alone Last Sunday’s regional elections in Sicily were the last major electoral test ahead of Italy’s general elections next spring, and they do not bode well for the Five Star Movement... Read more
Research Date 6 Nov 2017 Digital competition in India and Europe In New Delhi last week, I joined business and political leaders considering the prospects for the digital sectors in India and Europe. The differences and the similarities, in the outlook... Read more
Report Date 30 Oct 2017 What does no deal mean? The baseline for the trade relationship after a no-deal Brexit would be WTO rules. In practice – and depending on the political atmosphere – there would at least be some... Read more
Report Date 25 Oct 2017 The UK's relationship with Euratom: What next? As Global Counsel and Herbert Smith Freehills convene a discussion on the UK’s future relationship with Euratom, this paper provides an overview of the legal and political background. The paper... Read more
Research Date 25 Oct 2017 Will ANO say ‘Yes’ to Euroscepticism and ‘No’ to Brussels? The parliamentary elections in Czech Republic last weekend produced an unsettling but not unexpected result. The moderate populist ANO party won nearly 30% of the vote, but fell far short... Read more
Research Date 20 Oct 2017 Australia’s European opportunity While in Australia at the start of this month, one question that came up repeatedly was how Australia should approach its trade relationship with Europe. Australia is on the verge... Read more
Research Date 19 Oct 2017 Anglo-German relations and the EU question Brexit was conspicuous by its absence in the German election campaign. Migration, Islam and relations with Turkey dominated the only TV debate in early September. Relations with the second largest... Read more
Research Date 9 Oct 2017 Ofgem, price caps, and the dangers of Italian design Prime Minister Theresa May restarted the UK energy bills debate last week, announcing a draft Energy Bill which would allow Ofgem – the UK national energy regulator – to cap... Read more
Research Date 6 Oct 2017 In defence of Catalonia in Brussels The European Commission has manoeuvred carefully to avoid being drawn into the dramatic events unfolding in Spain over the last few days. A related plenary debate between European Parliament group... Read more
Research Date 6 Oct 2017 Dividing EU-UK farm trade quotas: no friends, just interests News this week that the EU and the UK have agreed on a methodology for dividing current farm trade quotas between them was expected at some point. These ‘TRQs’ are... Read more
Research Date 5 Oct 2017 Power and responsibility for big tech: a last chance for self-regulation? In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the EU and the US legislated for an online ‘liability exemption’ under which websites and online platforms are broadly not held liable for... Read more
Research Date 22 Sep 2017 Reforming EU financial supervision: more Europe without more treaties Reforms to the EU’s financial supervisory system proposed this week can be boiled down to two principles: more supervision at the European rather than the national level, and more powers... Read more