Centre For European Reform

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

Panel 1: Europe and global climate leadership Speakers: Elina Bardram, Head of Unit, International Relations, Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South, House of Commons and Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group Chair: Sophia Besch, Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform

Sophia Besch asks Camino Mortera-Martinez to talk through the Spanish election results.

Sophia Besch asks Beth Oppenheim whether the European-Saudi relationship has changed after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi last October.

The UK economy is 2.5 per cent smaller as a result of the vote to leave the EU. John Springford talks to Beth Oppenheim about his latest analysis and draws some political lessons from the findings.

Sophia Besch asks Ian Bond to reflect on the CER's 2016 predictions about the effect of Brexit on future EU policy. How do they stand up now, on the eve of the UK’s departure?