How Brexit should be done (John Springford, Centre for European Reform)

https://www.cer.org.uk/in-the-press/how-brexit-should-be-done

Into the bazaar of EU-Turkey relations (Rem Korteweg, Centre for European Reform)

Few of the European Union’s foreign relationships are as complex as that with Turkey. It has become the EU’s indispensable neighbour, but also a difficult one. Ankara has a role in most of the urgent issues that Europe faces today: the migration crisis, energy security, the Syrian conflict, and relations with Russia. If the EU is to achieve its goals in any of these areas, it needs to find a way to co-operate with Turkey that respects European interests without compromising its values.

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Cameron's deal is more than it seems (Charles Grant, Centre for European Reform)

The deal on EU reform won by David Cameron on February 19th will not change the fundamentals of how the EU works. So it is not surprising that it has failed to shift British public opinion in favour of EU membership. But this ‘decision of the heads of state or government’ is far from irrelevant and shows that the EU is changing in at least three ways.

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Doomed: five reasons why the EU-Turkish refugee deal will not work (Camino Mortera-Martinez, Centre for European Reform)

The EU continues to muddle through the refugee crisis, improvising new solutions as it goes along. The latest may prove to be the most controversial, and the least workable, of all the measures tried so far.

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Why the EU's market matters to Britain (John Springford, Centre for European Reform)

Brexit would free Britain to sign bilateral free trade agreements with the ‘BRICS’ emerging economies, the Anglosphere and Japan without having to reach a consensus with 27 other EU member-states. The rest of the world is growing faster than the EU, and it offers opportunities that would make up for any forgone trade with Europe. This means that Brexit would boost the economy in the long term, especially if you throw in some deregulation to boot.

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The refugee crisis: fixing Schengen is not enough (Ian Bond, Rem Korteweg, Camino Mortera-Martinez, Centre for European Reform)

Solving the problems of the Schengen area will not stop Europe’s refugee crisis. This is a foreign policy crisis with domestic spill-over; it has to be solved abroad as well as at home.

https://www.cer.org.uk/insights/refugee-crisis-fixing-schengen-not-enough