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Written by Marcin Grajewski,
European Union leaders meet on 18-19 February to discuss Prime Minister David Cameron’s renegotiation of the United Kingdom’s EU membership, ahead of an in-or-out referendum on the outcome.
This note provides links to recent commentaries, studies, reports and books from major think tanks on Britain’s relations with the EU and renegotiation of the terms of the country’s membership.
Brexit and EU regulation: A bonfire of vanities
Centre for European Reform, February 2016
Britain in Europe: Renegotiation scorecard
European Council on Foreign Relations, February 2016
Can the European Parliament scupper David Cameron’s renegotiation deal?
Open Europe, February 2016
The risk of Brexit: An opportunity for the EU?
Policy Network, February 2015
Brexit and the special relationship
Council on Foreign Relations, February 2015
If the UK votes to leave: The seven alternatives to EU membership
Centre for European Policy Studies, January 2016
Brexit: Legally effective alternatives
Institute for International and European Affairs, January 2016
Core Europe and the United Kingdom
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, January 2015
Brexit and defence: Where is the strategy?
Egmont, January 2016
One market, two monies: the European Union and the United Kingdom
Bruegel, January 2016
Scotland and Brexit: Shockwaves will spread across EU
Friends of Europe, January 2016
The Brexit equation: EU minus UK = ?
Centre for European Policy Studies, January 2016
Britain and Europe: The endgame
Institute for International and European Affairs, January 2016
Brexit and the City
Centre for European Policy Studies, January 2016
Cameron’s security gamble: Is Brexit a strategic risk?
Centre for European Policy Studies, December 2015
Britain, the European Union and the referendum: what drives euroscepticism?
Chatham House, December 2015
Brexit: The leave narrative
Institute of International and European Affairs, December 2015
Cameron’s EU reforms: Will Europe buy them?
Centre for European Reform, December 2015
Unlocking the EU free movement debate
Institute for Public Policy Research, December 2015
The costs and benefits of large-scale immigration: Exploring the economic and demographic consequences for the UK
Civitas, December 2015
The United Kingdom: Remaining at the heart of Europe?
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, December 2015
Brexit: Whatever must the neighbours think?
Policy Network, December 2015
UK Government must not fudge red card for national parliaments in its EU renegotiation
Open Europe, December 2015
What are the facts about EU migration to the UK?
Rand, December 2015
Britain, immigration and Brexit
Centre for European Reform, November 2015
The UK renegotiation from an EU perspective: The dog that hasn’t yet barked?
European Policy Centre, November 2015
Blocked for good by the threat of treaty change
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, November 2015
Royaume-Uni/Union européenne: négociations à 28, pas à 27 contre un
Institut français des relations internationales, November 2015
Britain and the spectre of geopolitical irrelevance
German Marshall Fund, November 2015
The risk of Brexit
Policy Network, November 2015
What would ‘out’ look like? Testing Eurosceptic alternatives to EU membership
Policy Network, November 2015
Brexit to nowhere: The foreign policy consequences of “Out”
European Council on Foreign Relations, November 2015
Italy and the renegotiation of the UK’s EU membership
Istituto Affari Internazionali, November 2015
Cameron’s EU gamble: Five reforms he can win, and ten pitfalls he must avoid
Centre for European Reform, October 2015
Brexit: un compromis possible entre le Royaume-Uni et les Etats-membres?
Fondation Robert Schuman, October 2015
Britain’s EU renegotiation: The view from our partners
Policy Network, October 2015
Britain, Europe and the world: Rethinking the UK’s circles of influence
Chatham House, October 2015
The Belgian view on the UK’s renegotiation is that European challenges can only be tackled through deepening European integration
Egmont, October 2015
Safeguarding the rights of non-Eurozone state in a multi-currency EU
Open Europe, September 2015
Ending the ratchet: From ever closer union to a two way street
Centre for Policy Studies, September 2015
How to deal with Europe’s British problem
European Policy Centre, September 2105
The Brexit negotiations: Stretching Europe to fit UK public opinion?
Barcelona Centre for International Relations, September 2015
Cameron’s renegotiation plans: The view from Warsaw
Centre for European Reform, August 2015
Could it be ‘Brexpulsion’ rather than ‘Brexit’?
Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, July 2015
Differentiated view of differentiated integration
Jacques Delors Institute, July 2015
The UK’s EU vote: The 1975 precedent and today’s negotiations
Bruegel, June 2015
Britain’s EU referendum: Cameron cannot please two audiences any longer
Centre for European Reform, June 2015
Brexit: Lessons from four referenda on the European Union (EU) in Denmark
European Union Centre in Singapore, June 2015
Should the UK withdraw from the EU: Legal aspects and effects of possible options
Fondation Robert Schuman, May 2015
EU reform index: Evaluating 30 potential proposals for EU renegotiation
Open Europe, May 2015
Cameron’s EU reforms: You can’t always get what you want
Centre for European Reform, May 2015
Brexit: Views from Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and Warsaw
German Marshall Fund, May 2015
Britain and the EU: A negotiator’s handbook
Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, May 2015
Brexit: Potential economic consequences if the UK exits the EU
Bertelsmann Stiftung, April 2015
Disunited Kingdom: Why ‘Brexit’ endangers Britain’s poorer regions
Centre for European Reform, April 2015
Cameron: Taking a gamble on Europe
Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute, March 2015
Britain’s future in Europe: Reform, renegotiation, repatriation or secession?
Centre for European Policy Studies, March 2015
Britain and Europe: The endgame: An Irish perspective
Institute of International and European Affairs, March 2015
Hard bargains or weak compromises: Reforming Britain’s relationship with the EU
Civitas, March 2015
The British problem and what it means for Europe
European Council on Foreign Relations, March 2015
Brexit: directions for Britain outside the EU
Institute of Economic Affairs, February 2015
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