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CER = Centre for European Reform (Centre pour la réforme Européenne) (CER )

Centre for European Reform

14 Great College Street
London
SW1P 3RX
United Kingdom
Phone : +44 (0)20 7233 1199
Fax : +44 (0)20 7233 1117
Email :

http://www.cer.org.uk

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Think tank

History

  • The Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the European Union. It is a forum for people with ideas from Britain and across the continent to discuss the many political, economic and social challenges facing Europe.
  • The CER promote new ideas aiming to reform the European Union.
  • The CER makes a point of bringing together people from the worlds of politics and business.
  • The conclusions of its research and seminars are published,
  • The CER’s work is funded by donations from the private sector. It has never received core funding from governments or EU institutions.

Organisation/collective objectives

  • Improve the quality of the debate on the European Union.
  • Promote new ideas to reform the European Union.
  • Bring together people from the worlds of politics and business.

Main activities

  • Publishing reports, essays, working papers, policy briefs, briefing notes, opinion papers and the CER bulletin.
  • Organising seminars, conferences and meetings with high-profile speakers.
  • Providing advice to governments in European countries, as well as to EU institutions.

Vision of Europe

  • The CER is pro-European but not uncritical.
  • It regards European integration as largely beneficial but recognises that in many respects the Union does not work well.

Finance

  • donations from the private sector. It has never received core funding from governments or EU institutions.

Strong points

  • A pro-european organisation, based in the United-Kingdom.
  • A forum facilitating the contact between the politics and the bussiness.
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