Ex: Europe, Middle East, Education

Georgina Wright

Resident Senior Fellow and Director of the Europe Program

Georgina Wright is Senior Fellow and Director of Institut Montaigne’s Europe Program. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, associate of the Institute for Government in London and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Britain and Europe at the University of Surrey.

Before joining Institut Montaigne, she was senior researcher at the Institute for Government (2019-2020) and research associate at Chatham House (2014-2018). She has also worked for the European Commission and NATO in Brussels.
 
Georgina regularly represents Institut Montaigne on national and international news media, and has written widely for foreign policy outlets. She studied at the University of Edinburgh and the College of Europe (Bruges).

Publications
Hydrogen: A Driving Force for Global Industrial Decarbonization
Publication - February 2023
What are the key issues around the development of decarbonized hydrogen? What is the approach of Asian countries to this issue?...
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Analyses
The IRA Has A Greater Focus Than Just Tackling Climate Change
17 March 2023 | Georgina Wright | Louise Chetcuti
Europe is right to worry that the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) could harm Europe’s clean tech industry. But relying on the US to grant exemptions to EU companies will not solve the problem, argue Georgina Wright and Louise Chetcuti. European Commission President...
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The Real Reasons Why Europe Is Concerned by the US Inflation Reduction Act
15 December 2022 | Georgina Wright
US President Joe Biden told French President Emmanuel Macron that he would try to 'tweak' the Inflation Reduction Act to stop it discriminating against European companies. The EU knows it cannot rely on IRA exemptions to protect its industry from unfair competition - the problem is, it can't agree...
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The Ukraine Moment in Transatlantic Relations… and Then What?
28 October 2022 | Georgina Wright | Alexander Cooley
The United States will hold midterm elections on November 8th, 2022 in what will be a critical turning point for the remainder of Biden's presidency. This event calls for a Franco-American dialogue to help us understand the issues affecting both sides of the Atlantic, namely the challenges posed by...
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Why Truss and Macron Are Right to Reset Franco-British Relations
7 October 2022 | Georgina Wright
For the past five years, relations between London and Paris have gone from bad to worse. Brexit, AUKUS, migration and fisheries - it's hard to keep track of the number of spats the two countries have had. But there are signs that things are changing. Yesterday evening, France and the UK published a...
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An Institut Montaigne Explainer: EU Enlargement
17 June 2022 | Cécilia Vidotto Labastie | Georgina Wright
Article 49 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) outlines how countries join the EU. This is known as the ‘accession process’. This process is complex and can take several years.   Seven countries are in talks to join the EU: Albania, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia,...
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Boris Johnson Survives in the Face of Tory Rebellion
10 June 2022 | Georgina Wright
Boris Johnson will remain leader of the Conservative party and British Prime Minister after narrowly surviving a vote of confidence on Sunday, April 5, 2022. He must now deliver if he wants to lead the party into the next general election, argues Georgina Wright, Senior Fellow and Director of...
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What a Marine Le Pen Victory Would Mean for Europe
13 April 2022 | Georgina Wright
The results are out: incumbent Emmanuel Macron will face far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round on 24 April after securing 27,84% and 23,15% respectively. Polls are predicting a narrow victory for Macron, but the race will be tight - and a Le Pen victory should not be...
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Making The Impossible Possible: What Would It Take For Ukraine To Join The EU?
28 February 2022 | Georgina Wright
What seemed impossible a week ago has become possible.  Rarely has the EU expressed such solidarity and unity so quickly. Three days into the war and the EU has imposed two sanctions packages, a no fly-zone for Russian aircrafts and agreed to a €1.2 billion aid package. It has said...
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UK Calls for Immediate Action Against Russia
22 February 2022 | Georgina Wright
For London, Russia poses the greatest threat to Europe’s security order. It believes Europe’s response should be bullish: support Ukraine politically and militarily, impose heavy sanctions on Russia and target Russian assets in Europe, as well as strengthen Europe’s defense capabilities. The...
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Macron’s Proposals On Russia Could Be Good For The West
25 January 2022 | Michel Duclos | Georgina Wright
President Macron’s address to the European Parliament was supposed to be a highlight of France’s six-month EU council presidency. Instead, his remarks have caused tensions in the transatlantic relationship. Last Wednesday, Macron argued that Europeans should "work on proposals to build a new...
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What to Expect From the 2022 French Presidency of the EU
13 January 2022 | Georgina Wright
The first six months of 2022 will be hugely significant for France’s ambitions in Europe. Macron can use them to shape the EU’s future, if he can persuade other member states to come with him, says Georgina Wright.   On January 1, 2022, France kicked off its 13th presidency of the...
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Resetting the Entente Cordiale
24 November 2021 | Georgina Wright | Michel Duclos
Is it time to reset the Entente Cordiale? London certainly seems to think so. According to The Sunday Times, the UK government is drawing up plans for a new strategic alliance with France that would go beyond existing defense and security ties. It would include further areas for cooperation,...
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AUKUS, a Golden Opportunity for “Global Britain”?
23 September 2021 | Georgina Wright
The Australia-UK-US pacific security pact - AUKUS - has been greeted with anger across France. France’s reaction is both due to Australia’s decision to cancel a five-year old contract with France to build diesel-power submarines and because it officially found out about AUKUS a couple of hours...
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Merkel’s Message to Europe
28 April 2021 | Georgina Wright
It is not Merkel’s style to give lessons to the EU, writes Georgina Wright. But at a recent European People’s Party’s Conference, she did offer some guidance. If the EU is serious about its future, it will need to improve the way it works, listen to all member states and put citizens at the...
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The EU Must Do More to Foster Trust in AI
22 April 2021 | Milo Rignell | Georgina Wright
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a strategic battleground. In 2020, public and private corporate investment in AI increased by 40% to reach a total of $68 billion worldwide. Companies are looking at how AI can give them a competitive edge and a technological lead. States are investing in...
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The UK’s Integrated Review: What Global Britain Means for France
17 March 2021 | Georgina Wright | Bruno Tertrais
After months of delay, the UK government has finally published its long-awaited "Integrated Review", a blueprint for Global Britain in action. Almost five years after the UK voted to leave the EU, it is designed to answer one question: what does Global Britain actually mean? For Paris, two...
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Not Granting the EU Full Diplomatic Immunity Will Hurt British Interests
25 January 2021 | Georgina Wright
The UK is refusing to give the EU’s Delegation to the UK the same diplomatic status as it does to national embassies. This decision is short-sighted and could damage the Global Britain brand, argues Georgina Wright. Of all the diplomatic hills to die on, this should not be one of them. Last...
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The EU Can Also Learn from Brexit
6 January 2021 | Georgina Wright
The Brexit episode is not one the UK or the EU will forget easily. Drama in the UK Parliament, the president of the EU Council’s use of Instagram and hours of negotiations that ultimately resulted in a 2020 Christmas deal. Whatever the merits (or not) of the UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement,...
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No, Brexit Isn’t Over Yet
2 October 2020 | Georgina Wright
You would be excused for thinking Brexit was done and dusted. Boris Johnson was elected on the promise of getting Brexit done. The withdrawal agreement concluded, the Prime Minister – and the public – were keen to focus on other topics. And with a global pandemic to reckon with, attention has...
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How has the United Kingdom responded to the coronavirus storm?
Three questions to Georgina Wright
8 June 2020 | Georgina Wright
The United Kingdom has taken a singular approach to deal with the coronavirus crisis. How did the British public experience it? What were the consequences for the government and the National Health Service (NHS)? Georgina Wright, Senior Researcher on the Brexit team at the Institute for Government,...
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UK Elections: Let It Be
Cross-interview between Ben Judah and Georgina Wright
16 December 2019 | Ben Judah | Georgina Wright
On 12 December, Boris Johnson was elected Prime Minister and the Conservative Party resulted as the winning majority in Parliament. As the third general elections in four years, many questions remained unanswered: what do these results mean for Brexit? Was it the unique driving decider of the...
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Brexit: what does the House of Commons want?
Interview with Georgina Wright
22 January 2019 | Georgina Wright
Last Tuesday, MPs rejected Theresa May’s Brexit by 432 votes to 202. Despite this defeat, the Prime Minister survived a motion of no confidence the next day. How to explain these votes? And how can the UK break the current impasse? Georgina Wright, Senior Researcher at the Institute for...
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Brexit and Theresa May: perspectives from London
Three Questions to Georgina Wright
14 December 2018 | Georgina Wright
The Brexit imbroglio does not seem to be nearing an end. This week has been eventful for Theresa May: on Monday 10th she rescheduled the vote of the deal by the House of Commons, on Wednesday 12th she faced a vote of no confidence within her own party and on Thursday she attended the EU Council in...
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