• Should businesses take a public stance on the issue?  
• What could and should a renegotiation of the UK’s role in Europe deliver for business? 
• What would leaving the EU mean for the UK economy? 
• What could ‘in’ look like in the context of the Eurozone crisis and the emergence of a ‘two tier’ union? 

Following the decision of the Russian Federation to annex Crimea, EU-Russia relations have reached a historic low point. EU policy towards Russia seems to have undergone a tectonic shift. Sanctions against Russia, strategising on how to reduce the energy dependency of Europe on Russian gas and decreasing the vulnerability of the European member states to the possible economic disengagement with Russia, have all dominated the European policy agenda.