Brussels Report

By former Dutch MP and MEP Derk Jan Eppink  With state elections looming this coming Sunday in Berlin (both the capital and the city-state) and Mecklenburg-Western...

By Zoltán Kész, a former independent member of the Hungarian Parliament. He is now the Government Affairs Manager of the Consumer Choice Center. The...

By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee) “Les extrêmes se touchent” (extremes meet), as...

On 16 September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her “State of the Union” address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg....

How the energy crisis pushed the EU back toward the atom — and how far the revival has actually gone By Susanna L. Kellogg Energy independence...

Following the victory of Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated during a...

Illicit tobacco trade thriving in the EU with illegal manufacturing facilities in nearly every member state. Auditors warn that fragmented enforcement puts billions of euros...

By Anna Grebenchtchikova, an independent consultant in the finance and AI field. She previously worked at Société Générale, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey’s. Nvidia has...

By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, Baudenbacher Law AG...

Over the last few years, and particularly since the Covid crisis, the concept of “European strategic autonomy” has become ever more prominent in the...

By Amir Naser Hojati, a trader in global futures markets and a fintech entrepreneur focused on risk, capital allocation and productive investment. Europe does not...

By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed Next year, important elections will take place across large parts of the EU. These will be held in four large...

By Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson. Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland  In the referendum on 29 August 2026, Iceland rejected negotiations on EU membership for...

By Dr. Avv. Gian Marco Solas, who develops the idea that the European Union’s legal order has become so dense, unmeasured and internally contradictory...

By Ruben Cober European politics has been dominated by a single argument for years. Whenever the European Union fails to formulate a common position or...

By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, Baudenbacher Law...

In a video posted on his Substack channel, Robin Brooks, a senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, previously Chief Economist at the Institute of...

By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed The European Commission presents its Digital Agenda as a necessary modernisation of society. A European digital identity (EU-ID), a digital...

By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, Baudenbacher Law AG The...

Over the last few years, the European Commission has already managed to acquire ever more powers. Yet, it has appetite for more. Whether the...