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Ultra-Processed Foods: The Elephant in the Kitchen of Modern Nutrition
By Dr. Guy-André Pelouze, a French cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon
The new dietary recommendations from the U.S. administration represent a discreet and cautious break with...
The EU Commission’s Legislative Monopoly Must End
By Julian Hedges
In the long corridors of the Berlaymont, the College of Commissioners wields a power that would be the envy of any executive....
250 years on, the European Commission still needs to read Adam...
At the end of February, EU member states approved an agreement to significantly scale back sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies, as...
European Parliament Event Probes Muslim Brotherhood Influence in Europe
By Mohsen Behzad Karimi
Brussels — Policymakers, researchers and representatives of several religious and ethnic communities gathered in the European Parliament on 4 March for a...
Klaas Knot: The ECB’s next President?
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
French President Emmanuel Macron has caused quite a stir with the idea that European Central Bank...
The Islamic Republic Is Unravelling — The World Must Not Rescue...
By Lars Adaktusson, a former Swedish MEP and MP
After 47 years of clerical rule, Iran stands at a historic turning point. The question is...
Europe’s Strategic Moment: The EU–Mercosur Agreement Moves Forward
By Dr. Hans-Dieter Holtzmann, the Head of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom's office in South America, based in Buenos Aires
On 27 February, the...
Europe Doesn’t Need an Industrial Strategy – It Needs Economic Freedom
By Roald Schoenmakers
Earlier this month in Antwerp, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, once again gave his familiar sermon. Europe would need an...
Arthur Laffer: “Europe has become very close to being a slave...
Christian Nasulea, Executive Director of think tank IES Europe, sits down with Arthur Laffer, the renowned economist behind the Laffer Curve, for an interview...
The EU’s control over taxation is tightening
At the beginning of this year, more than 145 countries agreed to amend a 2021 global minimum corporate tax agreement, to align it with...
EU auditors highlight fraud with the EU’s €650 billion COVID fund
By Martin Banks
The EU’s €650 billion COVID recovery fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), continues to show multiple weaknesses in fraud detection, reporting...
Swiss exemptions from dynamic adoption of EU law are an illusion
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
Switzerland's...
The EU’s bumpy road to trade diversification
At the end of January, the EU managed to conclude a major trade deal with India. This was a key priority for the EU, after securing the...
Portugal’s Presidential Election and the Failure of the Centre-Right
By Miguel Nunes Silva
In Portugal, the insurgent right-wing party CHEGA! (CH | PfE) has secured another upset in its struggle against the establishment. On...
The new Dutch coalition agreement is detached from reality
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
The coalition agreement of the proposed new Dutch minority cabinet led by Rob Jetten (picture -...
Belgian PM De Wever urges EU leaders to engage in a...
Speaking at the New Year's event ‘The Future of Europe’ of Belgian daily De Tijd, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has stated that...
“The EU’s new 2040 climate target is unachievable”
Vincent Bénard, town and country planning engineer and economist, former president of the Brussels-based Hayek Institute, is the author of “The EU Climate Law:...
Are Europe and Canada fighting authoritarianism by embracing It?
By Roald Schoenmakers
Canada and Europe have rediscovered their moral compass. They are going to work with China to stop Trump's authoritarianism. Seriously. One would...
Western tech supremacy requires openness, not restrictions
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Dario Amodei, the ceo of leading US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, strongly criticized the US decision to...
The Digital Euro: A coin with two sides
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee) and Dieter Van Esbroeck, economics...
