When it comes to funding for NGOs, transparency is lacking in...
By MEP Auke Zijlstra
If it's not about war, it's usually about money these days. Last week, the European Court of Auditors published a damning...
Has Ukraine’s EU accession been thought through?
By Vanessa Combattelli
A $40 million public contract for the purchase of bullets ended up in bank accounts in the Balkans.
A director was fired for...
European Court of Auditors slams EU’s Covid Recovery Fund
The European Court of Auditors has published a comprehensive review, summarizing several opinions and reports related to the design, control framework and implementation of...
EU regulation must enable industry, not stifle it
By Dr. Ulrich Adam, the Director General of ORGALIM, a European trade association representing European engineering and technology industries
Jacques Delors once said that in...
Due to Friedrich Merz’s political sell-out, the left remains in charge...
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
The German federal elections on 23 February, which opposition leader Friedrich Merz said would mark a...
A green blackout?
On Monday 28th, around noon, the electric grids in Spain and Portugal went down, also affecting parts of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland...
Global coalition of think tanks stresses the importance of IP protection
In a joint letter, a global coalition composed of 115 think tanks from 46 countries stresses the importance of IP protection, at the occasion...
It looks like the President is for turning
In a reprieve for China, US President Donald Trump has signalled that the high tariffs on Chinese goods he announced will not amount to...
Football is without borders, except in the digital space
By Zoltán Kész, government affairs manager at the Consumer Choice Center and a former member of the Hungarian Parliament
As a new Hungarian expat living in Spain, a...
Wackonomics
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
April 1 is the day for jokes....
