Europe’s Eastern Neighbourhood: Can Strategic Interests and Democratic Conditionality Coexist?
By Ganimat Zahid, President of ASİMKOM, the Coordination Centre of Azerbaijani Political Emigrants
The case of Azerbaijan exposes the tension between the European Union’s geopolitical...
Can Europe reverse the decline of its life sciences sector?
By Ernestas Einoris, a senior Expert at the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Europe’s life sciences industry has already demonstrated its capacity to deliver major breakthroughs....
Double standards on Eastern Congo: Survivors demand recognition
A conference in the European Parliament, entitled “Breaking the Silence: 1996–2026,” has this week brought together officials from Congolese reparations and transitional justice bodies,...
The Cost of Dismantled Capacity: Why the EU Faces a Refined-Product...
By Professor Em. Samuel Furfari. Between 1982 and 2018, he was a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission, where he...
The European economic policy model is getting under strain
As interest rates go up globally, Western European welfare states that have been resisting material reform for decades are feeling the pinch. Most prominently...
The violent threat of the radical left
By former Dutch MP and MEP Derk Jan Eppink
Alongside legitimate concerns about the rise of the AfD, radical left-wing parties in Germany also deserve critical...
Protectionism on Credit
By Miłosz Manasterski, a Polish essayist, political commentator, and CEO of Agencja Informacyjna.
Why the EU's defence rules fail the eastern flank
Brussels likes to talk...
Europe’s Foreign-Policy Veto Is Not a Flaw
By Michael Thoma, a freelance journalist covering global political affairs, with a particular focus on European politics and international security
The debate over abolishing the...
Brussels fails to live up to its potential as knowledge intensive...
By Dr. Nima Sanandaji, Director of European Centre for Entrepreneurship and Policy Reform (ECEPR).
For the past ten years, ECEPR has been mapping Europe’s knowledge-intensive...
The EU should be more transparent about circular lobbying
By Máté Hajba, a Hungarian commentator. He is the Director of the Free Market Foundation, a Hungarian libertarian think tank.
The European Union is right...
