“The EU is paying a heavy price for its unilateral energy...
Yesterday evening, EU leaders agreed to impose a ban on most imports of oil, escalating the sanctions against Russia to the most severe level...
How French regional elections delivered a reverse political earthquake
By Jonathan Frickert, a French lawyer and writer, often covering topics concerning decentralisation on his blog Élyséeologie
Zero, that's the number of French regions that...
Tax collection should be fragmented
By Jamie Whyte, a London-based writer, formerly the Leader of ACT, a classical-liberal political party in New Zealand.
In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith...
A comparison of the two contenders vying to lead Britain
On the 5th of September, we will know who will succeed Boris Johson as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after 175.000...
Barnier pledges to tackle uncontrolled migration, but unless Australia’s approach is...
Michel Barnier, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, who previously also served as French Foreign Minister, made a big splash today, stating that immigration...
Can a marriage of convenience between France and Poland save the...
By Alexandre Massaux, editor at French website Contrepoints.org
Today, Polish President Andrzej Duda welcomed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace. The meeting...
EU Member States should resist Von der Leyen’s protectionist vaccine export...
fIn something resembling an escalation, European Commission President von der Leyen yesterday threatened to block vaccine exports, unless the EU ‘gets its fair share’....
From vaccine passports to the “European Digital Identity”, the EU works...
As the Covid crisis subsides, countries in Europe are opening up again, one by one. It is now clear the omicron variant is much...
“Nemo iudex in causa sua”- A concept alien to the European...
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, Baudenbacher Kvernberg, lawyers and advisors, President of the EFTA Court 2003-2017
On 3 April 2024, in the landmark ruling...
Three EU countries at the bottom of global tax freedom index
A new study by French think tank Institut Molinari and the U.S. Tholos Foundation looks at "The Tax Burden on Global Workers", compiling an...