Trade tensions with the U.S. drive the EU into a more...
Talk of a trade war has increased in Brussels, following the increased tensions between the European Union and the United States over the mass subsidies the...
Is the European Commission about to crack down on an effective...
By Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs
At the end of last month, the EU’s “Scientific Committee on Health,...
The EU’s crackdown on “Big Tech” risks US retaliation
After Elon Musk, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has come out against the EU’s digital policies, complaining that “Europe has an ever increasing number of...
Opening up energy markets of EU member states to competition remains...
In this article for Brussels Report, former Irish Europe Minister Dick Roche takes a closer look at the EU's attempts to open up Bulgaria's...
Dutch PM Mark Rutte: celebrated internationally, beleaguered at home
By Pieter de Jonge, a Dutch historian and journalist
After Angela Merkel resigned as German Chancellor in December 2021, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte took...
Punitive energy prices fail to spark any sense of urgency in...
Last month, the founder and owner of leading chemical giant INEOS made a major call upon European policy makers, both in the EU and...
A digital spy in every mobile phone, for your own good
By Dutch science journalist Arnout Jaspers
Shortly after the European Parliament elections, the European Council of Ministers was due to vote on a far-reaching...
Joint EU debt for European defence investment is a questionable idea
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
Europe faces a huge task rebuilding adequate...
A narco-state in the heart of Europe?
The road to becoming a narco-state is paved with good intentions
‘We are evolving into a narco-state’, a Belgian judge who had to go into...
A closer look at the dire state of Spain’s public finances
By Spanish economist and entrepreneur José Ramón Riera
As the end of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's term in office is getting nearer, it is time...
