Europe’s green plans are ruinous and destructive
By Samuel Furfari, Professor at Université libre de Bruxelles, President of the European Society for Engineers and Industrialists, and former European Commission official, and...
The Brussels NGO scandal continues to expand
The Brussels NGO scandal continues to expand. Now, the European Taxpayers’ Association (TAE) have filed an official complaint against former EU commissioners Frans Timmermans...
In defense of tax competition within the EU
Earlier this month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for a global minimum corporate tax rate. The proposal was quickly backed by Germany and...
Pragmatic cooperation should be the way forward for the EU
By Dr. Adriaan Schout, Senior Research Fellow at Dutch think tank Clingendael.
The European Parliament elections in June are about European ambitions and deeper integration. However,...
The shaky legal basis of the EU Recovery Fund
By MEP Charlie Weimers
Following the German Supreme Court’s decision to suspend ratification of EU “Recovery Fund”, Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (SD-ECR) takes a look...
How democracy is being eroded in countries with close ties with...
How democracy is being eroded in countries with close ties with the EU
The current conflict in Ukraine has made clear once again how the...
How to enhance subsidiarity and proportionality at the EU level
Writing for BrusselsReport.eu, Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (PiS- ECR) sets out his proposals for the "Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFE)" in a...
15 years of Open Europe – the think tank at the...
In this article, originally published in February 2020 for @GlobalVision_UK, published here, I look back at 15 years of Open Europe – the think tank at...
Chile’s lessons for European welfare states
In recent years, the debate on the so-called “demographic collapse” of Europe has heated up. At the moment, birth rates in the EU are...
The proposed EU tax hike on nicotine threatens public health
By Karl Abramson, a Consumer Issues Fellow at the Tholos Foundation.
The European Union’s plan to propose a bloc-wide vaping levy tax and double the...
