On the erosion of the rule of law in the EU...
The launch this week of Transparency International’s annual corruption index highlights something that EU watchers cannot fail to have missed in the past year:...
Europe’s Competitiveness Drama
By Elena Leontjeva, President of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Competitiveness is a strange beast—always measured against outsiders, yet forged internally. In her annual address,...
The EU is rewarding bad behaviour in its neighbourhood
This week, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen repeated her sharp criticism of Hungary's legislation banning ‘displaying or promoting” homosexuality to people under 18....
The European Green Deal: Unrealistic, Unfair, Unsustainable and Useless.
By Henri Marenne and Philippe Charlez (Institut Sapiens, Paris)
While the causes of the European agricultural crisis are multifactorial, the European Union bears an overwhelming...
Comparing Chega and Vox
Last summer, Spaniards went to the polls in a national election that European conservatives regarded with great expectations. Ruling socialist PSOE, after several years...
The UK-Rwanda asylum deal deserves a chance
By Em. Prof. Dr. Marc Bossuyt (University of Antwerp), the former President of the Belgian Constitutional Court and former Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees....
A “European army” is still a bad idea
By Ricardo Filipe, a policy fellow with Young Voices Europe based in Setúbal, Portugal. He specialises in European policy. Ricardo is also an active member...
The end of the road for Macron?
By Miguel Nunes Silva, Director of Portugese think tank Trezeno Institute
When Emmanuel Macron was first elected President of France in 2017, the Hexagon was already in...
UK to adopt Danish migration model
According to The Times, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel (picture) will introduce legislation next week to enable the UK government to send asylum seekers...
Despite voters rejecting the green deal, the EU continues with “business...
This week, European leaders meet in Brussels to discuss the distribution of so-called EU top jobs. Despite all the uncertainty, it is looking pretty...
