After the Wilders win, what’s next for the Netherlands?
By Pieter de Jonge, a Dutch historian and journalist
Last Wednesday, the Dutch elections for the Lower House led to a major upset, with Geert...
The Norwegian NAV saga, a pan-European scandal
By Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, Former President of the EFTA Court, Partner Baudenbacher Kvernberg, Zurich/Oslo/Stavanger/Brussels and Visiting Professor at LSE
25 years of...
Darfur: a forgotten crisis, with relevance for Europe
A few days ago, the European Union's External Action Service issued a statement, expressing how it is "appalled by and condemns" a "recent dramatic escalation...
Interview with MEP Johan Van Overtveldt: “Insufficient parliamentary control on EU...
This week, Flemish MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (N-VA - ECR), a former Belgian Finance Minister, made it to the top of BCW’s ranking of...
When it comes to Iran, the EU is hopelessly naive
By Professor Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018), Professor em. at Université libre de Bruxelles
In the...
Austria embroiled in diplomatic rift with Romania and Bulgaria over Schengen...
While Europe's biggest gas field, near the Dutch city of Groningen, has just been shut down by the Dutch government, Romania is aiming to...
“Tax competition is under siege from the OECD and the European...
International tax-rate competition is being replaced with rigid centralization, which is setting the stage for higher taxes in the future, experts warn in a...
The EU has missed the opportunity to lead the war on...
By Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a staggering eight million deaths due to smoking annually....
In the fight against illicit trade, sunlight is the best disinfectant
The most recent edition of the international trade barrier index, an annual publication by the Tholos Foundation, featured Singapore coming out as the country with...
A closer look at Europe’s “derisking” strategy
By Susanna Lukacs
The European Union has approved €8 billion in subsidies for chip research projects aimed at establishing Europe’s ambitions in semiconductor technology. Thereby...
