The Global South has understood that development requires fossil fuels
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
As the...
Will the EU’s new “Media Freedom Act” facilitate spying on journalists?
By Ogechukwu Egwuatu, a columnist with Young Voices Europe and a France-based student, writer and campaigner. She is also a local coordinator with Students For Liberty.
The European...
The Chinese political model stands in the way of Chinese economic...
By Prof. Dr. Marc De Vos, a Visiting fellow at Belgian think tank Itinera
China is unique. No country has ever managed to make as...
Sweden’s path to the lowest smoking rates in Europe
By Federico N. Fernández, the CEO of We Are Innovation, a global network of 30+ think tanks and NGOs
In the face of the smoking...
Preparing Ukrainian rail infrastructure for EU accession
By Chris White, a former Daily Mail journalist and Press Officer for the UK Conservatives in the European Parliament in Brussels & Strasbourg
Ukraine has...
Strengthening property rights as a means to protect the environment
By Susanna Lukacs, Policy Fellow at the Property Rights Alliance
Instead of heavy-handed regulations and restrictions on human mobility, climate change calls for stronger individual property...
Is Europe having second thoughts on phasing out fossil fuels?
This week, European natural gas prices surged almost 40 per cent, as traders were spooked by the potential for disrupted global liquefied natural gas...
The coup in Niger does not threaten uranium supply to the...
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
After Mali,...
New EU rules on essential oils will hurt honest businesses and...
By Zoltán Kész and Emil Panzaru
For many people, the European Union and its institutions have always meant overregulation and bureaucracy. Their beliefs are fed...
Is the EU’s shaky Eastern Neighbourhood ready for enlargement?
The war in Ukraine has renewed attention for the European Union's neighbourhood, as there now even seems to be serious consideration to allow Ukraine...
