Europe’s China debate is only getting started
The election of Donald Trump as American President in 2016 can be seen as a crucial moment for the West’s relationship with China to...
Debate on EU migration policy heats up
Over the last two weeks, there was some movement with the long-stalled EU Commission proposals for a so-called "EU migration pact".
Last week, a majority...
The EU plans to tax heating just when people are struggling...
By Professor Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018)
In its illusory quest for decarbonisation, the...
Natural products are collateral damage of an EU initiative to sharpen...
It is hard to keep track of new EU regulatory initiatives. Many are related to climate change, as for example expanding the EU’s emissions...
The EU wants to outlaw restrictive migration policies
Writing for Brussels Report, Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers, Vice-chair of the ECR Group and delegation leader of the Sweden Democrats in the European Parliament,...
The Netherlands needs to cooperate with other member states to change...
By Dutch Clingendael Institute scholars Professor Adriaan Schout and Paul Hofhuis, a former Dutch diplomat, responsible for environment policy.
Following the election victory of the...
China does not consider the European Commission to be a geopolitical...
By Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018), Professor em. at Université libre de Bruxelles and...
A protracted conflict in Ukraine threatens the West’s strategic objectives
By Prof. Dr. Marc De Vos, a Visiting fellow at Belgian think tank Itinera
Let us take a look at the war in Ukraine as a battle...
The EU should link aid to respect for basic rights, starting...
By Johan Nissinen, a Swedish Member of the European Parliament and former Member of the Swedish Parliament (ECR - SD)
A massive wave of anti-gay...
EU competitiveness is anything but “at the top of the agenda”...
Speaking in the European Parliament, Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (ECR – SD) addresses the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
During his speech,...
