The EU’s increased hostility towards private arbitration
Making sure there are effective judicial mechanisms to resolve disputes whenever they arise is essential to promoting trade and foreign investment.
Such disputes are being...
The EU should avoid a subsidy war with the US
By Otto Brøns-Petersen, director for analysis, and Line Andersen, economist, Center for Political Studies (CEPOS).
The European Union should abstain from increasing state subsidies to...
The EU’s regulatory machine is getting out of control
Today, EU leaders are gathering in Brussels, where they are reportedly expected to support revamping the single market and simplifying regulations, also as a...
Climate anxiety leads to harmful green populism
By Máté Hajba, a Hungarian writer and a columnist with Young Voices Europe. Máté runs the Free Market Foundation, a Hungarian libertarian think tank....
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) should be listed as a...
By Shahin Gobadi, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 20 marks the end of spring...
The victory of the Dutch farmers’ party is a warning signal...
The victory of the Dutch "farmers' party" BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) in the Provincial Council elections was even bigger than expected. According to the latest seat...
European Parliament votes in favour of “costly” mandatory renovation of old...
Yesterday, the European Parliament voted in favour of the mandatory renovation of old buildings to save energy, confirming its negotiation position on the “Energy...
A ‘military solution’ for the war in Ukraine is an illusion
By Professor David Criekemans, who teaches international politics at the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven in Belgium, international security at University College Roosevelt...
The Indo-Pacific region: increasingly important for the West
In 2021, the European Union agreed its “Strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific”, with the intention to “contribute to the region’s stability, security, prosperity...
Opening up energy markets of EU member states to competition remains...
In this article for Brussels Report, former Irish Europe Minister Dick Roche takes a closer look at the EU's attempts to open up Bulgaria's...
