Are we witnessing the first cracks in the EU’s “better safe...
A new amendment to EU essential oils regulations spells victory for European consumers and industry
By Emil Panzaru, Research Manager at the Consumer Choice Center.
Good...
Assessing the response to Covid 19: Sweden vindicated
Now that all of the statistics regarding Covid are available, it has become possible to finally take stock of the policies implemented to deal...
Newly founded European Confederalist Society aims to offer a third way...
A new initiative has been started, called the "“European Confederalist Society”. It was launched during the Think Tank Central conference of think tank New Direction...
Trade corridor politics heats up with access to Europe as the...
Commenting on the G20 announcement earlier this month about the plan for a trade corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, Middle...
Has the EU’s “better regulation” agenda been resurrected?
In her “State of the Union” address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced to “make the first legislative proposals towards reducing reporting obligations...
French EPP MEP François-Xavier Bellamy issues scathing response to von der...
In a reaction to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's "State of the Union" speech, French MEP François-Xavier Bellamy (picture) issued a scathing...
The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) may undermine fundamental rights
By Prof. Dr. Tijl De Bie, Full Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Data Science at the Belgian University of Ghent
The Digital Services...
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...
