EU plans to undermine IP protection endanger innovation
By Jackson Avery, Policy Fellow, Property Rights Alliance
In April, the European Commission proposed a new regulation on standard-essential patents (SEPs), which aims to "ensure that standard-essential...
The potential of the “European Political Community”
This week, nearly 50 leaders from across Europe met in Moldova during the summit of the "European Political Community", a project launched last year...
The EU should rethink its anti-smoking policies, adopting the Swedish model...
By Michael Landl, Director at the World Vapers’ Alliance
Today, on 31 May, which is World Tobacco Day, proclaimed by the WHO to draw attention to the...
Are European Parliament prizes hopelessly politicised?
By Saman Rizwan
Sometimes, an award says more about the one handing it out than about the one receiving it. When the European Parliament for...
European Commission inaction is putting the EU’s insurance market at risk
By Dick Roche, a former Irish Minister for European Affairs and Minister for Environment
The consensus in a series of papers produced for a Eurofi...
The Oslo University case: a precedent for universities refusing to recognize...
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Baudenbacher Kvernberg, lawyers and advisors, Zurich/Oslo/Stavanger/Brussels
Education policy is generally not...
Newly proposed EU rules threaten the clean beauty market
By Emil Panzaru, the Research Manager at the Consumer Choice Center.
New EU rules are coming after scented candles, perfumes, and wellness routines. The...
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...
