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...
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,...
