“The EU is paying a heavy price for its unilateral energy...
Yesterday evening, EU leaders agreed to impose a ban on most imports of oil, escalating the sanctions against Russia to the most severe level...
The EU is increasingly wary of independent arbitration
Arbitration is a cornerstone of the international trade system, providing investors with a mechanism to legally challenge government policies that violate earlier agreements. Crucially,...
Opposition remains against an EU minimum corporate tax rate
By Ernestas Einoris, researcher at the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Despite repeated requests from EU Member States to delay the European Commission’s proposed directive...
The United Arab Emirates as a crucial Western ally in the...
By Franco Frattini, who has served as Italy's foreign minister, as Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, and...
Is a perfect storm hitting global food supply?
The damage Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused to global food supply chains appears to be even greater than feared. There are estimates that...
The EU’s misguided adherence to the precautionary principle
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”. It’s not exactly a secret that regulators tend to see regulation as...
Is the war in Ukraine stumbling into a nuclear phase?
By Derk Jan Eppink (Member of the Parliament of the Netherlands (JA21-ECR), formerly an MEP and a journalist)
Seth Cropsey, a former U.S. top military...
EU Neighbourhood Watch – Monitoring EU relations with the UK and...
Every month, Brussels Report’s editor-in-chief Pieter Cleppe provides an update on how EU interactions with its economically most important neighbours, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, have...
“CoFoE” concludes amidst ECR walkout
Over the weekend, the final conference plenary of the so-called «Conference on the Future of Europe», or "COFOE", was marked by the walk-out of...
For Macron, “business as usual” should no longer be an option
By Dutch MEP Rob Roos (JA21, ECR)
A big shadow hangs over the re-election of French President Emmanuel Macron. Almost 42% of French preferred Marine Le...
