Interview with Austrian Central Bank Vice President Barbara Kolm: “It is...
Dr. Barbara Kolm is the Vice President of the Austrian Central Bank, since 2018. She is also the Director of the Austrian Economics Center...
Having failed to roll out vaccine booster campaigns, European governments resort...
Despite mass vaccination, parts of Europe are being plagued by a new Covid wave, causing countries to implement a whole range of new restrictions....
EU budget rules are likely to remain paper tigers
By Dan Kral, Europe Economist
The recently unveiled draft budgets by eurozone governments reveal plans for bigger fiscal tightening next year than in the aftermath...
The EU’s asylum system leaves it vulnerable to blackmail
By Omar Makram, a Swedish-Egyptian commentator
Europe has a weakness, which is being exploited by hostile neighbours. That weakness is its asylum system. Turkey's...
The EU cannot afford to play political games with Poland
By Robert Tyler, Senior Policy Advisor at EU affairs think tank New Direction
The recent escalation of the migrant crisis on the Polish border with...
The EU Recovery Fund involves questionable EU interference in Dutch decision...
By Dutch MEP Michiel Hoogeveen (ECR, JA21), Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
It’s July 2020. The approval of...
Pragmatism should guide the EU’s health policies
By Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (SD - ECR)
Increased consumer awareness has created a demand for better, less harmful products. It’s a trend which...
Interview with Danish economist Martin Ågerup: “The EU has failed to...
Martin Ågerup is a Danish economist and the president of influential Danish classical liberal think tank CEPOS. He graduated from the European School of...
Book review: “False Alarm” – by Bjorn Lomborg
A book review by Jean-Paul Oury
"Our forests are burning" was the phrase used by French President Macron to announce the “One Planet summit” in...
Decision making within international organisations: a one-sided echo chamber?
This week, the so-called “COP26” United Nations climate talks have started in Glasgow, where more than 120 leaders are about to reportedly negotiate “a...
