The EU should strengthen relations with its main African trade partner
By Chakib Alj, President of the CGEM (Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc – General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises) (picture). The article was reviewed and edited...
A victory of the right in Italy and a defeat of...
By Frédéric Mas, a French journalist and editor-in-chief of French classical liberal opinion magazine Contrepoints.org
The crushing victory of the right-wing alliance in Italy on...
Right-wing bloc wins Swedish elections
In Sweden, the left-wing bloc of Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has suffered a defeat during the elections last Sunday, of which the results have...
The WTO’s IP waiver for Covid vaccines may undermine medical innovation
In June, the 164 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed to suspend intellectual property (IP) rights for COVID-19 vaccines, thereby allowing all...
Flemish government urges EU to lower ETS prices
At the end of August, European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen rejected a demand by the Polish government to temporarily suspend the...
It is getting time for the EU to abandon its green...
As Winter is approaching, Europe is trying to come to grips with a massive energy crisis, with energy prices breaching record heights, worsened by what...
More fiscal transfers, inflation and a depreciating euro haunt the EU
By Herman Matthijs (Professor in public finance at the Universities of Ghent and Brussels and President of Belgium’s High Council of Finance)
To cope with the...
Five proposals for abundant and cheap energy
By Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018), Professor em. at Université libre de Bruxelles and...
Is Portugal sliding into socialist authoritarianism?
By Miguel Silva, Director of conservative Portuguese think tank Trezeno Institute and a local councilman affiliated with the CHEGA party. His career includes several...
A comparison of the two contenders vying to lead Britain
On the 5th of September, we will know who will succeed Boris Johson as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after 175.000...
