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...
EU leaders are kicking pressing issues into the long grass
By Dr. Jan Werts, since 1976 a journalist and publicist based in Brussels, including as a correspondent for Dutch publication Haagsche Courant.
Last week’s European...
Can a marriage of convenience between France and Poland save the...
By Alexandre Massaux, editor at French website Contrepoints.org
Today, Polish President Andrzej Duda welcomed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace. The meeting...
International trade barrier index reveals Western Europe most heavily burdened by...
The Property Rights Alliance has just published the "International Trade Barrier Index (TBI)", assessing how trade barriers have evolved in the context of the...
