A look ahead at the 21-22 October EU Summit
Four times per year, EU leaders gather in Brussels. The autumn meeting of this so-called "European Council" is taking place tomorrow.
Typically, the official agenda...
Hungary’s Teflon left
By György Schöpflin, a Hungarian academic and a former Member of the European Parliament (Fidesz) and currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute...
How Southern European politicians vote on trade
By Antonio O’Mullony , a researcher at Spanish think tank Fundación Civismo, specialized in international trade, multilateralism and transatlantic and Iberian American relations
Peace as...
What’s next for the EU’s relationship with the Western Balkans?
Last week, at a summit in Slovenia, EU leaders stopped short of making any further tangible commitment to enlargement to the Western Balkans, instead...
Europe’s green plans are ruinous and destructive
By Samuel Furfari, Professor at Université libre de Bruxelles, President of the European Society for Engineers and Industrialists, and former European Commission official, and...
An overview of national top courts challenging the supremacy of EU...
On Thursday, the Polish Constitutional Court ruled that several provisions contained by the Treaty of the European Union were incompatible with the Polish constitution,...
Tax collection should be fragmented
By Jamie Whyte, a London-based writer, formerly the Leader of ACT, a classical-liberal political party in New Zealand.
In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith...
Eric Zemmour: The Dark horse of France’s Presidential Election?
Following the German elections, attention in Europe has now shifted to France’s Presidential Election , which will take place in April 2022. Over the...
Is EU protectionism on the rise?
During the last two decades, the European Union has been very successful in concluding trade agreements with countries outside the EU. It has concluded...
Merkel’s failures – an overview
After almost 16 years as German Chancellor, Angela Merkel is leaving office. During that time, she was Europe’s most powerful politician, at the helm...
