How French regional elections delivered a reverse political earthquake
By Jonathan Frickert, a French lawyer and writer, often covering topics concerning decentralisation on his blog Élyséeologie
Zero, that's the number of French regions that...
If it is serious about fighting cronyism, the EU could cut...
The run-up to today's EU Summit has been marked by yet another confrontation between Hungary and Western European EU member states, over a new...
A closer look at Von der Leyen’s vaccine embarrassment
By Robert Tyler, Senior Policy Advisor at EU affairs think tank New Direction
Last week, a Belgian Court issued a ruling in the EU’s court case against...
How to enhance subsidiarity and proportionality at the EU level
Writing for BrusselsReport.eu, Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (PiS- ECR) sets out his proposals for the "Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFE)" in a...
By taking Germany to court, the European Commission is provoking a...
Writing for BrusselsReport.eu, Ravel Meeth, the Chairman of German NGO Bündnis Bürgerwille or the “Citizens’ Will Alliance”, which initiated the lawsuitchallenging German ratification of the EU’s €750...
Is it getting time to abolish Frontex?
The last few months have been rather tough for Frontex, the EU’s Border and Coast Guard Agency, established in 2004 and headquartered in Warsaw.
Earlier...
The EU should consider adopting the Danish approach to immigration
By Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (SD - ECR)
Denmark gets it: As the social democratic governing party’s immigration spokesman, MP Rasmus Stoklund, puts it:...
Time to restart talks on a transatlantic trade deal
By Nima Hairy (a member of the Board of Directors at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy Europe and a member of the Belgian Liberal...
Primacy of EU law is being undermined because of the EU’s...
Yesterday, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure against Germany, accusing it of violating “the principle of the primacy of EU law” as a...
After Brexit, the EU seems to be losing the plot
Yesterday, German foreign minister Heiko Maas urged the European Union to abolish national vetoes to agree foreign policy measures, claiming the EU should not...
