The EU’s external borders remain as leaky as ever
For a long time, the pressure exerted by irregular migration on the European Union’s external border was felt almost only by Spain, Italy and...
The Decline of the EFTA Court
Writing exclusively for Brussels Report, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, President of the EFTA Court between 2003 and 2017, where he served as...
Until it sorts out its migration policy, the EU will be...
By Robert Tyler, Senior Policy Advisor at EU affairs think tank New Direction
For a long time now, the EU has been struggling with the challenge of...
“Green passes” are descending on Europe, risking civil liberties
As the “Delta variant” continues to plague the world, widespread Covid vaccination across Europe seems to keep hospitalization in check. Still, many Europeans are...
Interview with French economist Pascal Salin: “A tax on corporates is a tax...
Pascal Salin (born in 1939) is a prominent French economist, professor emeritus at the Université Paris-Dauphine and a specialist in public finance and monetary...
New study compares tax freedom days in Europe and around the...
A new study by French think tank Institut Économique Molinari and Americans for Tax Reform Foundation provides a new country-by-country comparison of the tax...
The Recovery Fund will not unleash a new economic bonanza across...
By Dan Kral, Europe Economist
By now, 24 out of 27 governments have submitted their national recovery and resilience plans to unlock funds from the EU’s...
“Fit-for-55” is an irresponsible experiment with our economy
By Dutch MEP Rob Roos (JA21, ECR), formerly an entrepreneur in the energy and telecom sectors
The success of our Western society has been determined...
Why a global minimum corporate tax rate may never be implemented
By Matthias Bauer, Senior Economist at EU trade and economic policy think tank ECIPE
Following fresh calls from the Biden administration to raise corporate tax...
The EU is rewarding bad behaviour in its neighbourhood
This week, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen repeated her sharp criticism of Hungary's legislation banning ‘displaying or promoting” homosexuality to people under 18....
