Engagement with voters is essential for the EU’s relevance
By Arthur Rubinstein
Would you like to make some easy money? Here’s what you do: bet any passerby on the street that they cannot name their...
Punitive energy prices fail to spark any sense of urgency in...
Last month, the founder and owner of leading chemical giant INEOS made a major call upon European policy makers, both in the EU and...
Switzerland’s Icarus reflex
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, Baudenbacher Law AG
The...
Europe’s small businesses face yet more new EU regulation
By Tomáš Zdechovský, Czech MEP (EPP) and Ivan Štefanec, former Slovak MEP (EPP) and SME Europe Honorary President
Throughout our political careers, both of us...
Lost in Translation: The Curse of Eurospeak
By Arthur Rubinstein
Language is one of the most extraordinary gifts humanity has given itself. There is nothing more elegant, engrossing, or breathtaking than a well-constructed...
In the European Commission, the mood remains tense
Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen survived two no-confidence votes in the European Parliament. Even if she did so with relative...
Israel’s most strident critics inadvertently pay tribute to it
By Arthur Rubinstein
Several years ago, I attended a dinner party (shrimp cocktail, chicken Kiev, and carrot cake—ehh). While chatting with the guests about this...
EU regulation is choking Artificial Intelligence
By Aurelio Mustacciuoli, a Senior Advisor of the Head of Banking and Finance at Eurogroup Consulting Italy. He was a Co-founder of Gooldie. He...
Embracing innovation for the sake of public health
By Juan Rafael Taborcía, Global Spokesperson for Considerate Pouchers
The European Union has promised its citizens a smoke-free future by 2040. On paper, it sounds...
The EU’s Never-Ending Quest for More Taxation Powers
This Summer, the European Commission proposed five new proposed income sources for the EU’s new long term budget (Multiannual Financial Framework (“MFF”), scheduled to...
