Chat Control 2.0: the end of our private communications
By Michel Portier, Lecturer at Hogeschool Arnhem and Nijmegen
On 14 October, the European Council will vote on what is perhaps the most controversial proposal...
It is time to scrap the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism...
By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade Europa
The American author Norman Vincent Peale is quoted as saying that any action...
Hopeful signs for EU trade policy
Recently, the EU has achieved some progress when it comes to opening up its global trade, to offset the new trading barriers introduced by...
The worst choice is to not make a choice
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
One year after the publication date...
Why the Cover-Up?
By Dick Roche, an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who has served, amongst others, as Minister of State for European Affairs from 2002 to 2004...
The EU debate on electric mobility is heating up
In an interview with the German daily Die Welt, German CDU MEP Manfred Weber, who leads the EPP group in the European Parliament, has...
“Nine policy changes to make Europe competitive again”
The Growth Commission, a non-partisan group of thirteen international economists dedicated to supporting growth as measured by GDP per capita has just released a...
Von der Leyen’s speech reveals the rather poor state of the...
Earlier this week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual “State of the Union” speech in Strasbourg. The German technocrat’s popularity...
The bond vigilantes are closing in
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
The downfall of the Bayrou government in...
“Our break from history is over” – Belgian PM Bart De...
Delivering the prestigious HJ Schoo lecture in Amsterdam on 4 September 2025, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has outlined his vision for a...
