Joint EU borrowing presents the perfect storm for the centralisation of...
By Samuel Martin, Editor-in-Chief of The Mallard and freelance writer interested in immigration, trade, and European politics
You don’t need to be an economist to...
The EU’s regulatory micromanagement is causing economic asphyxiation
By Adam Bartha, Director of EPICENTER, the network of leading European free-market think tanks
There was a time when Europe set the global economic pace. Not...
The Most Radical Thing You Can Do? Get Married
By Anne Struffmann
If I said that marriage is becoming irrelevant in the 21st century, few in the West would push back. Marriage is no...
The Brussels NGO scandal continues to expand
The Brussels NGO scandal continues to expand. Now, the European Taxpayers’ Association (TAE) have filed an official complaint against former EU commissioners Frans Timmermans...
Europe’s blind spot
By Cristian Gherasim, a journalist, analyst and foreign affairs expert
While Brussels frets about Ukraine and America, a crisis festers from within
Twenty years on Europe is...
Scrapping green policies remains a taboo in Brussels
During the 2024 European Parliament elections, green parties suffered heavy losses and since then, they have lost even more support in the polls. However,...
Europe’s Southern Neighbourhood Is Becoming a Major Security Challenge
By Cristian Gherasim, a journalist, analyst and foreign affairs expert
While the war in Ukraine, tensions with the United States, and turmoil in the Middle...
The EU’s Chemical Industry Action Plan undermines investment
By Tom Parker - Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce EU and Belgium’s Policy Council.
Last week, the European Commission published its "European Chemical...
More Taxes, More Debt, More Spending: Brussels’ New Seven-Year Budget Plan
On Wednesday, the European Commission will present its final proposal for the EU's new long term budget, the 2028-2034 "multiannual financial framework" (MFF). As...
Europe’s Strategic Blind Spot: Securing Undersea Cables
By Lyndon Li, freelance journalist who has authored articles for the Financial Times and Voice of America
A series of disruptions to subsea communications cables...
