Monetary financing of governments is causing loss of democratic control
By Giovanni B. Ponzetto, a financial adviser with 32 years of experience based in Turin, Italy.
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Dedicated to my mentor faraway, Harald Malmgren, who is...
Interview with Daniele Capezzone : “Only lower taxes will unleash Italy’s...
Daniele Capezzone is an influential opinion maker in Italy and a former Member of Italy's Parliament, having served as the Chairman of the Finance...
MEPs have an opportunity to make EU lifestyle regulation more evidence-based
By Christopher Snowdon, EPICENTER Fellow & Head of Lifestyle Regulations at the Institute of Economic Affairs
On Thursday, MEPs will vote on amendments and...
Property rights protection continues to decline globally
According to the new “International Property Rights Index” (IPRI) (executive summary here, full report here), published by the Property Rights Alliance, protection of property...
Also in Europe, democracy is under pressure
By Theo Francken, a Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium. Between 2014 and 2018, he served as Secretary of State for Asylum,...
EU Neighbourhood Watch – Monitoring EU relations with the UK and...
Every month, Brussels Report’s editor-in-chief Pieter Cleppe provides an update on how EU interactions with its economically most important neighbours, the United Kingdom and...
Interview with Austrian Central Bank Vice President Barbara Kolm: “It is...
Dr. Barbara Kolm is the Vice President of the Austrian Central Bank, since 2018. She is also the Director of the Austrian Economics Center...
Having failed to roll out vaccine booster campaigns, European governments resort...
Despite mass vaccination, parts of Europe are being plagued by a new Covid wave, causing countries to implement a whole range of new restrictions....
EU budget rules are likely to remain paper tigers
By Dan Kral, Europe Economist
The recently unveiled draft budgets by eurozone governments reveal plans for bigger fiscal tightening next year than in the aftermath...
The EU’s asylum system leaves it vulnerable to blackmail
By Omar Makram, a Swedish-Egyptian commentator
Europe has a weakness, which is being exploited by hostile neighbours. That weakness is its asylum system. Turkey's...
