Von der Leyen demands more power, more regulation, more spending
Yesterday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her so-called “State of the Union speech”, addressing MEPs in Strasbourg. It may surprise that...
The EU’s chequebook diplomacy is bound to backfire
The EU has struggled to exert the remotest foreign policy influence over the Afghanistan debacle, despite the efforts by the legion of eurocrats employed...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 10 – with Turkey expert Demir...
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Triggering an EU-wide State of Emergency and other powers sought by...
By Peter Grimm, a German journalist, writer and documentary producer, who also used to be a member of the opposition against the East German...
The dangers of relying on “values” in a legal context
By Dr. iur. Laura Melusine Baudenbacher, Managing Partner, Baudenbacher Law Ltd., Zurich
I. Introduction
“Values” seem to have become an EU buzzword in a number of...
Is the superiority of the top EU court in doubt?
Michel Barnier – of Brexit negotiator fame – seems to have ruffled some feathers when doubling down on his push to succeed Emmanuel Macron...
The EU’s climate law is a radical attempt to change the...
By Swedish MEP Jessica Stegrud (SD-ECR)
On June 28th, after rather swift negotiations between the European Parliament and EU governments, a stunning piece of new EU legislation...
Should we fear a more powerful Germany?
By René Cuperus, a Dutch international affairs scholar. Amongst others, he is a Research Fellow at the Germany Institute of the University of Amsterdam.
"Who’s...
Seven reasons why the ECB must act now to counter persistently...
By German MEP Engin Eroglu (Renew Europe, Free Voters), a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Already before the Covid...
The Spanish economy is not out of the woods yet
By Daniel Rodríguez Asensio, a Spanish economist and strategy consultant, who’s the founder and President of think tank Acción Liberal.
As the global economic recovery seems to...
