An assessment of Jean-Claude Juncker’s European Commission presidency
Originally published by The Spectator (picture via CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019 – Source: EP)
For five years, Jean-Claude Juncker has been head of the...
How the creation of the euro was the first step towards...
Originally published by 1828
In 1988, Margaret Thatcher visited the West Flemish city of Bruges, home to the world’s first stock exchange, which emerged...
Merkel’s mistakes
Originally published byCapX
In office since 2005, Angela Merkel is Germany’s second longest serving Chancellor since the Second World War. On Monday, she announced that...
Switzerland offers some valuable lessons for Brexit
Originally published by CapX
It’s hard to ignore Switzerland’s experience when looking at Brexit.
Here we have another country that isn’t a member of the European...
Brexit: Made in UK, designed in Brussels
Originally published on EU Observer
If the British vote for Brexit, the European Union will be reaping what it has sown.
In 1992, Denmark voted against...
The risks of low and negative interest rates in the Eurozone
Originally published by CapX, with Cindy Morand
From around 4% in 2008, the ECB has been lowering its benchmark interest rate to a record low 0.0% today....
An EU Subsidiarity Court as a means to keep the ECJ...
Originally published by New Direction's magazine (p.38)
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg is the final arbiter when it comes to interpreting the EU...
5 myths regarding the current refugee and migration crisis
Originally published by CapX
During the current refugee and migration crisis, a number of myths, often propagated to serve all kind of agendas, continue to...
Germany is not to blame for the Greek crisis
Originally published by CapX, on 10 July 2015
Writing for CapX, Iain Martin writes that “the financial and political elite has behaved appallingly towards the Greeks”,...
Do we need EU regulation to open up trade in Europe?...
Originally published in Liberaal Reveil, the magazine of the Dutch Telders Foundation
How to open up markets in the European Union? There basically are two...
