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Openness is a security policy
Over the last few years, and particularly since the Covid crisis, the concept of “European strategic autonomy” has become ever more prominent in the...
Europe Has a Capital Problem. More Centralisation Won’t Solve It
By Amir Naser Hojati, a trader in global futures markets and a fintech entrepreneur focused on risk, capital allocation and productive investment.
Europe does not...
The EU Is Bracing for a Political Earthquake
By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed
Next year, important elections will take place across large parts of the EU. These will be held in four large...
Why Iceland Rejected EU Membership
By Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson. Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland
In the referendum on 29 August 2026, Iceland rejected negotiations on EU membership for...
The Entropic Union
By Dr. Avv. Gian Marco Solas, who develops the idea that the European Union’s legal order has become so dense, unmeasured and internally contradictory...
Sánchez’s Spain is putting European solidarity to the test
By Ruben Cober
European politics has been dominated by a single argument for years. Whenever the European Union fails to formulate a common position or...
Would Iceland’s Icesave victory remain good law after EU accession?
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, Baudenbacher Law...
“Ending the Euro isn’t anti-European”
In a video posted on his Substack channel, Robin Brooks, a senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, previously Chief Economist at the Institute of...
The EU’s Digital Agenda Is A Danger to Privacy
By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed
The European Commission presents its Digital Agenda as a necessary modernisation of society. A European digital identity (EU-ID), a digital...
Why Iceland Should Not Reopen EU Accession Negotiations
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, Baudenbacher Law AG
The...
The EU’s relentless quest for more power
Over the last few years, the European Commission has already managed to acquire ever more powers. Yet, it has appetite for more. Whether the...
Will the Netherlands Accept Paying 12.5 Times More to the EU...
By Hans Hoogervorst, who served as Dutch State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in the Kok II cabinet, as Minister for Finance in...
The West’s China Miscalculation: Lessons from Rare Earths and Global Power
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
On September 7, 2010, a Chinese...
The Queen of Brussels
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
In the Berlaymont building in Brussels, the headquarters of the European Commission, President Ursula von der...
As China Builds the Future, the EU Regulates Itself Out of...
By Susanna L. Kellogg
The crisis confronting Europe’s automotive industry continues to deepen. Despite robust growth in global vehicle demand—with annual sales rising from 66...
Will the EU’s Ecodesign Rules Price Small Businesses Out of the...
By Philbert Carbon
The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is a European regulation which introduces new ecodesign requirements for businesses. Will SMEs be...
The EU Shouldn’t Fight China’s Protectionism with More Protectionism
In recent months, the debate on the EU’s trade deficit with China has intensified. In May, the EU’s 12-month rolling trade deficit with the...
Discussion with US Ambassador to the EU at Brussels Report event
At a Brussels Report event on July 14, jointly hosted with the Tholos Foundation, the US Ambassador to the European Union, Andrew Puzder, praised...
The EU’s €2 Trillion Budget Battle Is Only Beginning
The Irish EU Council Presidency aims to secure agreement on the EU’s long term budget by the end of this year, as any later...
Rethinking EU Sin Taxes: The Need for an Evidence-Based Debate
By Jack Berry
Across the EU, governmental bodies and European Union institutions are increasingly implementing taxes and regulations to influence individual behaviour. Excise policy has...
