Brussels Report

By Michael Thoma, a freelance journalist covering global political affairs, with a particular focus on European politics and international security Friedrich Merz’s proposal for “associate...

By Michael Landl, Director at the World Vapers’ Alliance. Every year on 31 May, the WHO marks World No Tobacco Day. This year, the campaign targets nicotine...

By Marek Tatala, CEO of the Economic Freedom Foundation, a Polish think-tank. The next EU budget should be judged by one basic test: whether it...

By Miguel Nunes Silva Portugal’s secret weapon against the cordon sanitaire is the hero of the austerity era, currently biding his time for a political comeback—one...

By Khalid Al-Hail (picture) For years, politicians, journalists and activists insisted that fears about ideological infiltration were either exaggerated or rooted paranoia and hatred. Eventually,...

By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP With the plummeting popularity of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the UK has become the third...

That the European Commission is a powerful body is widely recognized, but the extent of its actual power is often still underestimated. Not only does...

By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)  The fear of monetary tightening significantly slowing...

By Adam Bartha, Director of EPICENTER, the network of leading European free-market think tanks. Bigger is not always better. But Brussels has convinced itself that Europe’s problems...

By Sumit Singh, a freelance journalist based in New Delhi As Prime Minister Narendra Modi (picture) prepares for a high-profile summer tour of Europe — including...

By former Dutch MP and MEP Derk Jan Eppink During a weekend meeting in mid-April at Villa Borsig in Berlin, the leaders of Germany’s governing parties,...

By Jim Higgins, a former member of the European Parliament for Ireland (2004-2014) The international community is confronting an increasingly complex Iran challenge—one that manifests...

By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)  Will the ECB avoid repeating its...

Last year, the partner countries of the World Health Organisation (WHO) signed a so-called ‘pandemic agreement’ on how to tackle future pandemics, such as...

By Thomas Spaas, a Belgian Attorney specialised in Belgian and international tax issues Criticism of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has indeed grown...

Last year, the European Commission presented its plan to catch up in the global race to build artificial intelligence (AI) hubs. Therefore, through leveraging...

By Prof. Vincenzo Musacchio, an expert in criminal law, organised crime and corruption at the Council of Europe Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR)...

By Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson, Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland When the results of the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 12 April 2026 were announced,...

Political campaigning seems to be increasingly conducted through the court room. Last week, Greenpeace and the American company Energy Transfer faced off in an...

By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed The war in Iran has brought home the harsh reality to policymakers in Brussels and in the capitals of...