Given the stakes, EU enlargement requires more debate
Today, the European Commission is presenting proposals to change the way how the EU admits new members. The idea is that instead of the...
The European Green Deal: Unrealistic, Unfair, Unsustainable and Useless.
By Henri Marenne and Philippe Charlez (Institut Sapiens, Paris)
While the causes of the European agricultural crisis are multifactorial, the European Union bears an overwhelming...
Pragmatic cooperation should be the way forward for the EU
By Dr. Adriaan Schout, Senior Research Fellow at Dutch think tank Clingendael.
The European Parliament elections in June are about European ambitions and deeper integration. However,...
A look at von der Leyen’s poor track record
By Miguel Nunes Silva, Director of Portugese think tank Trezeno Institute
George Orwell once said: "Truth is Treason in an Empire of Lies". In a...
The EU’s new DMA regulation is about to hurt consumers
By Martynas Gruodis, an expert at the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
March 7th, 2024, marks a significant date for the European Union and, potentially, the...
The new OECD tax regime will reduce tax competition
By Reda Simonaitytė-MIKULĖ, Junior Expert at the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
A global minimum tax model will reduce tax competition and put companies in a...
How to deal with the rapid rise of Chinese electric vehicle...
By Irakli Machaidze, a Georgian political writer, analytical journalist and fellow with Young Voices Europe. Irakli is currently based in Vienna, Austria, pursuing advanced...
The UN is undermining the cause for property rights protection it...
By Dr. Susanna Lukacs
75 years after its adoption, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, namely article 17, is under threat.
It states:
“Everyone has the...
The EU’s new fiscal rules are a framework full of holes
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
The new EU fiscal rules, or more...
Despite minor concessions to farmers, the EU continues with its green...
The farmer protests that rocked Brussels at the start of this month have launched the issue to the very top of the EU’s political...
There is no culture of transparent, independent and effective auditing of...
In a new Policy Paper, Dr. Adriaan Schout, Senior Research Fellow at Dutch think tank Clingendael, takes a closer look at the effectiveness and...
Now is not the time to ease monetary policy
By Leonardas Marcinkevičius is an expert at the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Last Thursday, as predicted, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB)...
Anti-money laundering laws contribute to “de-banking” for the vulnerable
By Jorge Jraissati, Director of Alumni For Liberty, an international network with over 10,000 youth leaders from 139 countries, and economist at IESE Business...
Inflation is on the rise again
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
« Thunderclap Newman» was a short-lived British...
The resurrection of the deceased Swiss-EU governance framework
By Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017) and Partner at Baudenbacher/Kvernberg, Zurich/Oslo/Stavanger/Brussels
It is not only the monotheistic world...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 36 – with economist Daniel Kral
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The social democratic legacy of Jacques Delors
By Jacques Garello, Professor Emeritus in economics at the University of Aix-Marseille III, Founder of the annual Summer University dedicated to free market economics...
What’s in store for the EU in 2024?
To make sense of what may be ahead for the European Union in 2024, it is important to take a look back at the...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 35 – with Egyptian Senator Mohamed...
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At the upcoming EU summit, tough questions loom
Later this week, EU leaders are gathering in Brussels, when a number of important decisions will need to be made on the accession of...
