The coup in Niger does not threaten uranium supply to the...
By Professor Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018), Professor em. at Université libre de Bruxelles
After Mali,...
New EU rules on essential oils will hurt honest businesses and...
By Zoltán Kész and Emil Panzaru
For many people, the European Union and its institutions have always meant overregulation and bureaucracy. Their beliefs are fed...
Is the EU’s shaky Eastern Neighbourhood ready for enlargement?
The war in Ukraine has renewed attention for the European Union's neighbourhood, as there now even seems to be serious consideration to allow Ukraine...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 32 with Christopher Snowdon – The...
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The first great UK trade win is in the bag
Earlier this month, UK Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch signed the “Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership” - or CPTPP, a new trade deal...
New EU big tech regulations threaten to slow down technological innovation
By the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
July the 3rd marked an important stage in implementing the EU’s new big tech regulations under the Digital Markets Act...
The “nature restoration law” of Frans Timmermans is a bureaucratic threat...
By Dr. Ferdinand Meeus
During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 12 July, a majority of MEPs approved the EU Climate Pope Frans...
The EU’s proposed universal PFAS ban ignores the available science
By Dr. Lucas Bergkamp (LL.M.) is a medical doctor and lawyer, based in Brussels, who specializes in chemical regulation. He is currently working on a...
China’s weak intellectual property rights boost Europe’s counterfeit industry
By Susanna Lukacs, Policy Fellow at the Property Rights Alliance
Despite advances in the adoption of formal Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection, the enforcement of IPR...
The Great European Monetary Policy Debate – video recording
On 7 June, Brussels Report hosted "the Great European Monetary Policy Debate" in the European Parliament in Brussels, together with the Cobden Centre, Alumni...
Pro-Liberty education is key to lowering Europe’s cost of living
By Brad Lips, the chief executive officer of Atlas Network, which serves a global community of more than 550 civil society organizations
War in Ukraine....
The EU cannot tax its way to wealth
By Ogechukwu Egwuatu, a columnist with Young Voices Europe and a France-based student, writer and campaigner. She is also a local coordinator with Students...
Geopolitical winter has come. The EU should look to the South...
By Rachid Benali, President of Moroccan agricultural export association COMADER (Confédération marocaine des opérateurs du secteur agricole)
Food security and price stability are taken as a...
A Very European Transition
By Susanna Lukacs, Policy Fellow at the Property Rights Alliance
Before June 1, 2023 Europe was wrought with different patent systems and courts within each...
Is the European Commission the first obstacle to opening up the...
This year, the EU's single market celebrated its 30th anniversary, leading the European Commission to state that it "it has helped to make everyday...
One year to stop the destruction of the EU
By Professor Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018), Professor em. at Université libre de Bruxelles
The green...
Sweden: The accidental harm-reduction champion
By the chairmen of the youth wings of the three coalition parties composing the Swedish government:
Douglas Thor, Chairman, Swedish Moderate Youth League
Stefan Sarmes,...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 31 – with Rod Richardson
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Dutch PM Mark Rutte: celebrated internationally, beleaguered at home
By Pieter de Jonge, a Dutch historian and journalist
After Angela Merkel resigned as German Chancellor in December 2021, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte took...
EU plans to undermine IP protection endanger innovation
By Jackson Avery, Policy Fellow, Property Rights Alliance
In April, the European Commission proposed a new regulation on standard-essential patents (SEPs), which aims to "ensure that standard-essential...






























