Brussels Report

A new study by French think tank Institut Molinari and the U.S. Tholos Foundation looks at "The Tax Burden on Global Workers", compiling an...

By Em. Prof. Dr. Marc Bossuyt (University of Antwerp), the former President of the Belgian Constitutional Court and former Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees....

As the week draws to a close, Pieter Cleppe, the editor-in-chief of Brussels Report, makes a roundup of what has kept EU policy makers...

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By Czech MEP Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP, KDU-ČSL)  The Middle East tends to evoke bitter sentiments to the entire world, precisely because of what it forces us to...

By Pieter de Jonge, a Dutch historian and journalist Last Wednesday, the Dutch elections for the Lower House led to a major upset, with Geert...

By Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, Former President of the EFTA Court, Partner Baudenbacher Kvernberg, Zurich/Oslo/Stavanger/Brussels and Visiting Professor at LSE 25 years of...

A few days ago, the European Union's External Action Service issued a statement, expressing how it is "appalled by and condemns" a "recent dramatic escalation...

This week, Flemish MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (N-VA - ECR), a former Belgian Finance Minister, made it to the top of BCW’s ranking of...

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  In the...

While Europe's biggest gas field, near the Dutch city of Groningen, has just been shut down by the Dutch government, Romania is aiming to...

International tax-rate competition is being replaced with rigid centralization, which is setting the stage for higher taxes in the future, experts warn in a...

By Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a staggering eight million deaths due to smoking annually....

The most recent edition of the international trade barrier index, an annual publication by the Tholos Foundation, featured Singapore coming out as the country with...

By Susanna Lukacs The European Union has approved €8 billion in subsidies for chip research projects aimed at establishing Europe’s ambitions in semiconductor technology. Thereby...

By Jonathan Holslag, a Belgian professor, author, and policy advisor. Jonathan Holslag is a professor of international politics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where...

By Pieter Cleppe, Editor-in-chief of Brussels Report, and Rod Richardson, President of the Grace Richardson Fund Across Europe, opposition to the EU’s climate policies is...

By Professor David Criekemans, who teaches international politics at the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven in Belgium, international security at University College Roosevelt in...

A new amendment to EU essential oils regulations spells victory for European consumers and industry By Emil Panzaru, Research Manager at the Consumer Choice Center.   Good...

Now that all of the statistics regarding Covid are available, it has become possible to finally take stock of the policies implemented to deal...