The potential of the “European Political Community”
This week, nearly 50 leaders from across Europe met in Moldova during the summit of the "European Political Community", a project launched last year...
The EU should rethink its anti-smoking policies, adopting the Swedish model...
By Michael Landl, Director at the World Vapers’ Alliance
Today, on 31 May, which is World Tobacco Day, proclaimed by the WHO to draw attention to the...
Are European Parliament prizes hopelessly politicised?
By Saman Rizwan
Sometimes, an award says more about the one handing it out than about the one receiving it. When the European Parliament for...
European Commission inaction is putting the EU’s insurance market at risk
By Dick Roche, a former Irish Minister for European Affairs and Minister for Environment
The consensus in a series of papers produced for a Eurofi...
The Oslo University case: a precedent for universities refusing to recognize...
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Baudenbacher Kvernberg, lawyers and advisors, Zurich/Oslo/Stavanger/Brussels
Education policy is generally not...
Newly proposed EU rules threaten the clean beauty market
By Emil Panzaru, the Research Manager at the Consumer Choice Center.
New EU rules are coming after scented candles, perfumes, and wellness routines. The...
Europe’s China debate is only getting started
The election of Donald Trump as American President in 2016 can be seen as a crucial moment for the West’s relationship with China to...
“The Taylor rule requires the ECB to hike interest rates up...
Yesterday, Eurostat reported that "Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 7.0% in April 2023, up from 6.9% in March".
Notably, Eurozone headline inflation...
Debate on EU migration policy heats up
Over the last two weeks, there was some movement with the long-stalled EU Commission proposals for a so-called "EU migration pact".
Last week, a majority...
The EU plans to tax heating just when people are struggling...
By Professor Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018)
In its illusory quest for decarbonisation, the...
Natural products are collateral damage of an EU initiative to sharpen...
It is hard to keep track of new EU regulatory initiatives. Many are related to climate change, as for example expanding the EU’s emissions...
The EU wants to outlaw restrictive migration policies
Writing for Brussels Report, Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers, Vice-chair of the ECR Group and delegation leader of the Sweden Democrats in the European Parliament,...
The Netherlands needs to cooperate with other member states to change...
By Dutch Clingendael Institute scholars Professor Adriaan Schout and Paul Hofhuis, a former Dutch diplomat, responsible for environment policy.
Following the election victory of the...
China does not consider the European Commission to be a geopolitical...
By Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018), Professor em. at Université libre de Bruxelles and...
A protracted conflict in Ukraine threatens the West’s strategic objectives
By Prof. Dr. Marc De Vos, a Visiting fellow at Belgian think tank Itinera
Let us take a look at the war in Ukraine as a battle...
The EU should link aid to respect for basic rights, starting...
By Johan Nissinen, a Swedish Member of the European Parliament and former Member of the Swedish Parliament (ECR - SD)
A massive wave of anti-gay...
The ECB’s “digital euro” heralds the arrival of digital serfdom
By Paul Boonefaes, an author, commentator and podcast host at Doorbraak.be
"Rid the world of bankruns with a digital currency" is the headline of an...
EU competitiveness is anything but “at the top of the agenda”...
Speaking in the European Parliament, Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (ECR – SD) addresses the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
During his speech,...
The EU’s increased hostility towards private arbitration
Making sure there are effective judicial mechanisms to resolve disputes whenever they arise is essential to promoting trade and foreign investment.
Such disputes are being...
The EU should avoid a subsidy war with the US
By Otto Brøns-Petersen, director for analysis, and Line Andersen, economist, Center for Political Studies (CEPOS).
The European Union should abstain from increasing state subsidies to...
