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...
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...
