“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...
The EU’s regulatory machine is getting out of control
Today, EU leaders are gathering in Brussels, where they are reportedly expected to support revamping the single market and simplifying regulations, also as a...
Climate anxiety leads to harmful green populism
By Máté Hajba, a Hungarian writer and a columnist with Young Voices Europe. Máté runs the Free Market Foundation, a Hungarian libertarian think tank....
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) should be listed as a...
By Shahin Gobadi, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
March 20 marks the end of spring...
The victory of the Dutch farmers’ party is a warning signal...
The victory of the Dutch "farmers' party" BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) in the Provincial Council elections was even bigger than expected. According to the latest seat...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 30 – with Swedish MP Martin...
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European Parliament votes in favour of “costly” mandatory renovation of old...
Yesterday, the European Parliament voted in favour of the mandatory renovation of old buildings to save energy, confirming its negotiation position on the “Energy...
A ‘military solution’ for the war in Ukraine is an illusion
By Professor David Criekemans, who teaches international politics at the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven in Belgium, international security at University College Roosevelt...
