Brussels Report

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...

A new initiative has been started, called the "“European Confederalist Society”. It was launched during the Think Tank Central conference of think tank New Direction...

Commenting on the G20 announcement earlier this month about the plan for a trade corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, Middle...

In her “State of the Union” address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced to “make the first legislative proposals towards reducing reporting obligations...

In a reaction to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's "State of the Union" speech, French MEP François-Xavier Bellamy (picture) issued a scathing...

By Prof. Dr. Tijl De Bie, Full Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Data Science at the Belgian University of Ghent The Digital Services...

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  As the...

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 For Liberty. The European...

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By Prof. Dr. Marc De Vos, a Visiting fellow at Belgian think tank Itinera China is unique. No country has ever managed to make as...

By Federico N. Fernández, the CEO of We Are Innovation, a global network of 30+ think tanks and NGOs In the face of the smoking...