Will the Netherlands Accept Paying 12.5 Times More to the EU...
By Hans Hoogervorst, who served as Dutch State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in the Kok II cabinet, as Minister for Finance in...
The West’s China Miscalculation: Lessons from Rare Earths and Global Power
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
On September 7, 2010, a Chinese...
The Queen of Brussels
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
In the Berlaymont building in Brussels, the headquarters of the European Commission, President Ursula von der...
As China Builds the Future, the EU Regulates Itself Out of...
By Susanna L. Kellogg
The crisis confronting Europe’s automotive industry continues to deepen. Despite robust growth in global vehicle demand—with annual sales rising from 66...
Will the EU’s Ecodesign Rules Price Small Businesses Out of the...
By Philbert Carbon
The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is a European regulation which introduces new ecodesign requirements for businesses. Will SMEs be...
The EU Shouldn’t Fight China’s Protectionism with More Protectionism
In recent months, the debate on the EU’s trade deficit with China has intensified. In May, the EU’s 12-month rolling trade deficit with the...
Discussion with US Ambassador to the EU at Brussels Report event
At a Brussels Report event on July 14, jointly hosted with the Tholos Foundation, the US Ambassador to the European Union, Andrew Puzder, praised...
The EU’s €2 Trillion Budget Battle Is Only Beginning
The Irish EU Council Presidency aims to secure agreement on the EU’s long term budget by the end of this year, as any later...
Rethinking EU Sin Taxes: The Need for an Evidence-Based Debate
By Jack Berry
Across the EU, governmental bodies and European Union institutions are increasingly implementing taxes and regulations to influence individual behaviour. Excise policy has...
Germany Is No Longer Willing to Follow the Brussels Consensus
By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed
Germany is increasingly charting its own course in defence, energy and the economy: rearmament, a weakened climate policy and growing...
The Digital Euro Reveals the Foundations of a Surveillance Society
By Dutch MEP Auke Zijlstra
According to the Commission and the Council, the digital euro is a payment system with both an offline and an online...
A Celtic Tiger agenda for Ireland’s EU presidency
By Adam Bartha, Director of EPICENTER, the network of leading European free-market think tanks.
On 1st July, Ireland took over the rotating presidency of the Council of...
Did Iceland Close a Secret Deal with the Brussels Bureaucrats?
By Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson. Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland
Icelandic Foreign Minister Thorgerdur K. Gunnarsdóttir is seeking a referendum on Iceland’s membership of...
EU Joins US-Led Pax Silica Initiative
The European Union, along with the Netherlands, Germany, and Greece, has joined the US-initiated “Pax Silica” pact, an alliance aimed at strengthening secure supply...
Don’t Count Uncle Sam Out
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee). He is the author of...
The Digital Euro Risks Undermining Europe’s Payment Ecosystem
By Dutch MEP Auke Zijlstra
Today, the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee approved the digital euro.
The European Parliament had a unique opportunity to...
Is lawfare threatening transatlantic ties?
For a long time, left-leaning NGOs have been using the courts to advance their causes. In particular when it comes to migration and environmental...
The Memorandum of Misunderstanding
By former Dutch MP and MEP Derk Jan Eppink
The US and Iran are engaged in a ‘peace process’ that resembles a game of cat and...
EU fails to Find Common Ground on Tobacco Taxation
The revision of the directive on tobacco taxation (TED) saw mixed progress this month. The Committee of Economic Affairs of the European Parliament approved...
The Case for Abolishing the EU Emissions Trading System
By Professor Em. Samuel Furfari. Between 1982 and 2018, he was a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission, where he...
