Securing AI Chips in the Global Race to Build AI Hubs
Last year, the European Commission presented its plan to catch up in the global race to build artificial intelligence (AI) hubs. Therefore, through leveraging...
How the Mafia Is Infiltrating Italy’s Use of EU Covid Funds
By Prof. Vincenzo Musacchio, an expert in criminal law, organised crime and corruption at the Council of Europe
Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR)...
Hungary: Orbánism without Orbán?
By Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson, Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland
When the results of the Hungarian parliamentary elections on 12 April 2026 were announced,...
NGOs on the defence?
Political campaigning seems to be increasingly conducted through the court room. Last week, Greenpeace and the American company Energy Transfer faced off in an...
The “Energy Transition” as a Solution to Energy Scarcity Is Unrealistic...
By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed
The war in Iran has brought home the harsh reality to policymakers in Brussels and in the capitals of...
EU Steel Protectionism Comes at the Expense of Competitiveness
By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade Europa
In the Taoist text The Liezi, attributed to Lie Yukou, it is said...
Europe’s Iran Strategy Needs Clarity, Not Illusion
By Martin Patzelt, a former member of the German Bundestag. He was part of the German Parliament’s Human Rights Committee for two terms, where...
The Evidence Is In: The Dutch Vape Flavour Ban Has Backfired
By Tim Andrews (Prohibitiondoesnotwork.com)
A new report from Prohibition Does Not Work (PDNW) finds that the Netherlands’ vaping flavour prohibition has totally undermined any control over...
The effect of mass migration on European foreign policy
By former Dutch MP and MEP Derk Jan Eppink
In December 2010, former VVD leader and ex-European Commissioner Frits Bolkestein (picture) spoke his mind. In...
The EU Budget Debate Heats Up
The Council of European Heads of State or Government wishes to reach an agreement on the long-term European budget by the end of this...
Greenpeace’s courtroom strategy raises eyebrows on both sides of the Atlantic
Greenpeace, one of the most well-known NGOs in the world, may be on the verge of bankruptcy, following a loss in a US Court...
Keeping America In: Europe’s Urgent NATO Challenge
By Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson. Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, was founded in 1949 to keep the...
“European policymakers must stop treating Iran as simply a regional irritant”...
In an interview with Brussels Report, Matthew Robinson, Director of the Euro-Gulf Information Centre, comments the ongoing developments related to the war in Iran....
EU Trade Policy at a Crossroads
At the end of March, the European Parliament approved the trade agreement concluded between the EU and the US last summer to stabilise their...
Why Iceland Should Remain in the EEA and outside the EU
By Prof. Dr. Iur. Dr. rer. pol. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Visiting Professor at the London School of...
The EU’s Rail Dream Is a Nightmare for Taxpayers
By Francesco Ramella, Research Fellow, Istituto Bruno Leoni, and Emelie Franzén, Research & Content Coordinator, EPICENTER – European Policy Information Centre
When former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta...
Europe’s Hostility Toward Domestic Fossil Fuel Exploration Comes at a Cost
Rising energy prices as a result of the Iran crisis are having an effect on the energy policy debate in Europe. Greta Thunberg, once...
The Geopolitical Significance of the EU-India Trade Deal
By Sumit Singh, a freelance journalist based in New Delhi
The recent conclusion of the India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) marks a pivotal moment...
A Supply Shock Revisited: Energy, Food, and the Return of Inflation...
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
Oil and gas prices have shot...
Ultra-Processed Foods: The Elephant in the Kitchen of Modern Nutrition
By Dr. Guy-André Pelouze, a French cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon
The new dietary recommendations from the U.S. administration represent a discreet and cautious break with...
