How French regional elections delivered a reverse political earthquake
By Jonathan Frickert, a French lawyer and writer, often covering topics concerning decentralisation on his blog Élyséeologie
Zero, that's the number of French regions that...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 6 – with ECIPE Director Fredrik...
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If it is serious about fighting cronyism, the EU could cut...
The run-up to today's EU Summit has been marked by yet another confrontation between Hungary and Western European EU member states, over a new...
A closer look at Von der Leyen’s vaccine embarrassment
By Robert Tyler, Senior Policy Advisor at EU affairs think tank New Direction
Last week, a Belgian Court issued a ruling in the EU’s court case against...
How to enhance subsidiarity and proportionality at the EU level
Writing for BrusselsReport.eu, Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (PiS- ECR) sets out his proposals for the "Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFE)" in a...
By taking Germany to court, the European Commission is provoking a...
Writing for BrusselsReport.eu, Ravel Meeth, the Chairman of German NGO Bündnis Bürgerwille or the “Citizens’ Will Alliance”, which initiated the lawsuitchallenging German ratification of the EU’s €750...
Is it getting time to abolish Frontex?
The last few months have been rather tough for Frontex, the EU’s Border and Coast Guard Agency, established in 2004 and headquartered in Warsaw.
Earlier...
Beneath the Eurozone calm, there is a storm brewing
By Alberto Ruiz-Ojeda, Professor of Public Law at the University of Malaga (UMA)
Policies intended to support the Eurozone are underpinned by an assumption...
The EU should consider adopting the Danish approach to immigration
By Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (SD - ECR)
Denmark gets it: As the social democratic governing party’s immigration spokesman, MP Rasmus Stoklund, puts it:...
Time to restart talks on a transatlantic trade deal
By Nima Hairy (a member of the Board of Directors at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy Europe and a member of the Belgian Liberal...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 5 – with former British MEP...
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Primacy of EU law is being undermined because of the EU’s...
Yesterday, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure against Germany, accusing it of violating “the principle of the primacy of EU law” as a...
After Brexit, the EU seems to be losing the plot
Yesterday, German foreign minister Heiko Maas urged the European Union to abolish national vetoes to agree foreign policy measures, claiming the EU should not...
Inflation may burst out like ketchup from a ketchup bottle
By Jean Wanningen, an independent economist, publicist and euro-researcher (author of Eurodynamics and Euro Deceit)
These days, I am often asked whether we can expect...
The EU must renegotiate the EU-China investment deal
By Robert Tyler, Senior Policy Advisor at EU affairs think tank New Direction
After months of protests, on May 21st, the European Parliament voted to...
How to protect your savings from the ECB – part 1...
In a series of articles, BrusselsReport.eu looks at how savers can protect themselves from monetary debasement. This article is merely summarizing possible strategies to...
Why Eurozone inflation will not be transitory
By Fabian Wintersberger, Rates Trader and Economist, based in Austria
When ECB chief economist Philip Lane was recently asked if inflation will last instead of being...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 4 – with former EFTA Court...
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Why did EU-Swiss negotiations on a Framework Agreement fail?
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, President of the EFTA Court between 2003 and 2017, where he served as a judge from 1995...
The EU should hold firm on its opposition to scrap life-saving...
By Philip Stevens, Executive Director of Geneva Network, a research and advocacy organisation focusing on international innovation, trade and development policy.
Last week, the European...
