New study compares tax freedom days in Europe and around the...
A new study by French think tank Institut Économique Molinari and Americans for Tax Reform Foundation provides a new country-by-country comparison of the tax...
The ECB is no longer the ECB
By Alex Sassen Van Elsloo, a Dutch finance expert and research consultant
When the euro was being designed, a lot was already wrong. The designers...
The Recovery Fund will not unleash a new economic bonanza across...
By Dan Kral, Europe Economist
By now, 24 out of 27 governments have submitted their national recovery and resilience plans to unlock funds from the EU’s...
“Fit-for-55” is an irresponsible experiment with our economy
By Dutch MEP Rob Roos (JA21, ECR), formerly an entrepreneur in the energy and telecom sectors
The success of our Western society has been determined...
Why a global minimum corporate tax rate may never be implemented
By Matthias Bauer, Senior Economist at EU trade and economic policy think tank ECIPE
Following fresh calls from the Biden administration to raise corporate tax...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 7 – with rates trader Fabian...
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The EU is rewarding bad behaviour in its neighbourhood
This week, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen repeated her sharp criticism of Hungary's legislation banning ‘displaying or promoting” homosexuality to people under 18....
How the European Parliament financially supports mass media
Last week, the list with entities which received European Parliament grants in 2020 was published. This list can be downloaded here.
It makes for some...
The EU should place more trust in national competition authorities
By Javier Santacruz, Lead Researcher at Spanish classical liberal think tank Civismo
Last month, the decision making process to get the EU’s so-called “Digital Services...
Are we witnessing the birth of a new powerful eurosceptic alliance?
On Friday, 16 political parties from both the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the Identity and Democracy (ID) groups in the European Parliament...
German President withholds signature for ESM reform following Constitutional Court challenge
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) has decided to withhold his signature for the German law approving reform of the 500 billion euro "European Stability...
The EU Covid passport: not very useful, but vulnerable for abuse
With the opening of the European tourist season, the EU-wide “COVID-19 certificate” has also entered into force today. The certificate, also dubbed EU Covid...
The global minimum corporate tax is an OPEC for politicians to...
By Andreas Hellmann, International Advocacy Manager, Americans for Tax Reform Foundation
Earlier this month, G7 leaders endorsed U.S. President Biden’s administration’s plan to implement a...
UK to adopt Danish migration model
According to The Times, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel (picture) will introduce legislation next week to enable the UK government to send asylum seekers...
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...
