Why von der Leyen won’t go

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By Robert Tyler (political strategist, working for a European political party) There have been growing calls for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to...

What future for the European Union: Integration or Cooperation?

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Following the Dutch 2021 election, Dutch Professor of European Public Administration Adriaan Schout, who teaches at Radboud University Nijmegen, outlines a long term vision...

EU vaccine protectionism: The plot thickens

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At their summit this Thursday and Friday, EU state and government leaders will need to give their say on the proposal by the European...

The ESM has now become dispensable

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by Frank Schäffler, a Member of the German Parliament for the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He has served in this role from 2005 until...

EU Member States should resist Von der Leyen’s protectionist vaccine export...

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fIn something resembling an escalation, European Commission President von der Leyen yesterday threatened to block vaccine exports, unless the EU ‘gets its fair share’....

Five ways in which the EU mismanaged vaccine policy

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The EU failed to secure vaccines as quickly as the U.K., the U.S. and Israel Whatever the reason, not as many Covid vaccines...

An ever shrinking number of Member States is shouldering the cost...

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By Herman Matthijs (Professor in public finance at the Universities of Ghent and Brussels and a member of Belgium’s High Council of Finance) Since the...

Mapping the erosion of trust in the ECB

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By Gunther Schnabl, Professor of Economic Policy and International Economics at Leipzig University Last fall, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Largarde,...

Welcome to BrusselsReport.eu

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This is a new website dedicated to news and analysis covering European Union policy, Eurozone affairs and Investment. It aims to be a platform offering...

Italy’s finances are now at the mercy of European politics

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By Giovanni B. Ponzetto, a financial adviser with 32 years of experience based in Turin, Italy Italy already was not in a particularly good...

On the erosion of the rule of law in the EU...

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The launch this week of Transparency International’s annual corruption index highlights something that EU watchers cannot fail to have missed in the past year:...

How travel restrictions have emerged as the most succesfull tool to...

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Back in April, I listed five measures governments can take to prevent the spread of Covid in order to prevent any need for economically devastating...

Italy’s return to statism spells trouble for the eurozone

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Originally published by EUObserver Last week, European leaders clinched a deal ending weeks of deadlock over Hungarian and Polish opposition to "rule of law" conditionality...

Did Brexit lead to the UK’s vaccine success?

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Originally published by The Spectator Today the United Kingdom became the first country in the West to clinically authorise a vaccine protecting against Covid-19, after the...

From Russia to France, politicians discover higher taxes can lead to...

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  Originally published by The European Post Last month, an illegal cigarette factory was discovered in Brussels. Not less than 170,760 cigarettes and 11.5 tonnes of...

“Refugee cities” as an alternative to tired old thinking on migration

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In her “State of the Union”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU’s long-awaited “new pact” on migration and asylum will be unveiled on...

Will the Pandemic Bring Down the Eurozone?

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Originally published by National Review As the coronavirus crisis subsides in Europe, another crisis may rear its ugly head again: the crisis surrounding the EU’s common...

How foreign authoritarian powers are stepping up their “disinformation game”

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Originally published by The European Post The Covid – crisis has put the spotlight on attempts by foreign powers to manipulate public opinion in the...

The EU’s shaky track record on environmental policy should serve as...

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Jointly written by Pieter Cleppe and Kai Weiss. A version of this article was published as a chapter of the 2020 book "Green Market Revolution How...

Five measures that could prevent future lockdowns

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Originally published by The Spectator  That the World Health Organisation hasn’t exactly shone in the coronavirus crisis is now well-documented. It should remind us of...