Democracy or drones – the EU’s security policy dilemma
By Morten Jarlbæk Pedersen
It is neither a secret nor news that Europe's security policy situation has changed both rapidly and drastically over the past...
The EU’s Digital Gulag
The EU’s Digital Gulag (or How to Catch Wild Hogs)
By Seth Hertlein, VP and Global Head of Policy at Ledger.
Good morning.
It is an honor...
EU disagreements persist on how to help Ukraine
As Ukrainian peace talks continue, on Friday, a major legal breach of the EU Treaty occurred. The EU Council of Member States agreed with...
Europe’s Competitiveness Drama
By Elena Leontjeva, President of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Competitiveness is a strange beast—always measured against outsiders, yet forged internally. In her annual address,...
Protectionism is far from defeated in Europe
Suddenly, it does not appear so certain any more that the trade deal between the EU and Latin American trade bloc Mercosur - comprising...
A black day for direct democracy in Switzerland
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, Baudenbacher Law AG
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It is dangerous to change the rules of the game
By Maarten Verheyen, a Belgian investor, entrepreneur, and author of an investment newsletter with more than 60.000 subscribers
It is always extremely dangerous to change...
The battle over the EU’s next multiannual budget heats up
As the end of the year approaches, policy making in Brussels continues in full gear, with the negotiations on the EU's long term budget...
The EU wants to stifle critical voices on social media
By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed
The EU has devised “chat control” to gain far-reaching authority over social media. And more plans are in the...
The EU’s energy policies threaten our prosperity
By John Dejaeger, former managing director of BASF Antwerp and chairman of Pro Flandria.
The European Union's energy policy threatens to end in disaster. We...
AI, Semiconductors, and the Trap of Zero-Sum Thinking
In the United States, the Trump administration is considering whether to allow US tech company Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 AI chips to...
Putin is betting on a European retreat
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
The new peace plan for Ukraine is...
Sudan: “One of the gravest human tragedies of our time.”
By Martin Banks
MEPs and a respected rights group have joined forces in demanding urgent action to stop the “gravest human tragedies of our time."
As Sudan descends...
A bonfire of green EU policies?
On Wednesday 19 November, EU governments agreed to extend the EU’s deforestation directive (EUDR) once again, this time until the end of December 2026,...
Presenting the “EU Regulatory Quality Index”
By Constantinos Saravakos, a doctoral candidate in international and European studies at the University of Macedonia and head of research at Greek think tank...
A moment of reckoning for the WHO
By Michael Landl, Director at the World Vapers’ Alliance.
This week, in Geneva, countries gather under the banner of the World Health Organization to discuss the future...
Why Cutting Bureaucracy Is a Near-Impossible Mission in a Representative Democracy
Matthias Bauer is a German economist and Director at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE). In his new book, called "The Deep...
A narco-state in the heart of Europe?
The road to becoming a narco-state is paved with good intentions
‘We are evolving into a narco-state’, a Belgian judge who had to go into...
A closer look at D66, the winner of the Dutch elections
By Samuel Martin, Editor-in-Chief of The Mallard
For the last several years, Dutch politics has largely been defined by the ruthless search for an alternative.
In...
Coalition of European business groups urges support for the Omnibus I...
The Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP) and the European Enterprise Alliance (EEA) have brought together a coalition of 21 European business organisations calling...
