Brussels Report

By Viktor Marsai There is an EU member state that has opposed the new Migration and Asylum Pact from the outset—particularly the part concerning the...

They do not seem to be able to stop. This week, EU climate ministers reached an agreement on yet another new EU climate target,...

A growing number of non-governmental organisations are turning to European courts to challenge cases they have lost in the United States — a strategy...

By Dutch MEP Sander Smit, delegation leader of the Dutch FarmerCitizenMovement (BBB, EPP Group) Last week, the European Parliament showed its worst side. The Parliament...

By Arthur Rubinstein Would you like to make some easy money? Here’s what you do: bet any passerby on the street that they cannot name their...

Last month, the founder and owner of leading chemical giant INEOS made a major call upon European policy makers, both in the EU and...

By Leonardas Marcinkevičius, a senior economist at the Lithuanian Free market Institute   Despite the European Central Bank (ECB) announcing the move of the digital euro...

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 The...

By Tomáš Zdechovský, Czech MEP (EPP) and Ivan Štefanec, former Slovak MEP (EPP) and SME Europe Honorary President  Throughout our political careers, both of us...

By Arthur Rubinstein Language is one of the most extraordinary gifts humanity has given itself. There is nothing more elegant, engrossing, or breathtaking than a well-constructed...

Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen survived two no-confidence votes in the European Parliament. Even if she did so with relative...

By Arthur Rubinstein Several years ago, I attended a dinner party (shrimp cocktail, chicken Kiev, and carrot cake—ehh). While chatting with the guests about this...

By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)   Overloading monetary policy with other objectives besides price stability...

By Aurelio Mustacciuoli, a Senior Advisor of the Head of Banking and Finance at Eurogroup Consulting Italy. He was a Co-founder of Gooldie. He...

By Juan Rafael Taborcía, Global Spokesperson for Considerate Pouchers The European Union has promised its citizens a smoke-free future by 2040. On paper, it sounds...

This Summer, the European Commission proposed five new proposed income sources for the EU’s new long term budget (Multiannual Financial Framework (“MFF”), scheduled to...

By Michel Portier, Lecturer at Hogeschool Arnhem and Nijmegen On 14 October, the European Council will vote on what is perhaps the most controversial proposal...

By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade Europa The American author Norman Vincent Peale is quoted as saying that any action...

Recently, the EU has achieved some progress when it comes to opening up its global trade, to offset the new trading barriers introduced by...

By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)   One year after the publication date...