The digital euro is a threat to the very foundations of...
By Austrian Member of Parliament Dr. Barbara Kolm (FPÖ- picture). She has served as the Vice President of the Austrian Central Bank and is also...
“The Strasbourg Human Rights Court has contributed to asylum chaos” –...
Em. Prof. Dr. Marc Bossuyt (University of Antwerp) is the former President of the Belgian Constitutional Court and former Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees....
The European Commission seems incapable of learning from policy mistakes
Despite the hammering for green parties in the 2024 European Parliament election, the European Commission simply wants to remain on the same, expensive path...
The Spanish blackout is a cautionary tale against the EU’s green...
By Vanessa Combattelli
A total blackout. In Spain. In the land of sunshine and green energy.
Initial reports suggested that Russian hackers were responsible.
But it didn't take...
Is the Eurozone gearing up for higher inflation?
By Gaudrimas Burčius
Last year, the European Central Bank (ECB) made a significant change to its monetary policy, ending the intensive monetary tightening from 2022 onwards...
Will the EU reach a deal with the US on tariff...
This week, the European Commission sharply cut its eurozone economic growth forecast for 2025, blaming this on the global trade tensions sparked by US...
In dire need of economic freedom, Europe’s hope lies in the...
By Brad Lips, CEO of Atlas Network, a network network of liberty-minded and free-market groups which has nearly 600 independent partners in more than...
When it comes to funding for NGOs, transparency is lacking in...
By MEP Auke Zijlstra
If it's not about war, it's usually about money these days. Last week, the European Court of Auditors published a damning...
Has Ukraine’s EU accession been thought through?
By Vanessa Combattelli
A $40 million public contract for the purchase of bullets ended up in bank accounts in the Balkans.
A director was fired for...
European Court of Auditors slams EU’s Covid Recovery Fund
The European Court of Auditors has published a comprehensive review, summarizing several opinions and reports related to the design, control framework and implementation of...
EU regulation must enable industry, not stifle it
By Dr. Ulrich Adam, the Director General of ORGALIM, a European trade association representing European engineering and technology industries
Jacques Delors once said that in...
Due to Friedrich Merz’s political sell-out, the left remains in charge...
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
The German federal elections on 23 February, which opposition leader Friedrich Merz said would mark a...
A green blackout?
On Monday 28th, around noon, the electric grids in Spain and Portugal went down, also affecting parts of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland...
Global coalition of think tanks stresses the importance of IP protection
In a joint letter, a global coalition composed of 115 think tanks from 46 countries stresses the importance of IP protection, at the occasion...
It looks like the President is for turning
In a reprieve for China, US President Donald Trump has signalled that the high tariffs on Chinese goods he announced will not amount to...
Football is without borders, except in the digital space
By Zoltán Kész, government affairs manager at the Consumer Choice Center and a former member of the Hungarian Parliament
As a new Hungarian expat living in Spain, a...
Wackonomics
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
April 1 is the day for jokes....
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 40 – Is EU regulation out...
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The EU can learn from the UK’s more friendly approach towards...
By Bojan Lazarevski
From automated warehouses to AI-powered legal assistants, artificial intelligence is reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace, leaving millions of workers with an...
The EU should at least consider Trump’s demand to scrap non-tariff...
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump made his long-awaited tariff announcement. Markets crashed as a result, as the measures went further than expected. Trump's...
