Brussels Report

Ricardo Filipe is a fellow with Young Voices Europe based in Portugal and a writer on politics and policy. The inefficiencies of public railway companies...

After Elon Musk, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has come out against the EU’s digital policies, complaining that “Europe has an ever increasing number of...

By Lika Kobeshavidze While the American tech sector has driven astonishing economic growth, leading to booming salaries and standards of living, Europe has languished behind....

By Ernestas Einoris, policy analyst at the Lithuanian Free Market Institute A pivotal 400-page report on the competitiveness of the European Union (EU), authored by...

By David Criekemans, who teaches international politics, foreign policy and geopolitics at the University of Antwerp, University College Roosevelt in Middelburg and the Geneva Institute...

By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade Europa In Lewis Carroll’s famous book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” the White Rabbit  offers...

On January 1st, Poland took over the rotating Presidency of the EU Council, meaning Polish Ministers are now chairing the meetings of the EU’s...

By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017)  20 December 2024 will go down in the history books in Switzerland....

By Ian Golan As South Korea reacts to President Yoon Suk Yeo’s unexpected attempt to impose martial law, Europe should learn lessons from recent Korean...

By Marie Söderqvist, CEO of Swedish think tank Environment and Public Health Institute (EPHI) Recently, the European Commission's President, Ursula von der Leyen, published op-eds...

A mere three months. That is how long the government of centre-right politician Michel Barnier has lasted in France. Barnier came to power following French...

By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017)  A proposal foresees the EU’s top court obtaining a monopoly on the...

As the new European Commission has entered office, Brussels is saying goodbye to Danish politician Margrethe Vestager (picture), who has served for ten years...

By Leonardas Marcinkevičius of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute With the declining use of cash, there is a growing concern among some Europeans about the...

On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted to approve the new European Commission of Ursula von der Leyen. Notably, with only 370 MEPs voting in...

By Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance Millions of ex-smokers have already witnessed firsthand the transformative power of vaping in helping smokers quit their deadly...

By Peter De Keyzer, Founding partner of Growth Inc Psychologists distinguish five stages to process trauma: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Denial, disbelief and...

This week, Lithuania’s newly elected Parliament approved the candidacy of 45-year-old Social Democrat (LSDP) Gintautas Paluckas (picture) as new Prime Minister. Elena Leontjeva, President...

In recent years, the debate on the so-called “demographic collapse” of Europe has heated up. At the moment, birth rates in the EU are...

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