In dire need of economic freedom, Europe’s hope lies in the...

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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...

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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?

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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

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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

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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...

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

New Basel banking regulations may put smaller banks out of business

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By Jorge Muñoz What if the regulation designed to solve banking problems only ends up making them worse? This is the critical question surrounding Basel...

Is the US-EU trade war about to spiral out of control?

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Free trade is under pressure. This is not only the result of US President Donald Trump's new tariffs, the latest of which include 25...

Searching for a silver bullet

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By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade Europa The American businessman, investor and author Ben Horowitz once stated that there is...

Will the EU finally start to dismantle its excessive bureaucracy?

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By Ernestas Einoris, a policy expert at the Lithuanian Free Market Institute EU policymakers have recognized that attempting to grow the European economy under the...

Could the EU’s Digital Markets Act weaken platform security?

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By Professor Giuseppe Colangelo, Jean Monnet Professor of European Innovation Policy and Associate Professor of Law and Economics, University of Basilicata The revival of regulation has...

Europe is turning into a planned economy with massive debt

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By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP In the European Union, plans are piling up. In the summer of 2020, the 750-billion-euro...