Brussels Report

European policymakers seem puzzled what to do following Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. Presidential election, and in particular when it comes to this...

By Swedish classical liberal thinker Johan Norberg So, it’s mourning in America again. Some thoughts: The real loser is Joe Biden and his advisors. Had he...

By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017)  I. In the view of the European Union, granting preferential access...

by Paul Driessen, of the U.S-based Heartland Institute, one of the world’s leading free-market think tanks, and author of books and articles on energy,...

By Lika Kobeshavidze The war on drugs has failed. Drug decriminalisation policy should be implemented in the EU by member states, modelled after Portugal’s successful...

By Miguel Nunes Silva, Director of Portugese think tank Trezeno Institute It may seem like a distant memory now but half a century ago, Tel Aviv and...

At the 17 October EU Summit in Brussels, a number of remarkable things were agreed. Notably, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk managed to get...

By Ian Golan As the possibility of Trump returning to the White House looms, Ukraine’s future hangs in the balance. In all likelihood, if Trump...

Judge, jury and executioner: how the EU’s public health department set up its pet anti-vaping NGO to help restrict safer nicotine products By Peter Beckett,...

At the 30th anniversary of the EFTA Court, its long time President, Carl Baudenbacher, gave the following speech. Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Carl Baudenbacher...

By Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a Spanish Professor of Nuclear Physics, former Vice President of the European Parliament (1999-2014) and President of the International Committee in...

Apart from diplomacy and elections, also courts play an increasingly important role in driving policy. Important are in particular private arbitration courts, where also...

By Belgian economist Ivan Van de Cloot, affiliated with think tank Merito Like any other government intervention, we need to evaluate EU (over)regulation in terms...

With the appointment of Michel Barnier (picture) as French Prime Minister, French President Emmanuel Macron has effectively made the French government dependent on Marine...

By Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers' Alliance The European Commission’s recent recommendation to include vaping in smoke-free environments is a catastrophic misstep. By...

Professor Em. Samuel Furfari is a Chemical Engineer, having taught energy geopolitics and energy politics at Brussels ULB University (Université Libre de Bruxelles), between...

By Syp Wynia, editor-in-chief of Dutch magazine Wynia's Week These are lousy days for passionate Europhiles, asylum advocates and in general for the political left....

By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017) and currently Partner at Baudenbacher Kvernberg, lawyers and advisors as...

For the first time in its 87-year history; Germany's biggest employer, Volkswagen, is considering to shut down factories in the car manufacturer's country of...

By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade Europa In central Stockholm stands a statue entitled “The Worker” by Mikael Katz (picture)....