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By Zoltan Kesz, government affairs manager at the Consumer Choice Center and a former member of the Hungarian Parliament.
When Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that yet more products would be price capped in grocery stores by government decree,...
The damage Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused to global food supply chains appears to be even greater than feared. There are estimates that Ukraine’s agricultural production that is destined for the world market would be halved. The global...
Originally published by The Spectator
That the World Health Organisation hasn’t exactly shone in the coronavirus crisis is now well-documented. It should remind us of the dangers of following one centrally-guided approach to tackling the disease. Thankfully, given how even...
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Pragmatism should guide the EU’s health policies
By Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (SD - ECR)
Increased consumer awareness has created a demand for better, less harmful products. It’s a trend which...
The EU wants to outlaw restrictive migration policies
Writing for Brussels Report, Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers, Vice-chair of the ECR Group and delegation leader of the Sweden Democrats in the European Parliament,...
Six reasons why Xi Jinping’s China cannot be trusted
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt, (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee and Professor of Economics...
The European Green Deal: Unrealistic, Unfair, Unsustainable and Useless.
By Henri Marenne and Philippe Charlez (Institut Sapiens, Paris)
While the causes of the European agricultural crisis are multifactorial, the European Union bears an overwhelming...
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