A violation of the rule of law in Albania
By Shqiponje Veliaj, mother of Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana
Just over four months ago, my family was suddenly engulfed in a Kafkaesque nightmare. On...
A conflict of interest clouds the EU Parliament’s review of Bulgaria’s...
By MEP Auke Zijlstra
On 1 January 2026, the time will have come. Bulgaria will officially become the twenty-first member state of the eurozone. Only six...
“Growing skepticism of the EU Green Deal is putting pressure on...
EU Matrix, an award-winning tech-driven political foresight tool, has published a new data intelligence report, looking at the economic policy positions taken by the...
Is a politicised judiciary taking precedence over legal principles?
At the Festschrift-Seminar for Prof. Dr. Dr. Mads Andenæs on 19 June 2025, the EFTA Court's long time President, Carl Baudenbacher, gave the following...
There is a democratic deficit at the heart of EU policy...
By Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance
As the World Conference on Tobacco Control unfolded in Dublin this week, a powerful visual protest...
In the trade war, reality is setting in
The trade war unleashed by US President Donald Trump has set a lot of things in motion. First and foremost, it seems to have...
The EU continues to ignore Sweden’s public health successes
By Beatriz Santos
The European Union is significantly falling behind its target of becoming smoke-free by 2040. According to the findings of the Special Eurobarometer...
Is the ECB Moving Too Fast on Rate Cuts?
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
In just one year, the ECB has...
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....
