The EU is turning businesses into political actors
By Marc De Vos, the founder and CEO of Belgian think tank Itinera
Following long discussions, the European Union has reached a compromise that makes...
To restore European competitiveness, the EU needs no new powers
Last week’s EU summit, which was dedicated to the EU’s slipping competitiveness, witnessed high profile reports from two former Italian top politicians: Former PM...
The proposed new EU-Switzerland deal comes with colonial overtones
Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. rer. pol. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Partner Baudenbacher Kvernberg, Zurich/Oslo/Stavanger/Brussels, Visiting Professor at the...
Not fear but science should be the driving force for policy...
By Swedish MEP Johan Nissinen (SD-ECR)
The German loanwords in English, that enjoy wide popularity, seem to have a strong tendency to deal with the...
The judges in Strasbourg are just making up new human rights
By Em. Prof. Dr. Marc Bossuyt (University of Antwerp), the former President of the Belgian Constitutional Court and former Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees....
Influencers in Europe: what kind of regulation is needed?
By Bill Wirtz, Policy Analyst at the Consumer Choice Center
Under the Belgian Presidency of the European Union, the European Council is seeking to clarify...
European Green Deal legislation needs to be reconsidered
By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade Europa
Ahead of the EU elections to be held in June 2024, it...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 37 – with former IIF Director...
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EU regulation may confine Europeans to a ‘European internet’
By Jason Reed, project manager and policy analyst with Young Voices
After years of bureaucratic wrangling, the EU’s Digital Markets Act is now seeing the...
Assessing Ursula von der Leyen’s track record on trade
The core business of the European Union is to open trade: both within Europe, and between the EU and the rest of the world....
