The Oslo University case: a precedent for universities refusing to recognize...
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Baudenbacher Kvernberg, lawyers and advisors, Zurich/Oslo/Stavanger/Brussels
Education policy is generally not...
Newly proposed EU rules threaten the clean beauty market
By Emil Panzaru, the Research Manager at the Consumer Choice Center.
New EU rules are coming after scented candles, perfumes, and wellness routines. The...
Europe’s China debate is only getting started
The election of Donald Trump as American President in 2016 can be seen as a crucial moment for the West’s relationship with China to...
“The Taylor rule requires the ECB to hike interest rates up...
Yesterday, Eurostat reported that "Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 7.0% in April 2023, up from 6.9% in March".
Notably, Eurozone headline inflation...
Debate on EU migration policy heats up
Over the last two weeks, there was some movement with the long-stalled EU Commission proposals for a so-called "EU migration pact".
Last week, a majority...
The EU plans to tax heating just when people are struggling...
By Professor Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018)
In its illusory quest for decarbonisation, the...
Natural products are collateral damage of an EU initiative to sharpen...
It is hard to keep track of new EU regulatory initiatives. Many are related to climate change, as for example expanding the EU’s emissions...
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,...
The Netherlands needs to cooperate with other member states to change...
By Dutch Clingendael Institute scholars Professor Adriaan Schout and Paul Hofhuis, a former Dutch diplomat, responsible for environment policy.
Following the election victory of the...
China does not consider the European Commission to be a geopolitical...
By Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018), Professor em. at Université libre de Bruxelles and...





















