The ECB’s green fig leaf isn’t a pretty sight
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...
Merkel’s failures – an overview
After almost 16 years as German Chancellor, Angela Merkel is leaving office. During that time, she was Europe’s most powerful politician, at the helm...
Macron is not about to replace Merkel at the helm of...
By Alexandre Massaux, editor at French website Contrepoints.org
Following the upcoming German elections, Chancellor Merkel's era will come to an end. In addition, from January...
Following Aukus, it’s time for France to go back to the...
Following the announcement of the so-called AUKUS security partnership between the U.S., Australia and the United Kingdom, France reacted as if it had been...
ECB specifies how increased interest rates may damage its balance sheet
In a response to a parliamentary question by German MEP Engin Eroglu (Renew Europe, Free Voters), the European Central Bank sheds some light on...
Von der Leyen demands more power, more regulation, more spending
Yesterday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her so-called “State of the Union speech”, addressing MEPs in Strasbourg. It may surprise that...
The EU’s chequebook diplomacy is bound to backfire
The EU has struggled to exert the remotest foreign policy influence over the Afghanistan debacle, despite the efforts by the legion of eurocrats employed...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 10 – with Turkey expert Demir...
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Triggering an EU-wide State of Emergency and other powers sought by...
By Peter Grimm, a German journalist, writer and documentary producer, who also used to be a member of the opposition against the East German...
The dangers of relying on “values” in a legal context
By Dr. iur. Laura Melusine Baudenbacher, Managing Partner, Baudenbacher Law Ltd., Zurich
I. Introduction
“Values” seem to have become an EU buzzword in a number of...
