Will the Netherlands Accept Paying 12.5 Times More to the EU Than It Gets...
By Hans Hoogervorst, who served as Dutch State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in the Kok II cabinet, as Minister for Finance in...
The West’s China Miscalculation: Lessons from Rare Earths and Global Power
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
On September 7, 2010, a Chinese...
The Queen of Brussels
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
In the Berlaymont building in Brussels, the headquarters of the European Commission, President Ursula von der...
As China Builds the Future, the EU Regulates Itself Out of the EV Race
By Susanna L. Kellogg
The crisis confronting Europe’s automotive industry continues to deepen. Despite robust growth in global vehicle demand—with annual sales rising from 66...
Will the EU’s Ecodesign Rules Price Small Businesses Out of the Market?
By Philbert Carbon
The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is a European regulation which introduces new ecodesign requirements for businesses. Will SMEs be...
The EU Shouldn’t Fight China’s Protectionism with More Protectionism
In recent months, the debate on the EU’s trade deficit with China has intensified. In May, the EU’s 12-month rolling trade deficit with the...
Discussion with US Ambassador to the EU at Brussels Report event
At a Brussels Report event on July 14, jointly hosted with the Tholos Foundation, the US Ambassador to the European Union, Andrew Puzder, praised...
The EU’s €2 Trillion Budget Battle Is Only Beginning
The Irish EU Council Presidency aims to secure agreement on the EU’s long term budget by the end of this year, as any later...
Rethinking EU Sin Taxes: The Need for an Evidence-Based Debate
By Jack Berry
Across the EU, governmental bodies and European Union institutions are increasingly implementing taxes and regulations to influence individual behaviour. Excise policy has...
Germany Is No Longer Willing to Follow the Brussels Consensus
By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed
Germany is increasingly charting its own course in defence, energy and the economy: rearmament, a weakened climate policy and growing...
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The Great European Monetary Policy Debate – video recording
On 7 June, Brussels Report hosted "the Great European Monetary Policy Debate" in the European Parliament in Brussels, together with the Cobden Centre, Alumni...
