Europe’s small businesses face yet more new EU regulation
By Tomáš Zdechovský, Czech MEP (EPP) and Ivan Štefanec, former Slovak MEP (EPP) and SME Europe Honorary President
Throughout our political careers, both of us...
Lost in Translation: The Curse of Eurospeak
By Arthur Rubinstein
Language is one of the most extraordinary gifts humanity has given itself. There is nothing more elegant, engrossing, or breathtaking than a well-constructed...
In the European Commission, the mood remains tense
Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen survived two no-confidence votes in the European Parliament. Even if she did so with relative...
Israel’s most strident critics inadvertently pay tribute to it
By Arthur Rubinstein
Several years ago, I attended a dinner party (shrimp cocktail, chicken Kiev, and carrot cake—ehh). While chatting with the guests about this...
The ECB’s dangerous mission creep towards climate policy
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
Overloading monetary policy with other objectives besides price stability...
EU regulation is choking Artificial Intelligence
By Aurelio Mustacciuoli, a Senior Advisor of the Head of Banking and Finance at Eurogroup Consulting Italy. He was a Co-founder of Gooldie. He...
Embracing innovation for the sake of public health
By Juan Rafael Taborcía, Global Spokesperson for Considerate Pouchers
The European Union has promised its citizens a smoke-free future by 2040. On paper, it sounds...
The EU’s Never-Ending Quest for More Taxation Powers
This Summer, the European Commission proposed five new proposed income sources for the EU’s new long term budget (Multiannual Financial Framework (“MFF”), scheduled to...
Chat Control 2.0: the end of our private communications
By Michel Portier, Lecturer at Hogeschool Arnhem and Nijmegen
On 14 October, the European Council will vote on what is perhaps the most controversial proposal...
It is time to scrap the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade Europa
The American author Norman Vincent Peale is quoted as saying that any action...
