Natural products are collateral damage of an EU initiative to sharpen regulation of chemicals
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 EU nitrogen policy
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 interlocutor
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...
A protracted conflict in Ukraine threatens the West’s strategic objectives
By Prof. Dr. Marc De Vos, a Visiting fellow at Belgian think tank Itinera
Let us take a look at the war in Ukraine as a battle...
The EU should link aid to respect for basic rights, starting with Uganda
By Johan Nissinen, a Swedish Member of the European Parliament and former Member of the Swedish Parliament (ECR - SD)
A massive wave of anti-gay...
The ECB’s “digital euro” heralds the arrival of digital serfdom
By Paul Boonefaes, an author, commentator and podcast host at Doorbraak.be
"Rid the world of bankruns with a digital currency" is the headline of an...
EU competitiveness is anything but “at the top of the agenda” – Speech by...
Speaking in the European Parliament, Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (ECR – SD) addresses the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
During his speech,...
The EU’s increased hostility towards private arbitration
Making sure there are effective judicial mechanisms to resolve disputes whenever they arise is essential to promoting trade and foreign investment.
Such disputes are being...
The EU should avoid a subsidy war with the US
By Otto Brøns-Petersen, director for analysis, and Line Andersen, economist, Center for Political Studies (CEPOS).
The European Union should abstain from increasing state subsidies to...
