The EU’s asylum system leaves it vulnerable to blackmail
By Omar Makram, a Swedish-Egyptian commentator
Europe has a weakness, which is being exploited by hostile neighbours. That weakness is its asylum system. Turkey's...
The EU cannot afford to play political games with Poland
By Robert Tyler, Senior Policy Advisor at EU affairs think tank New Direction
The recent escalation of the migrant crisis on the Polish border with...
The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 13 – discussing monetary stability with Professor Thorsten Polleit
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The EU Recovery Fund involves questionable EU interference in Dutch decision making
By Dutch MEP Michiel Hoogeveen (ECR, JA21), Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
It’s July 2020. The approval of...
Pragmatism should guide the EU’s health policies
By Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (SD - ECR)
Increased consumer awareness has created a demand for better, less harmful products. It’s a trend which...
The Eurozone’s inflation spike may be far from over
By Fabian Wintersberger, Rates Trader and Economist, based in Austria
At the end of May, I wrote an article on Brussels Report to argue why...
Interview with Danish economist Martin Ågerup: “The EU has failed to expand the internal...
Martin Ågerup is a Danish economist and the president of influential Danish classical liberal think tank CEPOS. He graduated from the European School of...
Book review: “False Alarm” – by Bjorn Lomborg
A book review by Jean-Paul Oury
"Our forests are burning" was the phrase used by French President Macron to announce the “One Planet summit” in...
Decision making within international organisations: a one-sided echo chamber?
This week, the so-called “COP26” United Nations climate talks have started in Glasgow, where more than 120 leaders are about to reportedly negotiate “a...
EU leaders are kicking pressing issues into the long grass
By Dr. Jan Werts, since 1976 a journalist and publicist based in Brussels, including as a correspondent for Dutch publication Haagsche Courant.
Last week’s European...
