The EU’s control over taxation is tightening
At the beginning of this year, more than 145 countries agreed to amend a 2021 global minimum corporate tax agreement, to align it with...
EU auditors highlight fraud with the EU’s €650 billion COVID fund
By Martin Banks
The EU’s €650 billion COVID recovery fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), continues to show multiple weaknesses in fraud detection, reporting...
Swiss exemptions from dynamic adoption of EU law are an illusion
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, Baudenbacher Law AG
Switzerland's...
The EU’s bumpy road to trade diversification
At the end of January, the EU managed to conclude a major trade deal with India. This was a key priority for the EU, after securing the...
Portugal’s Presidential Election and the Failure of the Centre-Right
By Miguel Nunes Silva
In Portugal, the insurgent right-wing party CHEGA! (CH | PfE) has secured another upset in its struggle against the establishment. On...
The new Dutch coalition agreement is detached from reality
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
The coalition agreement of the proposed new Dutch minority cabinet led by Rob Jetten (picture -...
Belgian PM De Wever urges EU leaders to engage in a...
Speaking at the New Year's event ‘The Future of Europe’ of Belgian daily De Tijd, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has stated that...
“The EU’s new 2040 climate target is unachievable”
Vincent Bénard, town and country planning engineer and economist, former president of the Brussels-based Hayek Institute, is the author of “The EU Climate Law:...
Are Europe and Canada fighting authoritarianism by embracing It?
By Roald Schoenmakers
Canada and Europe have rediscovered their moral compass. They are going to work with China to stop Trump's authoritarianism. Seriously. One would...
Western tech supremacy requires openness, not restrictions
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Dario Amodei, the ceo of leading US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, strongly criticized the US decision to...
