The Illusion That a Bigger EU Budget Creates a Stronger Europe
By Marek Tatala, CEO of the Economic Freedom Foundation, a Polish think-tank.
The next EU budget should be judged by one basic test: whether it...
Portugal’s Austerity Hero Threatens the Establishment Consensus
By Miguel Nunes Silva
Portugal’s secret weapon against the cordon sanitaire is the hero of the austerity era, currently biding his time for a political comeback—one...
Islamist Influence is Europe’s Blind Spot
By Khalid Al-Hail (picture)
For years, politicians, journalists and activists insisted that fears about ideological infiltration were either exaggerated or rooted paranoia and hatred. Eventually,...
The Complacent Centre Is Crumbling Across Europe
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
With the plummeting popularity of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the UK has become the third...
The EU’s Precautionary State: When Fear and Regulation Undermine Innovation
That the European Commission is a powerful body is widely recognized, but the extent of its actual power is often still underestimated.
Not only does...
Europe needs a leaner, sharper EU budget
By Adam Bartha, Director of EPICENTER, the network of leading European free-market think tanks.
Bigger is not always better. But Brussels has convinced itself that Europe’s problems...
EU Accelerates India Trade Deal Ahead of Modi’s Visit to Europe
By Sumit Singh, a freelance journalist based in New Delhi
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi (picture) prepares for a high-profile summer tour of Europe — including...
Germany’s Chancellor Under Siege
By former Dutch MP and MEP Derk Jan Eppink
During a weekend meeting in mid-April at Villa Borsig in Berlin, the leaders of Germany’s governing parties,...
Crisis of Confidence: Is the World Health Organization (WHO) Still Fit...
Last year, the partner countries of the World Health Organisation (WHO) signed a so-called ‘pandemic agreement’ on how to tackle future pandemics, such as...
A Court Without Limits? Three Structural Problems With the Strasbourg Human...
By Thomas Spaas, a Belgian Attorney specialised in Belgian and international tax issues
Criticism of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has indeed grown...
