The Cost of Dismantled Capacity: Why the EU Faces a Refined-Product...
By Professor Em. Samuel Furfari. Between 1982 and 2018, he was a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission, where he...
The European economic policy model is getting under strain
As interest rates go up globally, Western European welfare states that have been resisting material reform for decades are feeling the pinch. Most prominently...
The violent threat of the radical left
By former Dutch MP and MEP Derk Jan Eppink
Alongside legitimate concerns about the rise of the AfD, radical left-wing parties in Germany also deserve critical...
Protectionism on Credit
By Miłosz Manasterski, a Polish essayist, political commentator, and CEO of Agencja Informacyjna.
Why the EU's defence rules fail the eastern flank
Brussels likes to talk...
Europe’s Foreign-Policy Veto Is Not a Flaw
By Michael Thoma, a freelance journalist covering global political affairs, with a particular focus on European politics and international security
The debate over abolishing the...
Brussels fails to live up to its potential as knowledge intensive...
By Dr. Nima Sanandaji, Director of European Centre for Entrepreneurship and Policy Reform (ECEPR).
For the past ten years, ECEPR has been mapping Europe’s knowledge-intensive...
The EU should be more transparent about circular lobbying
By Máté Hajba, a Hungarian commentator. He is the Director of the Free Market Foundation, a Hungarian libertarian think tank.
The European Union is right...
A Smaller EU Budget Could Strengthen Europe’s Competitiveness
By the Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI). LFMI is a member of EPICENTER, an independent network of European free-market think tanks bringing together 12...
Did Immigrants Decide the Swedish Election?
By Anne Struffmann
Sweden’s recent election forces us to confront what happens when immigration ceases to be a mere economic or humanitarian policy and becomes a...
Ink on Paper: The First Test of the Mecca Defence Pact
By Anthony Robinson
A clause that treats an attack on one as an attack on all means little until someone is willing to enforce it....
