The EU’s relentless quest for more power
Over the last few years, the European Commission has already managed to acquire ever more powers. Yet, it has appetite for more. Whether the...
Will the Netherlands Accept Paying 12.5 Times More to the EU...
By Hans Hoogervorst, who served as Dutch State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in the Kok II cabinet, as Minister for Finance in...
The West’s China Miscalculation: Lessons from Rare Earths and Global Power
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
On September 7, 2010, a Chinese...
The Queen of Brussels
By Derk Jan Eppink, a former Dutch MP and MEP
In the Berlaymont building in Brussels, the headquarters of the European Commission, President Ursula von der...
Will the EU’s Ecodesign Rules Price Small Businesses Out of the...
By Philbert Carbon
The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is a European regulation which introduces new ecodesign requirements for businesses. Will SMEs be...
The EU Shouldn’t Fight China’s Protectionism with More Protectionism
In recent months, the debate on the EU’s trade deficit with China has intensified. In May, the EU’s 12-month rolling trade deficit with the...
The EU’s €2 Trillion Budget Battle Is Only Beginning
The Irish EU Council Presidency aims to secure agreement on the EU’s long term budget by the end of this year, as any later...
Germany Is No Longer Willing to Follow the Brussels Consensus
By former Dutch diplomat Johannes Vervloed
Germany is increasingly charting its own course in defence, energy and the economy: rearmament, a weakened climate policy and growing...
A Celtic Tiger agenda for Ireland’s EU presidency
By Adam Bartha, Director of EPICENTER, the network of leading European free-market think tanks.
On 1st July, Ireland took over the rotating presidency of the Council of...
Did Iceland Close a Secret Deal with the Brussels Bureaucrats?
By Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson. Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Iceland
Icelandic Foreign Minister Thorgerdur K. Gunnarsdóttir is seeking a referendum on Iceland’s membership of...
