When it comes to Iran, the EU is hopelessly naive
By Professor Samuel Furfari, formerly a senior official at the Energy Directorate-General of the European Commission (1982-2018), Professor em. at Université libre de Bruxelles
In the...
Austria embroiled in diplomatic rift with Romania and Bulgaria over Schengen...
While Europe's biggest gas field, near the Dutch city of Groningen, has just been shut down by the Dutch government, Romania is aiming to...
“Tax competition is under siege from the OECD and the European...
International tax-rate competition is being replaced with rigid centralization, which is setting the stage for higher taxes in the future, experts warn in a...
The EU has missed the opportunity to lead the war on...
By Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a staggering eight million deaths due to smoking annually....
In the fight against illicit trade, sunlight is the best disinfectant
The most recent edition of the international trade barrier index, an annual publication by the Tholos Foundation, featured Singapore coming out as the country with...
A closer look at Europe’s “derisking” strategy
By Susanna Lukacs
The European Union has approved €8 billion in subsidies for chip research projects aimed at establishing Europe’s ambitions in semiconductor technology. Thereby...
Chinese state support for citric acid is damaging European industry
By Jonathan Holslag, a Belgian professor, author, and policy advisor. Jonathan Holslag is a professor of international politics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where...
A Free Market Clean Sweep for the Climate Policy Mess
By Pieter Cleppe, Editor-in-chief of Brussels Report, and Rod Richardson, President of the Grace Richardson Fund
Across Europe, opposition to the EU’s climate policies is...
Israel’s Pearl Harbor
By Professor David Criekemans, who teaches international politics at the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven in Belgium, international security at University College Roosevelt in...
Are we witnessing the first cracks in the EU’s “better safe...
A new amendment to EU essential oils regulations spells victory for European consumers and industry
By Emil Panzaru, Research Manager at the Consumer Choice Center.
Good...
