The EU should consider adopting the Danish approach to immigration
By Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (SD - ECR)
Denmark gets it: As the social democratic governing party’s immigration spokesman, MP Rasmus Stoklund, puts it:...
Time to restart talks on a transatlantic trade deal
By Nima Hairy (a member of the Board of Directors at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy Europe and a member of the Belgian Liberal...
Primacy of EU law is being undermined because of the EU’s...
Yesterday, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure against Germany, accusing it of violating “the principle of the primacy of EU law” as a...
After Brexit, the EU seems to be losing the plot
Yesterday, German foreign minister Heiko Maas urged the European Union to abolish national vetoes to agree foreign policy measures, claiming the EU should not...
The EU must renegotiate the EU-China investment deal
By Robert Tyler, Senior Policy Advisor at EU affairs think tank New Direction
After months of protests, on May 21st, the European Parliament voted to...
Why did EU-Swiss negotiations on a Framework Agreement fail?
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, President of the EFTA Court between 2003 and 2017, where he served as a judge from 1995...
The EU should hold firm on its opposition to scrap life-saving...
By Philip Stevens, Executive Director of Geneva Network, a research and advocacy organisation focusing on international innovation, trade and development policy.
Last week, the European...
The EU’s reaction to the Israel-Hamas conflict illustrates sometimes no unified...
By Dalibor Rohac, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington D.C., covering political economy of the European Union and transatlantic relations
The case...
As the UK launches its low-tax “freeports”, the EU attempts to...
This week, EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (picture) proposed to harmonise corporate taxation in the European Union. Under its so-called "Business in Europe: Framework...
Is the European Commission about to crack down on an effective...
By Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs
At the end of last month, the EU’s “Scientific Committee on Health,...
