Turning the European Commission into Switzerland’s surveillance authority is unacceptable
By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017)
I. In the view of the European Union, granting preferential access...
International Trade: Can Europe avoid self-inflicted injuries that stifle growth?
by Paul Driessen, of the U.S-based Heartland Institute, one of the world’s leading free-market think tanks, and author of books and articles on energy,...
Europe has lost the war on drugs. It’s time for a...
By Lika Kobeshavidze
The war on drugs has failed. Drug decriminalisation policy should be implemented in the EU by member states, modelled after Portugal’s successful...
Iran’s Karma
By Miguel Nunes Silva, Director of Portugese think tank Trezeno Institute
It may seem like a distant memory now but half a century ago, Tel Aviv and...
While EU leaders end taboos on migration policy, they ignore the...
At the 17 October EU Summit in Brussels, a number of remarkable things were agreed. Notably, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk managed to get...
How should Europe prepare for a Trump victory?
By Ian Golan
As the possibility of Trump returning to the White House looms, Ukraine’s future hangs in the balance. In all likelihood, if Trump...
The European Commission’s DG SANTE acts as judge, jury and executioner
Judge, jury and executioner: how the EU’s public health department set up its pet anti-vaping NGO to help restrict safer nicotine products
By Peter Beckett,...
Having your own court is the essential advantage of the EEA/EFTA...
At the 30th anniversary of the EFTA Court, its long time President, Carl Baudenbacher, gave the following speech. Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Carl Baudenbacher...
Replace Europe’s failed Iran policy with full support for the democratic...
By Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a Spanish Professor of Nuclear Physics, former Vice President of the European Parliament (1999-2014) and President of the International Committee in...
Private arbitration under siege in Europe?
Apart from diplomacy and elections, also courts play an increasingly important role in driving policy. Important are in particular private arbitration courts, where also...
