The judges in Strasbourg are just making up new human rights
By Em. Prof. Dr. Marc Bossuyt (University of Antwerp), the former President of the Belgian Constitutional Court and former Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees....
Influencers in Europe: what kind of regulation is needed?
By Bill Wirtz, Policy Analyst at the Consumer Choice Center
Under the Belgian Presidency of the European Union, the European Council is seeking to clarify...
European Green Deal legislation needs to be reconsidered
By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade Europa
Ahead of the EU elections to be held in June 2024, it...
EU regulation may confine Europeans to a ‘European internet’
By Jason Reed, project manager and policy analyst with Young Voices
After years of bureaucratic wrangling, the EU’s Digital Markets Act is now seeing the...
Assessing Ursula von der Leyen’s track record on trade
The core business of the European Union is to open trade: both within Europe, and between the EU and the rest of the world....
Are Britain and Switzerland moving in opposite directions?
Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. rer. pol. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017), Partner Baudenbacher Kvernberg, Zurich/Oslo/Stavanger/Brussels, Visiting Professor at the...
Given the stakes, EU enlargement requires more debate
Today, the European Commission is presenting proposals to change the way how the EU admits new members. The idea is that instead of the...
The European Green Deal: Unrealistic, Unfair, Unsustainable and Useless.
By Henri Marenne and Philippe Charlez (Institut Sapiens, Paris)
While the causes of the European agricultural crisis are multifactorial, the European Union bears an overwhelming...
Pragmatic cooperation should be the way forward for the EU
By Dr. Adriaan Schout, Senior Research Fellow at Dutch think tank Clingendael.
The European Parliament elections in June are about European ambitions and deeper integration. However,...
A look at von der Leyen’s poor track record
By Miguel Nunes Silva, Director of Portugese think tank Trezeno Institute
George Orwell once said: "Truth is Treason in an Empire of Lies". In a...
