What’s in store for the EU in 2024?
To make sense of what may be ahead for the European Union in 2024, it is important to take a look back at the...
At the upcoming EU summit, tough questions loom
Later this week, EU leaders are gathering in Brussels, when a number of important decisions will need to be made on the accession of...
Three EU countries at the bottom of global tax freedom index
A new study by French think tank Institut Molinari and the U.S. Tholos Foundation looks at "The Tax Burden on Global Workers", compiling an...
The UK-Rwanda asylum deal deserves a chance
By Em. Prof. Dr. Marc Bossuyt (University of Antwerp), the former President of the Belgian Constitutional Court and former Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees....
A roundup of this week’s EU policy events
As the week draws to a close, Pieter Cleppe, the editor-in-chief of Brussels Report, makes a roundup of what has kept EU policy makers...
Should the EU Freeze Aid to Palestine?
By Czech MEP Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP, KDU-ČSL)
The Middle East tends to evoke bitter sentiments to the entire world, precisely because of what it forces us to...
After the Wilders win, what’s next for the Netherlands?
By Pieter de Jonge, a Dutch historian and journalist
Last Wednesday, the Dutch elections for the Lower House led to a major upset, with Geert...
The Norwegian NAV saga, a pan-European scandal
By Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, Former President of the EFTA Court, Partner Baudenbacher Kvernberg, Zurich/Oslo/Stavanger/Brussels and Visiting Professor at LSE
25 years of...
Darfur: a forgotten crisis, with relevance for Europe
A few days ago, the European Union's External Action Service issued a statement, expressing how it is "appalled by and condemns" a "recent dramatic escalation...
Interview with MEP Johan Van Overtveldt: “Insufficient parliamentary control on EU...
This week, Flemish MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (N-VA - ECR), a former Belgian Finance Minister, made it to the top of BCW’s ranking of...