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By Cristian Gherasim, a journalist, analyst and foreign affairs expert While Brussels frets about Ukraine and America, a crisis festers from within Twenty years on Europe is still trying to come to terms with what happened 20 years ago when the devastating bombings in London claimed 52 lives and shook Britain to its core. In one […]| Brussels Report
On Wednesday, the European Commission will present its final proposal for the EU’s new long term budget, the 2028-2034 “multiannual financial framework” (MFF). As usual, some of the content has already been leaked, for example that it wants to create a “European Competitiveness Fund” (ECF) by merging up to 14 existing budget lines listed in […]| Brussels Report
By Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance As the World Conference on Tobacco Control unfolded in Dublin this week, a powerful visual protest captured a fundamental injustice: consumers, the very people most affected by tobacco policies, remain systematically excluded from global decision-making. The “Voices Unheard – Consumers Matter!” campaign featured a light show […]| Brussels Report
By Austrian Member of Parliament Dr. Barbara Kolm (FPÖ– picture). She has served as the Vice President of the Austrian Central Bank and is also the the Director the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna. She also founded the Free Market Road Show, an initiative whereby conferences dedicated to free market economics are held in dozens of […]| Brussels Report
EU should scrap non-tariff barriers Trump trade| Brussels Report
For the first time in its 87-year history; Germany’s biggest employer, Volkswagen, is considering to shut down factories in the car manufacturer’s country of origin. Earlier this year, VW committed to invest 2.7 billion euro to expand its production capacity in China. At the same time, Chinese state company Changan has set up base in […]| Brussels Report
EU Platform Work Directive wrong choice| Brussels Report
EU Switzerland colonial overtones ECJ CJEU| Brussels Report
Now that the European Parliament has voted to ratify the trade deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom, which was already in place provisionally, it’s worth taking a look at the first few months of its implementation, what’s good about it, what’s problematic, and where things could be improved. The good: Just before […]| Brussels Report
cordon sanitaire is a bad idea| Brussels Report
Newly released Eurostat figures reveal that public debt levels of the 20 member states of the Eurozone have now reached a record level of 88.7 percent of GDP, up from 88.2 percent in the previous quarter. Closely linked to this is speculation that the European Central Bank may well start cutting interest rates again, precisely to try […]| Brussels Report
Third-party financing of lawsuits| Brussels Report
By Dick Roche, former Irish Europe Minister International law recognises that States have jurisdiction to legislate, and to enforce laws with regard to their nationals and entities established under their legislation and with regard to activities carried out within their territory. In addition, jurisdiction may be claimed – in limited circumstances – in respect of […]| Brussels Report
