"The failure of Norway’s wealth tax hike as a warning signal" - New article by the former longtime President of the EFTA Court, Professor Carl Baudenbacher: brusselsreport.eu/2024/09/11/the… #tax #wealthtax #Norway

My latest piece for BrusselsReport.EU is about the European Commission's plan to equate #vaping with #smoking. Check it out!

We need a fundamental review of the EU legislative process, which likely is going to require restoration of veto powers, to make it much harder to agree any regulatory harmonisation, and to incentivise opening of markets via mutual recognition. brusselsreport.eu/2024/04/25/to-…

"Is France about to clash with the European Commission?" - New article by Pieter Cleppe brusselsreport.eu/2024/09/27/is-… #France #EU Michel Barnier Élysée Ursula von der Leyen

"Assessing the EU’s regulatory machine" - new article by Ivan Van de Cloot: brusselsreport.eu/2024/10/01/ass… via BrusselsReport.EU #draghi #EuropeanUnion #EU #regulation

Ivan Van de Cloot over EU als (over)reguleringsmachine. brusselsreport.eu/2024/10/01/ass…

"Replace Europe’s failed Iran policy with full support for the democratic opposition" - New article by Prof. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former vice-President of the European Parliament: brusselsreport.eu/2024/10/07/rep… #Iran #protests #EEAS #foreignpolicy

🚨Must-Read Op-Ed by Prof. Alejo Vidal-Quadras International Committee in Search of Justice President on the imperative of a new EU #Iran policy. European Commission EU Council European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 should take heed of what he wrote.

Replace Europe’s failed Iran policy with full support for the democratic opposition by Alejo Vidal Quadras brusselsreport.eu/2024/10/07/rep… vía BrusselsReport.EU

"Having your own court is the essential advantage of the EEA/EFTA States" - Full speech by the long time President of the EFTA Court, Prof. Carl Baudenbacher, at the occasion of the EFTA Court's 30th anniversary: brusselsreport.eu/2024/10/09/hav… #EFTA EFTA Secretariat #EEA

Having your own court is the essential advantage of the EEA/EFTA States brusselsreport.eu/2024/10/09/hav… via BrusselsReport.EU

"Judge, jury and executioner: how the EU’s public health department set up its pet anti-vaping NGO to help restrict safer nicotine products" - new article by Peter Beckett brusselsreport.eu/2024/10/14/the… @eu_health #EU #regulation European Ombudsman

Enjoyed writing this piece for BrusselsReport.EU on how the European Commission - or at least a part of it - is trying to roll the pitch for sweeping restrictions of #vaping and other safer #nicotine products. And how the European Ombudsman is holding them to account for it.

🚨🚨 Our co-founder Peter Beckett writes for BrusselsReport.EU about how the European Commission is preparing for sweeping #vape restrictions by rigging the system. European Ombudsman to the rescue, perhaps? #vaping #eu brusselsreport.eu/2024/10/14/the…

«Values» have become a buzzword in the European Union – without a clear and proper meaning. The dangers of relying on “values” in a legal context – by Laura M. Baudenbacher: #mustread brusselsreport.eu/2021/09/13/the… via BrusselsReport.EU