In a recent move by four EU member states, the European Union has brought up the issue of digital taxation, by suggesting that online business services should be taxed on turnover, not on profits. Based on an initiative by the finance ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Spain, these four governments demand action of the […]
In the acronym-filled debate about the European Union’s trade policies, the mood has taken a decidedly anti-free trade turn in recent years. CETA and TTIP both incited large-scale protests in major European cities. The question, then, is: who is fuelling the anti-free trade spirit that has taken hold? The answer might surprise you.
Remember when the first mobile phones came with integrated cameras? A revolutionary concept to many people, which begged many to ask the question why a camera was necessary in a mobile in the first place? Didn’t we have proper cameras for that. And indeed, the first phone cameras didn’t really prove to be very effective. […]
La semaine dernière, la cour constitutionnelle espagnole a décidé de mettre une amende de plus de 10 000 € par jour aux organisateurs du référendum de l’indépendance de la Catalogne tant qu’ils continuent le processus de votation. Avant cette décision, des milliers de bulletins de référendum avaient été saisis par le gouvernement central qui considère […]
When EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker mentioned in his state of the union address to the European Parliament that it is unacceptable that some member states get lower quality products in their supermarket than others, many Central and European citizens must have felt relief.
Dieser Artikel wurde für die luxemburgische Tageszeitung “Lëtzebuerger Journal” geschrieben. Die Rubrik “ZOOM” greift junge, alternative und unternehmerische Themen auf und bringt sie den Lesern näher. (Text in veränderter Form im Print) Wer die Filmserie Game of Thrones beschreibt, kann es sich fast nicht mehr erlauben nur noch von einem “Hit” zu reden, sondern muss es […]
Poland’s Law and Justice party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość – PiS) has made international headlines due to its radical reform policy regarding the country’s judiciary system. These reforms are problematic, but they are not the only reason to be concerned about the future of freedom in the Central European state.
Καθώς οι κυβερνήσεις σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο προχωρούν στην καταστολή της κατανάλωσης καπνού, η ανάλυση των συνεπειών αυτών των πολιτικών που αφορούν τη συμπεριφορά των ανθρώπων αποκτά καίρια σημασία. Ένα από τα κύρια μέτρα που υποστηρίζουν οι αντικαπνιστές είναι η απαγόρευση του καπνίσματος μέσα στα μπαρ. Αυτού του είδους όμως οι κανόνες δεν έσπρωξαν απλώς […]
In September 16, I was extensively featured in an article in the Czech daily newspaper Lidove noviny. The article references my CityAM op-ed Robert Schuman would be eurosceptic if he could see the protectionist EU racket today in order to illustrate widespread European euroscepticism. The full article (in Czech) can be read here.
While the European Union, with its surrounding institutions, steadily accumulates more political power, the call for transparency has rightfully increased as well. The EU heavily watches all forms of corporate lobbying, yet has created its very own branch of lobbyists which turn out to be untransparent and biased.
