The European Union is increasingly becoming a super-state

Over time, the European Union has developed into more than just an economic cooperation between nations. The EU is a big and intrusive government that constantly acquires new powers. And like all superstates, its tendency to defend freedom against control is swindling. 

Europe needs tax competition

Back in December, the finance ministers of the European Union agreed on a new common list of so-called “tax havens”, which compete with particularly lower corporate income tax rates. On this “black list”, a total of 17 states around the globe appeared  amongst them were Mongolia, South Korea, Bahrain, Barbados and the United Arab Emirates. […]

[REPORTAGE] CSV-Memberschaft an der EVP: Sinn Engel a Reding oneens?

Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass de 9. Abrëll ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: Den CSV-Europadeputéierten Frank Engel kritiséiert reegelméisseg déi ungaresch Regierungspartei Fidesz, déi an der selweschter Fraktioun am Europaparlament sëtzt wéi seng Partei. Iwwer déi eventuell Konklusioun déi doraus gezu misst ginn […]

[REPORTAGE] Viviane Reding: “Amerika brauch lëtzebuerger Stool”

Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg realiséiert, an ass de 6. Abrëll ausgestraalt ginn. De Beitrag kann och am Replay op http://www.rtl.lu nogelauschtert ginn. [Radio USO]: Den amerikanesche Präsident Donald Trump huet Europa temporär vu sengen Steieren op Stool an Aluminium ausgeschloss. An der Europäescher Unioun ass awer kee sech richteg secher wéi et elo weider […]

European identitarianism is national socialism for hipsters

Marion Le Pen caused a minor scandal when when she appeared at CPAC last month. Matt Schlapp insisted that she was “a classical liberal.” Others suggested that the Le Pen family and the National Front represented something very different from classical liberalism. At the very least, Marion Le Pen is the standard bearer of a distinctly European form […]

Non, la Belgique et le Luxembourg ne sont pas des paradis fiscaux

Suite à l’annonce du commissaire européen chargé de la Fiscalité, Pierre Moscovici, de s’intéresser davantage aux pratiques des pays avec des modèles fiscaux plus avantageux, le Luxembourg et la Belgique sont pointés du doigt. Pourtant, les deux pays ne sont pas des paradis fiscaux, bien qu’ils présentent des avantages multiples face à l’Hexagone. 

What are European values anyway?

As the Brexit negotiations progress and the European Union attempts to prevent more member states from turning against the EU, the question of “European values” is raised constantly. Those who criticize the union are said to be ignorant of the fact that Europe shares common values that it needs to protect. One has to wonder: […]

Protectionist lobbying in the EU is in full swing

The EU is currently negotiating a trade agreement with the four founding members of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). It should come to nobody’s surprise that the opposition to such a trade deal is already in the making. But who are these campaigners who so vehemently reject the idea of intercontinental trade?