The Commission got it right on the Green Taxonomy
When it comes to the adoption of delegated acts, usually little controversy sparks among the Member States of the EU. Their non-legislative nature naturally leads…
Saving the environment one atom at a time
Recent statements made by the Italian Minister for Ecological Transition, which represented a straightforward openness towards atomic energy, caused a lot of stomach aches among…
Time to export EU values
Diving into “deep trade” could help the EU to stay afloat Levelling the playing field has become the leitmotif of Brussels’ talks. Whether…
Inside Belarus, Europe’s last dictatorship
Belarus has recently made the global headlines with the hijacking of a Ryanair flight to arrest the opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. To gain an inside…
Dear Men, we need to talk.
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, travelled to Turkey to meet the Turkish president…
EU Digital Tax: Building blocks for a successful European Tax Strategy
Europe is facing complex economic challenges which should be answered by well thought-out policy schemes. It is the belief that the European Union’s ambition should…
Origin before destination: rules of origin in Brexit times
Where does your iPhone come from? You bought it online from Amazon UK, as you found there a good deal, and it was delivered to…
Values for Sale. The price for running a budget
How many more times treat me the way you wanna do? How many more times treat me the way you wanna do? When I give…
PHOSPHINE IN THE CLOUD DECKS OF VENUS. UNKNOWN CHEMISTRY OR A SIGN OF LIFE?
As many already know, a recent study [Greaves et al. 2020] suggested the presence in the cloud decks of Venus of phosphine, a gas that…
The ethics of algorithmic pricing
For many years now there have been ongoing discussions, both among scholars and the general public, about the ethics of practices that involve the use…
The century long quest for a European Islam
“School can do everything” used to say Samuel Paty, the 47 years old French History and Geography teacher that was beheaded at the school exit…
Part 2. THE MODERN WITCH HUNT AGAINST SCIENCE
Part2: Answering some of the most common antiscience arguments. Starting from the first part of our “The modern witch hunt against science” saga where…
Part 1. THE MODERN WITCH HUNT AGAINST SCIENCE
PART 1: The Witch, the Pied Piper and the Mob “Vaccines cannot be trusted. Big-pharma earn money from your illness. They have nothing to…
It’s time for an economic degrowth, but we are not ready
Although the media outlets have been dedicating their efforts mainly to the Covid-19 crisis in the last months, climate change and the related environmental issues…
Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. The case for a new toolbox in the COVID-19 European Union
Abstract The epidemiological COVID-19 crisis is probably the hardest challenge the European Union has ever faced since its foundation, proving to be an even harder…
