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2 weeks ago | 
brusselsreport.eu | Brussels Report.eu |Bojan Lazarevski
By Bojan LazarevskiFrom automated warehouses to AI-powered legal assistants, artificial intelligence is reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace, leaving millions of workers with an uncertain future. There’s a lot the EU can do before it gets too late. That starts with learning from Britain’s successful AI security strategy. Two thirds of employees in Europe already fear losing their jobs to AI.
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3 weeks ago | 
brusselsreport.eu | Brussels Report.eu |Jorge Muñoz
By Jorge MuñozWhat if the regulation designed to solve banking problems only ends up making them worse? This is the critical question surrounding Basel III Endgame, a framework which promises financial stability but risks crushing small banks and harming ordinary people in the process.
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2 months ago | 
brusselsreport.eu | Brussels Report.eu |Alberto Hernandez |Alberto Hernández
By Alberto Gómez Hernández, Economist and Policy Manager at the World Vapers’ Alliance“Smoking kills, vaping kills.” That’s what EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said in a recent parliamentary hearing. Let’s be clear: this is not just wrong—it’s dangerous. By equating vaping with smoking, Hoekstra is spreading misinformation that could cost lives. European vapers and smokers deserve evidence-based policies, not fear-mongering. Let’s break Hoekstra’s talk on vaping down.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
brusselsreport.eu | Brussels Report.eu |Lika Kobeshavidze
By Lika KobeshavidzeEurope is in danger of regulating its technology market out of its existence. While the American tech sector has driven astonishing economic growth, leading to booming salaries and standards of living, Europe has languished behind. European politicians seem more interested in regulation than innovation, quashing AI development and investment with the AI Act and, more recently, flirting with the idea of using the Digital Services Act to attack TikTok’s presence in Europe.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
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By David Criekemans, who teaches international politics, foreign policy and geopolitics at the University of Antwerp, University College Roosevelt in Middelburg and the Geneva Institute of Geopolitical Studies. He is also book series editor of ‘Geopolitics and International Relations’ at Brill De GruyterDonald J. Trump has returned as 47th President of the United States of America.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
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By international affairs specialist Glen Hodgson of Swedish think tank Free Trade EuropaIn Lewis Carroll’s famous book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” the White Rabbit offers the advice “don’t just do something, stand there.” This advice would be good for EU decision-makers to take on board regarding their global approach to tariffs, sanctions and trade.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
brusselsreport.eu | Brussels Report.eu
This week, Lithuania’s newly elected Parliament approved the candidacy of 45-year-old Social Democrat (LSDP) Gintautas Paluckas (picture) as new Prime Minister. Elena Leontjeva, President of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute, discusses what to expect from the new government coalition he just formed. The new coalition has made it clear that its aim is to ensure adequate funding for defence and national security. It has promised to reform the second pillar of pension funds as a priority.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
brusselsreport.eu | Brussels Report.eu
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
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By Swedish classical liberal thinker Johan NorbergSo, it’s mourning in America again. Some thoughts: The real loser is Joe Biden and his advisors. Had he stepped down in time, he would have given Democrats time for a competitive primary to select someone who did not have such a dismal campaign record. History will not be kind. No American I’ve met outside of an organized event was excited by Kamala Harris. And in times of trouble, voters prefer “strength” to “likeability”.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
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By Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Baudenbacher, former President of the EFTA Court (2003-2017) I. In the view of the European Union, granting preferential access to the single market has so far required, institutionally, in particular two things: a state must submit to surveillance by a supranational authority and to the jurisdiction of a supranational court. There are currently two models for this: (1) The 27 member states of the EU after Brexit are subject to the European Commission and the ECJ.
