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Do institutions help achieve greater value for spending European taxpayers’ money?

19 October 2020

The European Union (EU) budget is about one percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of all Member States amounting to about €240 per annum, per citizen. The EU budget redistributes more than €150 billion annually. These funds are directed towards agriculture and regional policy, which operate to...
Escape from EU regulations is loss of leverage

2 March 2020
About 100 British officials will arrive in Brussels today to start the mammoth negotiations on the future relationship between the EU and the UK. The two sides are poles apart. The UK wants regulatory detachment from the EU while the EU insists or regulatory alignment.
by:
- P. Nicolaides
in Law
Could I please get a fiat for the price of my Frappuccino?

27 October 2015
Today the European Commission released its first set of decisions on corporate tax rulings, which it has investigated for over a year. Starbucks Manufacturing EMEA and Fiat Finance and Trade were the first test cases where final decisions have been issued.
by:
- R.H.C. Luja
in Law
The Dutch ‘Troonrede’ (King’s Speech) and the EU

18 September 2015
In today’s (15 september 2015) King’s speech the King said that the government will have as a point of departure for its presidency in 2016 of the Council of Ministers, a Europe which functions better and aims at essentials. Furthermore it will work towards an innovative Europe with a well...
by:
- A.W. Heringa
in Law