• Opinion piece by Alasdair Murray
    E!Sharp, 03 September 2004

    Many European businesses are questioning why the EU is prepared to increase costs unilaterally when the benefits of the Kyoto approach to combating climate change appear so limited, writes Alasdair Murray of the Centre for European Reform.

  • Briefing note by Charles Grant, Katinka Barysch, 09 May 2003

    Russia is the EU's biggest neighbour. The EU is Russia's most important trading partner and source of foreign investment. Yet EU-Russia relations have often suffered from discord over contentious issues such as trade quotas, rules on visas, the Kaliningrad enclave or human rights in Chechnya.

  • Bulletin article by Nina Marenzi, 02 August 1999

    There is no EU-wide energy tax, despite the fact that green parties now have a strong presence in the European political landscape and that such a tax could make the single market more effective.