
If Musk Got His Way: The Economic Realities of a Europe Without the EU
As part of his spat with the EU bureaucracy, the X owner has called for the abolition of the EU. What if his wish was somehow granted?

As part of his spat with the EU bureaucracy, the X owner has called for the abolition of the EU. What if his wish was somehow granted?

Berlin records the slowest processing times, with asylum decisions taking almost 18 months.

EU’s sustainability regulations, motivated by ideology rather than market realities, threaten foreign investment and trade.

Policymakers and economists pointed to bureaucracy and overregulation as key factors driving innovation and investment out of the EU.

Fault lines continue to show themselves in the European Parliament, as the EU finally realises the folly that is its latest iteration of its Green Deal rules.

Under her watch, Brussels ceased to be a boring, technocratic steward of the common market and has become a missionary empire—zealous, punitive, and utterly disconnected from reality.

The role of small and medium-size enterprises becomes the crux of the conflict between a centralized model and the demands for economic freedom.

The next growth story will belong to places that excel at the basics: abundant energy, flexible work, simple and stable rules, openness to trade and investment.

The issue is not technical but political: will Europe choose to innovate and defend freedom, or entrench itself in bureaucracy that suffocates both?

Discriminatory dairy? Smuggling illicit jars of an Algerian chocolate spread into France has become an act of resistance against the ‘unjust’ and ‘unholy’ white men’s laws.