Pieter Cleppe | The European Conservative

Europe’s Climate Consensus Is Unraveling

Pieter Cleppe August 18, 2023

The European Union’s drive for ever more intrusive regulations to combat climate change are being met with resistance from member states. Despite the Commission’s best efforts to push the Green Deal, exorbitant economic costs and voter discontent has sparked a renewed interest in nuclear energy.

Post-Brexit UK Struggles to Strike the Right Balance on Trade Regulation

Pieter Cleppe July 6, 2023

It speaks well for the UK that it does not follow the EU’s very restrictive approach. Perhaps its recent modest successes will inspire the UK to focus more on the opportunities offered by Brexit.

As the EU Neglects Its Core Business, EU Regulation Gets Out of Control

Pieter Cleppe May 24, 2023

Fundamentally, the core of the problem is the EU’s adherence to the precautionary principle, which comes with a deeply unscientific intolerance for any risk.

Decoupling is Happening, So Europe Must Avoid Alienating Allies

Pieter Cleppe May 4, 2023

Tensions between Southeast Asia and the European Union seem to be on the rise.

EU Plans To Join the Semiconductor Race

Thomas O'Reilly March 30, 2023

The Chips Act is designed to mitigate European reliance on Chinese semiconductors. It is an answer to the unanticipated realisation that the EU is at a technological disadvantage.

A Path Forward: The European Conservative on Standing Up to EU Propaganda

Michael Curzon March 24, 2023

A panel led by editor-in-chief Alvino-Mario Fantini agreed that “when you get beyond the rhetoric” of the EU’s legislative priorities, “you see something very different.”

The European Commission Is Undermining EU Cooperation

Pieter Cleppe March 18, 2023

The EU is far from perfect, but there was a time when it at least supported a framework that guaranteed free and fair competition between member states. It is tragic to see the European Commission undermining this very thing.

Greater Trade With Southeast Asia as an Alternative to Russia and China

Pieter Cleppe January 31, 2023

The West should attempt to compensate for any trade destruction, justified on the basis of geo-security, by opening up trade with parts of the world that are broadly friendly with the West. Southeast Asia is most certainly such a region.

The Creeping Radicalization of ‘Climate Activism’

Pieter Cleppe November 29, 2022

Greenpeace openly supports the ‘climate actions,’ pays the lawyers’ bills, and provides space, materials, and know-how. Direct funding comes from the US-based Climate Emergency Fund (CEF), which has already spent $5 million this year.

European Governments Scoring an Own-Goal by Leaving the Energy Charter Treaty

Pieter Cleppe November 12, 2022

To abandon the CRT is not just a bad thing for traditional energy investments, but also for renewable energy investment. Clearly, for many greens, hatred for the private sector trumps their support for renewables.

Tag: Pieter Cleppe

Europe’s Climate Consensus Is Unraveling

Post-Brexit UK Struggles to Strike the Right Balance on Trade Regulation

As the EU Neglects Its Core Business, EU Regulation Gets Out of Control

Decoupling is Happening, So Europe Must Avoid Alienating Allies

EU Plans To Join the Semiconductor Race

A Path Forward: The European Conservative on Standing Up to EU Propaganda

The European Commission Is Undermining EU Cooperation

Greater Trade With Southeast Asia as an Alternative to Russia and China

The Creeping Radicalization of ‘Climate Activism’

European Governments Scoring an Own-Goal by Leaving the Energy Charter Treaty

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