Credit Day 2020

2 December 2020

This year Credit Day for the European Union falls on the 17th of December. This is the day which, on average, EU member states …

Glyphosate: the case for constructive realism

Cécile Philipp // 29 November 2017

For a number of years now, the use of the glyphosate molecule as a herbicide has been controversial to the point that the member …

The Tax Burden of Typical Workers in the EU 28

Insitut Économique Molinari // 01.08.2016

This July, the Institut Économique Molinari published the sixth edition of their annual EU-wide tax burden study. The …

Help! Keynes is back!

Nathalie Janson // 19.07.2016

Since early 2016, with the return of market turbulence and uncertainty over global growth, discreet calls for expansionary monetary …

Will the French avoid €11 million in additional taxes on palm oil?

Patrick Coquart // 23.05.2016
After several failed attempts since 2012, the “Nutella tax” appears to have been abandoned in France.
In January 2016, while …

The balance sheet of French public administrations is in the red by 56% of GDP

Cécile Philippe // 29.02.2016
Some people see no need to worry about public debt because it matches the amounts invested to prepare for the …

Taxation and its negative impact on business investment activities

Gabriel A. Giménez Roche, November 2015
In its latest study, the Institut économique Molinari shows that corporate taxation continues to slow down economic recovery …

Corporate taxation slows down economic recovery in France

Institut Economique Molinari // 23.11.2015
In its latest study (in English and French), the Institut économique Molinari shows that corporate taxation continues to slow …

Shining a light on public overspending in Europe

Diego Zuluaga // 09.11.2015
On Monday, our French partner Institut Economique Molinari released its latest study, shedding late on out-of-control public expenditures across the …

French government will end year by going deeper in debt

Cécile Philippe and Nicolas Marques, November 2015
According to Eurostat data, the French government will have used up all of its resources by November …

Taxing e‐cigs would be a mistake in the fight against smoking

Frédéric Sautet, September 2015

Following a series of volume decreases in sales of traditional cigarettes in France, sales appear to be stabilizing …

Net freedom instead of net neutrality for a successful digital market

Cécile Philippe, June 2015

The Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy for Europe includes several initiatives to be delivered by the end of …

Smoking or vaping: the revolution in tobacco and nicotine consumption

Frédéric Sautet, March 2015

Long denigrated and accused of every imaginable evil, the tobacco market is undergoing a renaissance with innovations that …