Articles
3 October 2025
The Brussels effect disadvantages the developing world anew, ignoring desperate struggles with poverty, government corruption, and weaker economies.
The FMF was featured in Head Topics on its joint report with EPICENTER on the Brussels Effect, which cautions South African lawmakers to avoid uncritically adopting EU regulations.
The FMF was featured in The Common Sense on its joint report with EPICENTER on the Brussels Effect, which cautions South African lawmakers to avoid uncritically adopting EU regulations.
Policymakers should not make themselves complicit in a bureaucratic imperialism of expedience.
Joint FMF-EPICENTER report on the spillover of European policymaking.
Digital platforms provide a massive – free! – boost to news media.
Even small businesses hoping to expand into the EU or process data from European clients must understand and adhere to these standards.
It is clear that the Commission has been influenced by the EU’s regulatory dispensation when it came to its recommendations aimed at correcting impediments to competition.
The notion that absolutely everything must be controlled by government fiat is a dangerous one.