BRUSSELS — When cocoa farmer Leticia Yankey came to Brussels last October, she had a simple message for the EU: Think about the mess your simplification agenda is creating for companies and ...

Today, the Council gave its final green light on the simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The aim is to boost the competitiveness of the European agriculture by cutting red tape, ...

You may know me from the Opinion pages of the print paper, where I have been an editor since 2017. Earlier this year I scrapped with Vice President JD Vance about free markets, which may have caught ...

Boolean expressions and Boolean logic are widely used in mathematics, computer science, computer programming, and philosophy. These take their name from the 19 th century mathematician and logician ...

This press release was updated on 10 September 2025 to include the text of the negotiating mandate. Member states’ representatives agreed today the Council’s position on simplifying provisions related ...

NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - Once upon a time, the idea of simplifying the federal tax code enjoyed widespread bipartisan political support. Times have changed in this regard, and not for the better.

BRUSSELS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed looser environmental and corporate sustainability rules for a large majority of businesses in Europe, responding to criticism ...

In ruling Friday on the future of the social-media app TikTok, the Supreme Court understood it was dealing with a novel issue. “We are conscious that the cases before us involve new technologies with ...

Gift will build upon the University’s longstanding leadership in free expression while expanding the Chicago Forum’s impactful work In recognition of its historic commitment to free inquiry and ...