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🇸🇬🏥 Singapore's healthcare system provides a safety net and universal access, much like Europe's do. But it is supplemented with a competitive and decentralised market-based system, argues Matej Bárta and Martin Vlachynsky of INESS Institute. 👇 buff.ly/qy8M3fC

📉 In a blog, Avenir Suisse's Samuel Rutz & Laurenz Grabher argue that government subsidies, while politically popular, often result in economic inefficiencies. ❌ They distort markets, obscure true costs, and lead to resource misallocation. buff.ly/CzXfRzX

🇪🇺🧐 The case for a digital euro remains unconvincing. 🌐 Advocates claim it will boost financial inclusion and strengthen European independence -- yet, private-sector solutions may already be tackling these challenges, argues Lithuanian Free Market Institute. buff.ly/M2yDofz

📉 Germany’s relaxation of the Schuldenbremse marks a historic shift from ordoliberalism. ⚠️ However, the €600bn investment plan, prioritising defence and climate spending, risks pork barrel spending. buff.ly/TGn9Cgy

📈 Borrowing was cheap, but is not anymore - writes Prometheus - Heimat der Freiheit's Frank Schäffler. 🌎 As interest rates rise, governments face increasing costs to service their debt. Is it time for bold strategies to reduce debt and rebalance the global economy? buff.ly/npc5Vmg

European leaders should ignore Trump flip-flopping on tariffs, pursue comprehensive & fast free trade agreements with all other allies, and quickly remove trade barriers within the Single Market to offset US protectionism.

📄 Our new briefing reveals how steep taxes on certain lifestyle products are encouraging informal sales across Europe. 📉 Consumers aren't stopping — they're simply shifting outside the regulated system. And upcoming changes to EU tax policy could make this trend even worse.

🇪🇺💬 As European politicians ramp up talks on wealth taxes, many reckon inequality demands more government action. 🤔 But Instituto Juan de Mariana’s Diego de la Cruz asks: what if the answer isn’t higher taxes and more redistribution? epicenternetwork.eu/briefings/equa…

🇩🇰 As Denmark’s EU Presidency begins, a new blog from CEPOS' Line Andersen urges rejecting joint EU debt. ❌ Joint debt risks subsidising high-debt nations, centralising EU power, and sparking crises at the expense of fiscal discipline epicenternetwork.eu/blog/the-eu-de…

🇪🇺📝 The GDPR, while aiming to protect privacy, over-regulates and restricts freedom, especially for SMEs. With its one-size-fits-all approach and disproportionate penalties it challenges the EU's liberal values, argues Libera’s Herkko Havumäki. buff.ly/MurVnB6