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Mureșan’s declaration is significant because he is the spokesperson of what is currently the dominant political party in Europe. The EPP holds the presidency of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council. “In case the negotiations are going well and there is a mutual will from both sides to conclude them, we might not be able to conclude them in time [within two years] due to their complexity and then we should stand ready to prolong the negotiations,” the Romanian lawmaker pointed out, explaining that this was possible from a legal point of view.

Prolonging Brexit talks ‘should not be excluded’, says key EU power broker

By: EBR | Monday, July 3, 2017

The complexity of the Brexit negotiations means extending the talks by one year should not be excluded, according to the spokesperson of the European People’s Party (EPP), the leading power broker in the EU institutions

Pay with your phone As The Economist wrote recently, the automobile industry faces the huge wrench of adapting to a future of electrification and self-driving cars. Software and electronics are displacing mechanical parts as the most important components of a car. You could also say that cars will be data centres on four wheels. This means business, though nobody yet fully grasps what kind of business this will look like. For mobile network operators, there is opportunity not only in connecting more vehicles on the road but in offering a broader platform of services to car owners and passengers.

Connecting cars in Europe: an emerging data economy on four wheels

By: EBR | Friday, June 30, 2017

The telecoms industry has the ambition to connect everything and everyone. In Europe, telecom operators and vendors work together with the automotive sector to get connected cars on the roads

France is the only EU country that outright opposes the legislation, which is now colloquially known as the “free flow of data” proposal. Twice over the last year, more than a dozen countries signed letters to the Commission asking for an EU-wide ban on data localisation laws. Some member states are not sure a law is necessary but haven’t lobbied against it. In May, Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip confirmed that he will draft a bill by autumn.

Member states and tech firms wary of EU ‘data flows’ plan

By: EBR | Thursday, June 29, 2017

This article is part of our special report Cross-border business in the digital era

The EU has made resilience-building a key component of its foreign and security policy, saying it’s time to move from crisis containment to a more structural and long-term approach to global challenges.

Rivalry, resilience and resistance: the new normal of a changed world

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 27, 2017

It’s difficult to discern patterns of conduct in this rollercoaster world. Still, halfway through 2017 is a good a time as any to try and capture some vibes – however fleeting – of a world in flux

The impact of the EU budget on climate action is significant, there is huge potential to pursue the full integration of climate action measures into the current and future spending of the EU. Such integration would edge the EU ahead in the global race towards clean energy and energy security and safeguard the EU’s own financial system from potential future shocks associated with climate change. It would also avoid stranded assets and make the whole EU budget more efficient.

EU budget for climate action: Time to wake the sleeping beauty

By: EBR | Monday, June 26, 2017

The European Commission will publish its ‘Reflection paper on the future of EU finances’ on 28 June. Against a background of renewed commitments from European leaders towards climate action, the EU budget must be reformed to comply with the requirements of the Paris Agreement

All countries in the region have air pollution legislation, albeit with much variation and often much more lenient than EU standards. But the issue of air pollution requires a regional response. The Energy Community, the body tasked with adjusting energy policies in Europe’s south east to those in the EU, is also where a coordinated action to tackle air pollution can be devised.

Western Balkans holds breath for better air quality

By: EBR | Monday, June 26, 2017

In the Western Balkans, air pollution can be a fatal problem, made worse by some of those countries’ energy policies

So European public opinion is warming once more to the EU. A poll of 10,000 people in ten major countries by the respected US-based Pew Research Center sees a sharp rise of appreciation in France, Spain and Germany, where over the last five years support at times slumped to between 50% and 40%. There, favourable opinion has risen, respectively, to 56%, 62% and 68%. And, astonishingly, in the UK 54% of respondents gave it a thumbs-up.

Let’s use the new EUphoria to tackle Europe’s root problems

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 20, 2017

The pendulum of public sentiment in Europe has swung from deepest gloom to something amounting to ‘EUphoria’. This good news may be dangerous if it raises unrealisable expectations, but it is also a not to be missed opportunity

The International Monetary Fund would join the current bailout, Lagarde said, offering Athens a standby arrangement of less than $2 billion, the length of which will be tailored to match the end of the eurozone bailout in mid-2018.

Greece gets credit lifeline, IMF joins bailout

By: EBR | Friday, June 16, 2017

Eurozone governments threw Greece another 11th-hour credit lifeline yesterday night (15 June) worth $9.5 billion and sketched new details on possible debt relief as the IMF finally offered to help out after two years of hesitation

“We demand an ambitious European strategy which would pave the way for a harmonised and dynamic ‘ecosystem’ consisting of specific rules and general principles, capable of avoiding the fragmentation of the Single Market,” Danti said.

MEPs demand EU strategy to protect gig economy workers

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 14, 2017

The European Parliament is expected to adopt a draft report on Thursday (15 June) calling on EU and national authorities to ensure “fair working conditions and adequate legal and social protection for all workers” in the growing collaborative economy

His remarks echoed comments by officials who predicted on Monday that euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund would likely reach a deal that paved the way for new loans while delaying decisions on debt relief.

Moscovici sees deal on Greek loans, fair solution on debt

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 14, 2017

European Union Currency Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said he expects Greece and its international lenders to reach a compromise deal on new loans this week and that a “fair solution” will be found on debt relief

Although it’s probably a stretch to ascribe the British electorate’s negative verdict on May’s appeal for a stronger Brexit mandate to shifts elsewhere in Europe, French voters’ massive rejection of populism by electing Macron to the presidency and giving him a landslide parliamentary majority has certainly been echoed in Britain.

Six lessons from Europe’s bounce-back

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Europe’s bouncing back, say Shada Islam and Giles Merritt. If populism can best be described as the triumph of dangerously simplistic and short-sighted solutions to complex long-term problems, then the populists are being routed on both sides of the English Channel

We need robust and binding criteria for the ESG considerations above, or risk both national legislators and financial investors simply ignoring their investment’s impact, or reverting to greenwash. Current ESG criteria in financial legislation are consistently side-lined. In the Shareholder Rights Directive the ESG are included, but only on a ‘comply or explain’ basis. This approach leaves huge loopholes.

Commission must double efforts towards a sustainable financial system

By: EBR | Monday, June 12, 2017

Robust and binding criteria are needed to build sustainable capital markets or we risk that both national legislators and financial investors simply ignore their investment’s impact, or revert to greenwashing

We need to exploit that weakness by fighting them at the same time before the contamination of the other communities on social media. When elections are held in two days, we need to act and to tweet rapidly with the relevant information showing that false news is being once again shared by the same serial propagators of rumours.

Fake news: Europe needs a plan

By: EBR | Monday, June 12, 2017

Fake news is now the buzz word across Europe and the wider world. But how do we fight it? Nicolas Vanderbiest and Gary Machado warn that censorship is not the solution

A critical point, especially in the Central and Eastern European countries, concerns the need for more public infrastructure investment. The basic principle applied to infrastructure at both EU and national level should ultimately be the tried-and-tested formula that these scarce resources should increasingly be allocated to those areas that offer the greatest value for money.

A smart policy for the EU: reindustrialisation and the role of European champions

By: EBR | Friday, June 9, 2017

In the ongoing debate over the future of the European project, one dimension is all too often overlooked. A strong European Union needs solidarity and political will, but jobs and economic growth are equally important

A final point to note is that populism is neither right nor left; or, perhaps better, populism can be found on both the left and the right. This is not exactly the same as saying that populism is like a “chameleon,” as it is not necessarily the same populist actor who changes colors. Populism rarely exists in a pure form, in the sense that most populist actors combine it with another ideology. This so-called host ideology, which tends to be very stable, is either left or right. Generally, left populists will combine populism with some interpretation of socialism, while right populists will combine it with some form of nationalism. Today populism is more on the left in Southern Europe and more on the right in Northern Europe.

Populism in Europe: a primer

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 7, 2017

EU President Herman van Rompuy has called populism "the greatest danger for Europe". But what exactly is populism? And why are EU leaders feeling so threatened by it?

The politician, who resigned as Greek PM in November 2011 at the height of the Greek debt crisis, added,”It has been eclipsed by East Asia. In the 1990s,China was 6 per cent of the world’s economy, today it is 23 per cent. At its pinnacle the US was 40 per cent of the world economy and today it is 23 per cent.” ”The recent phenomena of populism is not limited to the West - but it is the West that seems to be a in a new political turmoil and its sense of decline is one reason.”

George Papandreou: ’European Union faces huge challenges’

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou told a Brussels conference that the EU faces a "huge challenge" from a range of diverse threats, including climate change. His comments came just ahead of President Trump's decision to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate.

The EU’s drive for green finance started in earnest in December when the Commission set up a High Level Expert Group gathering 20 policy leaders from civil society, finance and academia. The group is chaired by Christian Thimann, head of regulation, sustainability and foresight at Axa, a French insurance company.

Green finance reaches EU policy ‘tipping point’

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 6, 2017

The mid-term review of the EU’s Capital Markets Union initiative, due on Wednesday (7 June), will mark another step towards the mainstreaming of green finance in Europe, a senior EU official told EURACTIV

Corbyn’s advantage is that he can appear quite affable – and stay away from tone-deaf ideology when he wants to. During the campaign and various TV debates, he scored good points about a UK needing to opt for more inclusiveness and smart government programs that help the lower 70% to get ahead. Plus, he ages well. He may be a socialist firebrand, but that was definitely not the air he gave off during this campaign. He came across as a polite, middle-class pensioner making good points about the evils of the modern world that many agreed with.

Why did Corbyn rise so much?

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Corbyn may have his significant liabilities, but at least he is authentic. Not a smooth politician by any means, he is far less wooden than Theresa May.

Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella remains reluctant to call snap elections. He has made a new election law a precondition for an early vote. That precondition will very likely be met soon.

Italy: Snap elections in late September?

By: EBR | Friday, June 2, 2017

Is Renzi putting his personal electoral interests over those of his country? And will his gamble pay off?

The Commission has promoted labeling as a means for companies to leverage their security guarantees as a marketing tool. Labels “would ultimately help the EU lead in establishing global IT security certification policies and boost the competitiveness of EU industry in European and global markets,” according to an explanatory document from the Commission.

EU cybersecurity agency seeks funds and power to police attacks

By: EBR | Thursday, June 1, 2017

The EU cybersecurity agency ENISA will receive a makeover in September when the European Commission renews its mandate amid a whirlwind of new cybersecurity measures

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