EU institutions are less transparent than many member states
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Providing access to legislative documents should be standard practice for a well-functioning democracy, but the European Union is less transparent than many of its member states.
National Liberation Fronts: United Against the Euro
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Why establishment parties in Europe are increasingly left defenseless against a hardening opposition against the euro.
Angela Merkel and the 10-Year Rule
By: EBR | Friday, October 30, 2015
If there is an iron law of European politics, it is for leaders to get out at the top as the ten-year rule completes its cycle
NGOs call on Germany to stop blocking the Equal Treatment Directive
By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, July 27, 2015
A large coalition of NGOs have joined forces to call on the German Federal Government to stop blocking the proposed Equal Treatment Directive and work towards a consistent level of protection against discrimination in Europe.
European Parliament told “Western powers, including the UK and U.S., are not respecting the Minsk 2 Agreements"
By: EBR | Monday, July 13, 2015
Minsk 2 was signed by Vladimir Putin, Poroshenko, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel, and followed the collapse within days of a similar deal last September.
EU needs leadership
By: EBR | Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Once upon a time in Europe there was a group of independent and well-developed states. Having fought against each other for centuries, they finally realised that in a globalised world they were not really independent and that it would be better for them to join forces.
Mobbing in the workplace
By: EBR | Friday, June 26, 2015
A hostile working environment, in which offensive or insulting remarks, persistent criticism, personal abuse, or even physical abuse and threats prevail, is a reality for many employees in both public and private organizations and has become increasingly common in Europe over the recent years.
Circular economy and productive reform
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 23, 2015
If the country had the necessary production infrastructure, it could turn the Use of Sustainable Materials, an initiative supported by the EU, into a source of wealth.
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The competitiveness of Europe is the priority
By: EBR | Monday, June 15, 2015
For Europe, there are lessons to be learned from Taiwan. When there is the political will that stems from consensus among economic and social actors on what to achieve, and when there is a consistent and a well-defined roadmap, delivery is possible. The competitiveness of a country is manageable.
Why the new EU directive on trade secrets protection is a threat to media freedom
By: EBR | Monday, June 15, 2015
A new EU-directive is likely to threaten investigative journalism throughout Europe. Its main objective is the protection against disclosure and theft of secret business information like patents, innovative technologies or recipes.
Ukraine conflict puts spotlight on country′s "suitability" for EU accession
By: EBR | Monday, June 8, 2015
The current crisis of power in Kiev has now triggered demands by many other regions in trouble-torn Ukraine for autonomy and special status.
A European approach to corporate tax
By: EBR | Thursday, April 16, 2015
State aid rules however have little to do with convergence of fiscal policies, and the Commission has never said that this should ultimately be the outcome of its investigations. The idea of state aid control is not to prevent free-riding as such.
Europe Has More to Fear than Fear Itself
By: EBR | Thursday, April 16, 2015
The French foreign policy analyst Dominique Moïsi in 2009 came up with a new set of analytical categories to make sense of the post-9/11 world.
Europe must listen to its people
By: EBR | Thursday, April 16, 2015
Imposing reforms that are sometimes considered humiliating is the best way to jeopardize the construction of Europe, and plant the seeds of social devastation, populism and extremism.
Rethinking How Economies Work
By: EBR | Thursday, April 16, 2015
While many excellent economists have shed light on a wide variety of subjects, we still have only a sketchy grasp of how economies work – and what passes for economic “science” is often bunk.
Results of the Erasmus Generation Survey
By: EBR | Monday, March 30, 2015
Think Tank ThinkYoung and Bureau Burson-Marsteller recently released the results for the Erasmus Generation Survey which they carried out late last year, as part of the Europe Decides Initiative.
Austerity vs. Democracy in Greece
By: EBR | Friday, March 6, 2015
Just as Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River because he could, in spite of the warnings of the Roman Senate not to, so Alex Tsipras, leader of the anti-austerity party, Syriza, has decided to try to end austerity in Greece, in spite of Europe’s leaders saying he shouldn’t.
How Europe can learn from sports industry successes
By: EBR | Friday, February 27, 2015
Yet sport is one of those very rare and precious industries in the EU, dynamic, competitive, rapidly growing and a sector in which foreign markets are clamoring to buy our products and indeed invest in.
Syriza-led Greek parliament ‘will never ratify TTIP’
By: EBR | Monday, February 2, 2015
The newly-elected government in Athens has always been suspicious of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and will use its Parliament majority to sink the EU-US trade pact, claims a former Syriza MEP now turned minister.
Turkey and the EU: What does interregional cooperation have to contribute to accession negotiations
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Notably, Turkey serves for the future of Europe being founding members of the Council of Europe (CoE) since 1949, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 1961 and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) since 1973.
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