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Cutajar’s main concerns were competition and consumer protection, while she also emphasized how digitalization could prove to be a risk to jobs in the EU.

MEP: Don’t discount ‘human element’ in digitisation of business

By: EBR | Thursday, March 4, 2021

Representatives of the industry are ready to digitalize small businesses, but MEP Josianne Cutajar believes that the human component in future services should not be discounted

The new strategy builds on its predecessor, the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020, and contributes to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights for which an Action Plan will be adopted by the Commission this week, which serves as a compass for employment and social policies in Europe.

Union of Equality: European Commission presents Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030

By: EBR | Thursday, March 4, 2021

European Commission presents an ambitious Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 to ensure their full participation in society, on an equal basis with others in the EU and beyond

The TSI is the Commission’s main instrument to provide technical support to reforms in the EU.

Commission supports reform projects in Member States for more jobs and sustainable growth

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Commission approved 226 projects in all 27 Member States that will support their efforts in designing and implementing national reforms to enhance growth

“The Commission’s communication was an excellent starting point for our discussion and will naturally be the basis on which we will build the draft conclusions, to be adopted at our next formal meeting in May.”

EU states find common ground in first debate over trade policy

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Portugal’s foreign minister Augusto Santos Silva said the first discussion among EU member states over the European Union’s future trade policy was “an excellent starting point,” although tough debates on trade and climate policy have yet to be addressed

"Representatives of the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee, as well as the Conference of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC), may also be invited to attend meetings of the executive committee as observers."

Jointly steered Conference on Future of Europe awaits go-ahead

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 3, 2021

The European Union’s Conference on the Future of Europe could this week finally get the green light, when member states and the European Parliament give their verdict on the joint declaration negotiated under the aegis of Portugal’s presidency of the Council of the EU

Greek House Davos is an independent, non-profit initiative that aims to enhance Greece’s presence and influence in the environment and network of the World Economic Forum.

Central Bank of Austria VP joins the International Council of Greek House Davos

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Barbara Kolm, Vice President of the General Council of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, the central bank of Austria, has been appointed a member of the International Council of Greek House Davos

“The planned obligation that new vehicles in Europe must be practically emission-free from 2025 onwards would be an ecological, economic and technological aberration.”

EU plotting ban on internal combustion engine as of 2025: industry

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 2, 2021

The European Commission’s proposed Euro 7 emission rules on cars, vans, trucks and buses would amount to “a ban through the back door” of internal combustion engines as of 2025, if implemented in their current form

"Europe needs to starts learning from Asia, where one of the key lessons is in how to adapt and innovate quickly."

Europe needs to learn from Asia to stop falling behind in tech

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 2, 2021

"When I started my technology company in China 7 years ago, everybody in the West thought China was just copying European and US technology and there was no real innovation taking place"

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to “redesign” the economic development of the EU, which recently committed itself to becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, said Costa who was addressing the opening session of a high-level conference ‘Climate Change – New Economic Models‘.

‘New economic model’ needed to deal with climate change, EU presidency says

By: EBR | Monday, March 1, 2021

Europe’s current economic model “has no future” and does not respond to “major environmental challenges”, Portugal’s prime minister Antonio Costa said on Friday, calling for the adoption of new models such as the circular economy and sustainable bioeconomy

"This was a world first: CEOs of the main vaccine manufacturers appearing before elected representatives. It’s good for transparency, and it’s good for democracy. It is crucial to regularly check accountability and commitments made..."

COVID-19: MEPs discuss ways to increase roll-out of vaccines with pharma CEOs

By: EBR | Friday, February 26, 2021

In a hearing today, MEPs demanded clarity on vaccine deliveries and insisted that pharmaceutical companies honour their contracts

Vestager said “digitalisation can become a powerful platform for social convergence” by equipping “more disadvantaged regions and communities”.

European industry more competitive if digital transition investment made now: Vestager

By: EBR | Friday, February 26, 2021

European Commission executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday (25 February) that European industry would be “even more competitive in a digital future” if it starts investing “now” in people, technology and the right regulatory frameworks

While some countries trumpet them as a way out for the hard-hit tourism and airline industries, others are more sceptical with only a tiny percentage of the world’s population vaccinated.

Ticket to ride: Vaccine passports divide world

By: EBR | Friday, February 26, 2021

As European Union leaders debated the idea Thursday (25 February) amid claims that it could be divisive and discriminatory, on the global scale, the idea of vaccine passports, which would allow people who have been inoculated the freedom to travel, is gaining traction