Edition: International | Greek
MENU

Home » Europe

Vera Jourova, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, said, among others: “The new rules will increase protection for consumers in digital world, which they rightly deserve.’’

New Deal for Consumers: consumer protection enter into force

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Τhe Commission welcomes the entry into force of new EU rules for consumer protection, as part of the New Deal for Consumers

“There’s no reason to open negotiations and say, ‘No problem, it can take 10-15 years; this is not so important.’ It is important,” Lafond says.

EU expert in North Macedonia: Negotiations have to lead to EU membership

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 7, 2020

The European Commission is expected to propose the new methodology in January, and ideally, EU member countries would adopt it by March

2020 will be a decisive year for the EU’s relations with China.

2020: Critical year for EU-China relations

By: EBR | Friday, December 27, 2019

2020 will be a decisive year for the EU’s relations with China and its success will largely depend on the fate of the long-running bilateral investment treaty negotiations, writes Fraser Cameron

Brexit does leave a gap. It shifts the center of gravity in Europe toward Berlin—not toward Paris, which some argue—precisely because of how the geographical and geostrategic locations of the UK and Germany currently influence each other.

A Post-Brexit Europe in a New Decade

By: EBR | Thursday, December 19, 2019

Boris Johnson’s sweeping election victory brings clarity for Britain but not for Europe as it enters a decade of major geostrategic shifts

“The taxonomy for sustainable investment is probably the most important development for finance since accounting. It will be a game changer in the fight against climate change”.

Climate change: new rules agreed to determine which investments are green

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Parliament negotiators reached an agreement with Council on Monday on new criteria to determine whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable

Military security is nowadays discussed all over the place when it comes to the Arctic, except in the Arctic Council for statutory reasons.

High geopolitics in the High North: A call for a deeper EU engagement

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 17, 2019

The Von der Leyen Commission begins its mandate at a time when Arctic geopolitics are at their most important since the Cold War. The EU needs to deepen its engagement in its own Arctic backyard, argue Andre Gattolin and Damien Degeorges

“In order to do so, we put the Commission in the mindset of the startups,” she explained, highlighting the biggest difference compared to the industrial strategies developed in the past.

A ‘startup mindset’ is behind battery strategy, says EU official

By: EBR | Monday, December 16, 2019

The European Commission is thinking like a startup as part of its efforts to develop a value chain for batteries, according to one of the EU officials that has been heavily involved with the sector over the past two years

New EU rules will ensure that all cross-border payments in euro in non-eurozone Member States will be priced the same as domestic payments.

Consumers and businesses to save money thanks to new EU cross-border payments rules

By: EBR | Monday, December 16, 2019

As of today, consumers and businesses in non-eurozone Member States will enjoy cheaper cross-border payments in euro

Digital innovations, particularly Internet of Things (IoT) and sensor technology combined with data analytics, can help assess progress.

A Sustainable Future for Food

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 10, 2019

No industry’s long-held certainties are sure to survive this era of empowered consumers and disruptive technology. But perhaps no sector faces a more fundamental shift than Big Food

On November 14, with 101 votes in favor and three against, the Georgian Parliament voted down a bill that would have replaced the country’s mixed electoral system with a fully proportional one before next year’s parliamentary election.

Georgia’s Dangerous Slide Away From Democracy

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 10, 2019

The EU should help Georgia overcome its latest political crisis and in that way invest in the further democratization and stability of the wider region

Two opinion polls taken after the SPD membership ballot in favour of Esken/Walter-Borjans show a further slump in support for the SPD from 14% to an all-time low of 11% (Forsa) and from 15% to 13% (infratest dimap).

German “New SPD”: No Real Red Lines, No Hard Deadlines

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 10, 2019

It looks like CDU/CSU and SPD agreeing to stay together throughout 2020. But the risk that the SPD throws in the towel continues to loom large

“The European Union must continue to promote and support the consensus in favour of the two-State solution,” Asselborn wrote to Borrell, who was Spain’s foreign minister before moving to Brussels.

Luxembourg urges EU debate on Palestine recognition

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Luxembourg on Monday (9 December) asked for an EU-level debate on recognising Palestinian statehood, securing a promise that EU foreign ministers would “deeply discuss” the Middle East in January

Representatives of different strands of society have tried to reconcile stability with the disruptive changes created by technological innovation and major geopolitical shifts.

Wanted: an EU-wide reform strategy for ageing and digital disruption

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 10, 2019

It has taken us more than forty years to awaken fully to climate change, and now there’s less than half that time before huge demographic shifts begin to bite just as hard

The slow and tortuous process, including the negotiation of stabilisation agreements, EU encouragement and surveillance of political and economic reforms and annual publication of ‘progress reports’, has taken a heavy toll.

Geopolitics begins at home: Europe’s challenge is in the Western Balkans

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Ursula von der Leyen is right: geopolitics must shape the policies of the new European Commission

With the exception of France, the EU has been slow to react to the trade war between United States and China and to the weakening of the rules-based international order.

The case for an enhanced EU-India cooperation

By: EBR | Friday, November 29, 2019

The European Union is at a strategic crossroads. After the confirmation in the European Parliament, the next European Commission will have to change gears and refuse to be consumed by small stakes

GO will use the EIB loan to roll out its Fibre to the Home (FTTH) network to cover more than 70,000 additional households.

First Juncker Plan project in Malta brings broadband to 70,000 homes

By: EBR | Thursday, November 28, 2019

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and GO p.l.c. (GO) have signed a €28 million loan to finance GO’s investments in telecommunication infrastructure

Today, 10% of our GDP is estimated to depend on the proper functioning of space infrastructures and the data they generate back to earth.

Space traffic management – the next challenge for Europe’s leadership in space

By: EBR | Thursday, November 28, 2019

The EU needs to show leadership on space traffic management to ensure that it protects its increasingly important space infrastructure, writes MEP Marian Jean Marinescu

The next European Commission is set to take office without a British member after Boris Johnson turned down repeated requests to provide a candidate.

The UK’s missing EU commissioner

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 27, 2019

The council approved a membership list that does not include a British nominee

For Corbyn, a 1970s-style leftist who entered Parliament in 1983 as Mrs.Thatcher ended the 1945 mixed UK economy with its wide social provision, this is the moment he has dreamt of for four decades.

UK: Can Corbyn Sell Britain on His Hard Left Turn?

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 26, 2019

In three weeks British voters decide on the fate the biggest left-wing political offer made in a western democracy since 1981

President Macron’s thinking ranged from controversial EU-level taxes on carbon-heavy imports and on largely American giants of the Internet, and included a new ‘disruptive innovations’ agency and the ‘mutualisation’ of debt within the eurozone that would target taxpayers in richer countries like Germany.

Why Macron’s ’Master Plan’ for EU reform risks being stillborn

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 26, 2019

General de Gaulle famously believed his “certaine idee de la France” in the aftermath of World War 2 was key to re-building his country’s economic and political muscle

Pages: Previous Next

EU Actually

Only President Antonio Costa believes in a deal in his EU Council before Christmas

N. Peter KramerBy: N. Peter Kramer

In his weekly column N. Peter Kramer writes that EU member states are deeply divided over the EU’s next seven-year budget. Do we know more after the EU Council on Thursday?

Europe

The EU’s Middle-Power Puzzle

The EU’s Middle-Power Puzzle

While the EU and European governments are embracing the much-lauded middle-power moment, this entails three difficult conundrums

Business

Businesscraft: Japan’s Quiet Discipline for a Fractured World

Businesscraft: Japan’s Quiet Discipline for a Fractured World

For almost thirty years after the end of the Cold War, geopolitics stayed away from the corporate boardroom. Geopolitical considerations belonged to the foreign ministry or to a dedicated risk committee back at headquarters, and rarely crossed a CEO’s desk.

MARKET INDICES

Powered by Investing.com

ARTICLES

DOSSIERS

RESOURCES

EB REVIEW

MAGAZINE

All contents © Copyright EMG Strategic Consulting Ltd. 1997-2026. All Rights Reserved   |   Home Page  |   Disclaimer  |   Website by Theratron