Digital package: citizens’ trust, data flows and EU values for AI will be key, say MEPs
The Industry and Internal Market Committees quizzed Commissioner Thierry Breton on the new initiatives in the digital sector on Wednesday
EU eyes single space for European bank cards
By: EBR | Thursday, February 20, 2020
The European Commission will present this autumn a strategy on an integrated EU payments market, to facilitate the use of national payment services across Europe and reduce the dependency from international card operators such as Visa or Mastercard
Macron’s One-Way Street to Russia
By: EBR | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
France wants a “reset” of relations with Russia, in which values are downplayed and Russia doesn’t have to deliver much in return
Nine EU countries voice opposition to EU ‘Mobility Package’
By: EBR | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
The number of countries opposing the EU mobility package grew from six to nine on Tuesday (18 February) when the transport ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Cyprus, Malta and Estonia made their positions clear in Brussels
Shaping Europe’s digital future
By: EBR | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Commission presents strategies for data and Artificial Intelligence
Eurozone ministers discuss fiscal boost options as coronavirus worries weigh
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Euro zone finance ministers discussed ways to pursue a more growth-friendly fiscal policy mix on Monday (17 February), in a potential nudge to Germany and the Netherlands to spend more as fears of a downturn grow in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic
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Fair Taxation: EU updates list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 18, 2020
EU Finance Ministers today updated the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions
The EU is more popular, so it must be more outspoken
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 18, 2020
The EU doesn’t often tell it like it is. Even its direst warnings tend to be wrapped in lengthy and impenetrable reports that scarcely dent public opinion
“Westlessness” — Seriously?
By: EBR | Monday, February 17, 2020
Europe keeps dithering on the global stage. Even the French and the Germans can’t fake consensus anymore
Europe’s Unfinished (Western) Transformation
By: EBR | Monday, February 17, 2020
Competing visions about what the European Union should become will either weaken or strengthen the West
European Child Guarantee can be EU’s answer to child poverty
By: EBR | Monday, February 17, 2020
A staggering 22.7 million children live in poverty or social exclusion across the European Union. That’s one in four children in the EU. This is unacceptable for one of the most prosperous regions in the world
Thank God for France’s Sense of European Realism
By: EBR | Monday, February 17, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron’s restrictive stance on EU membership for the Western Balkans injects a much-needed dose of realism into EU affairs
Germany’s Unwelcome Leadership Gap
By: EBR | Thursday, February 13, 2020
The far right is creating a serious leadership crisis for Germany and the rest of Europe. The next CDU leader will need strategy, stamina, and charisma to stop the rise of the AfD
The disengaged youth, a pending challenge in the EU
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 11, 2020
The financial crisis of the previous decade was particularly hard on young people. However, as the latest data shows, 15% of young Europeans are neither at work nor studying (NEETs), which means this remains a structural issue
The EU Green Deal can go global – but ‘climate diplomacy’ won’t be easy
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 11, 2020
In the 1990s, Europe’s drive to create a single market earned international kudos. It also triggered a wave of anxiety as policymakers across the world fretted about the plan’s external ramifications
Europe plans to harness ‘power of data’ in support of Green Deal
By: EBR | Thursday, February 6, 2020
The EU Green Deal needs “digitalisation as an enabler for decarbonisation” in all sectors of the economy, including transport and energy, the European Commission says in a draft policy document seen by EURACTIV
Brexit aside, the British were not the ’Bad Boys’ of Europe
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Giles Merritt looks back on his 42 years in Brussels when his fellow Brits played key roles in the building of Europe, and looks forward to their eventual return
Cancer – A common European endeavour
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Every day in Europe, new cancer cases are diagnosed. Every day in Europe, patients, their families and friends experience the tidal wave of emotions that a cancer diagnosis brings with it. Uncertainty about the future, feelings of shock, sadness, anger, or even hopelessness, writes EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
How Europe’s science offers hope in tackling the climate emergency
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
After my first time at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, it is worth taking a look back
No Excuses for Europe After Brexit
By: EBR | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
For the European Union to become a global player without Britain, there must be a major shift of alliances and direction inside the bloc
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