Congress created America’s current central bank the Federal Reserve System in 1913. As with all central banks its role ultimately is determined by the political process. [...]

Since I wrote one of these posts last year, the world of video within EurActiv has changed considerably. Our partnership with EUXTV adds lots in terms of the quality of content that I (we) certainly would have not managed alone. This list is in no particular order, but will hopefully highlight some of the good [...]

Wouter Vermeulen, Coca-Cola Europe’s Corporate Responsibility Director, highlights the value of the private sector’s understanding of consumer behaviour. Coca-Cola has a wealth of information on consumer choices, and considers putting it to the disposal of different stakeholders active in the fight against obesity.

This story about pension reforms was published on 14th December 2010 by EurActiv. The European Commission confirmed yesterday (13 December) it had reached an agreement with Poland on giving countries that have reformed their pension systems more leeway over fiscal policy. In the meantime, the parliament in Budapest voted to effectively dismantle pension reform. The [...]

C’est au moment où, avec retard, les médias s’emparent de la situation des migrants à la frontière gréco-turc en multipliant reportages et enquêtes d’ordre général ou sur les individus et leur histoire personnelle, que le problème semble (provisoirement ?) perdre de son acuité. C’est du moins ce que nous indique Frontex : depuis le déploiement [...]

La France a lancé le vendredi 3 décembre une procédure visant à mettre fin à l’hébergement sur son territoire du site WikiLeaks par le serveur français OVH, a annoncé le ministère de l’Industrie. Mais les juges ne se prononcent pas. Le ministre de l’Industrie et de l’Economie numérique Eric Besson a saisi une autorité administrative [...]

At 4 billion USD, the amount of money at stake in India’s microcredit industry seems insignificant if compared to that of the US sub-prime mortage crisis . Yet India is not only a fast- growing economy but also home to a huge number of poor, who have become dependent on microcredits for their livelihood. This [...]

Tania Runge, Senior Policy Advisor for Copa Cogeca in Brussels, explains the impact of both water quantity and quality to farmers and the agriculture sector. Ms Runge was attending the 6th Annual Conference of the European Water Association in Brussels.

After GM, Nissan and Peugeot BMW has decided to enter manufacturing of electric cars. On November 5th 2010, it has inaugurated its new building site in Leipzig where it hopes to produce several ten thousand “Megacity” vehicles per year as of 2013-14. Thanks to political and multi-billion Dollar financial support from governments across the world, [...]

Angela Merkel scheint sich auf den G20-Gipfel in Seoul zu freuen. Die Bundeskanzlerin ist allerdings nicht völlig zuversichtlich. Sie macht sich über die Wiederbelebung des Handelsprotektionismus – nicht zuletzt im US-Kongress – Sorgen sowie über die Gefahr, dass die Währungsrivalität zu einem neuen Handelskrieg wird … Aber Merkel erklärt, wie sie hofft, in Seoul für [...]

Pour l’instant, l’Europe poursuit ce qu’elle avait fait pour la Serbie et la Macédoine et ouvre un peu plus grand ses portes aux Balkans, mais la mesure est désormais réversible. Les vingt-huit pays de l’espace Schengen ont décidé de supprimer d’ici à Noël l’obligation du visa d’entrée pour les citoyens de Bosnie et d’Albanie, en [...]

Kdo je nazadnje pohvalil 10 največjih izvoznikov, 10 največjih podjetij, 5 največjih slovenskih multinacionalk, največjo banko in največjo zavarovalnico v jugovzhodni Evropi? Še nedavno so se slovenski ministri izogibali jasni podpori temu ali onemu podjetju. Kar nekako vzvišeni so bili nad podjetništvom, pehanjem za nove posle, tržne deleže, plače in kar je še takih tuzemskih [...]

La nueva ministra de Exteriores española, Trinidad Jiménez se entrevista con su homólogo marroquí Taieb Fassi-Fihri, en plena crisis saharaui en El Aaiún, donde a 15 kilómetros de la capital de la antigua colonia española, 7000 jaimas desafían al régimen de Rabat. Una cita donde la diplomacia acudirá a los titulares de rigor al hablarnos [...]

The EU summit in Brussels at the end of last week was focused on the thorny issues surrounding budget, borrowing and the financial crisis. To be sure, this isn’t easy to get to grips with. Macroeconomics can be tricky enough as it is, but this brings multiple players, nations, policies, strategies and EU legislative procedures [...]

This story about the EU’s new transport strategy was published by EurActiv on 2nd November 2010. The European Commission wants to make transport users pay for emissions, noise and other harm they cause as part of proposals laid down in a draft White Paper on Transport, seen by EurActiv. The draft policy paper, which lays [...]