|
|
Guest blog post by Luis Pablo de la Horra Mario Draghi is a man of few words. The President of the ECB is not the kind of public figure that enjoys being in the spotlight all the time. Yet every time he speaks, he makes the headlines. Last May 11, Draghi gave a speech at… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
The UN expects the world temperature to rise of about 2.7°C, well above the target maximum of 1.5°C to 2°C agreed upon in Paris. Even if countries manage to match this ambition with results, people in many parts of the globe still face a future of more frequent flooding, drought and storms. Urban population growth… » read more
Posted by Kaj Embren
|
blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Leadership and sustainability, Sustainable Dev. |
May 14, 2018
Guest Blog Margit Schratzenstaller, Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Die Europäische Kommission hat am 2. Mai 2018 nach monatelangen Vorarbeiten und Diskussionen mit allen EU-Mitgliedstaaten einen ersten Vorschlag für Gesamtvolumen und grobe Struktur des Mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens (MFF) sowie für das Eigenmittelsystem der EU für die Periode 2021 bis 2027 vorgelegt (European Commission 2018A, 2018B, 2018C, 2018D,… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
Guest blog post by Georges Ugeux, former president of the European Investment Fund and Group EVP International of the New York Stock Exchange. He teaches international banking and finance at Columbia Law School. Persia has been an integral part of European civilization since the 6th century BC. It was the centre of the world… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
Για την αποτελεσματική καταπολέμηση της διαφθοράς δεν επαρκούν μόνον προληπτικοί και κατασταλτικοί μηχανισμοί, ή ενίσχυση αυτών, αλλά χρειάζεται και μία συνολικότερη οπτική για τον τρόπο με τον οποίο το φαινόμενο αυτό διαφθείρει πλέον και την ίδια την ιδεολογική βάση του δημοκρατικού πολιτεύματος.
Posted by EU and Greece
|
blogactiv, EurActiv.com, Euro & Finance, Social Europe & Jobs, Sustainable Dev. |
Guest blog post by Margit Schratzenstaller, Austrian Institute of Economic Research In a few days the European Commission is going to launch its proposal for the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, which is eagerly awaited by policy makers on the European and on Member State level alike. The documents released by the European Commission during the… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
|
blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Euro & Finance, taxation, Trade & Industry |
April 19, 2018
Interview with Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs. The interview was conducted by Dimitris Rapidis, coordinator of the European Progressive Forum. How do you explain the surge of far-right parties in many member-states in the EU and Eurozone during the last years? First of all, far-right parties have not… » read more
Posted by Dimitris Rapidis
April 11, 2018
Guest post by Mark Cummins. Mark Cummins is Professor of Finance at the Dublin City University Business School and Head of the Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship Academic Group. He holds a PhD in Quantitative Finance. He will speak further on this topic at a special event on “Brexit and Financial Services” on 12 April… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
|
blogactiv, Brexit, Competition, digital, Economy & Euro, Euro & Finance, Financial Services, Future EU, Global Europe |
Guest post by MEP Benedek Jávor. Cohesion policy is an important tool of solidarity within the European Union. Since the 2004 accession wave this European flow of sources contributed on an altering level to the convergence, and at the same time in the majority of the so-called new Member States, it represented a… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
|
Better regulation, blogactiv, Competition, Economy & Euro, EurActiv.com, Financial Services, Future EU |
April 9, 2018
Guest blog post by Charles de Marcilly, Head of the Brussels office of the Fondation Robert Schuman. A wake up call! In a nutshell, this is the key message provided in the Schuman report 2018, presented on Tuesday 10th April at the European Parliament. The report, which presents the EU’s main challenges and opportunities for… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
Guest post by Patrick Gibbels, Secretary-General of the European Small Business Alliance (ESBA). On 5 March, the European Commission handed over a draft of its impact assessment on the upcoming Platforms to Business Regulation to the Regulatory Scrutiny Board. The Board is designed to look at proposals at the early stages and give its recommendations… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
|
blogactiv, Economy & Euro, Euro & Finance, Financial Services |
March 26, 2018
Guest post by Richard Samans and Simon Messenger. Richard Samans is Chairman of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board and Managing Director and member of the Managing Board of the World Economic Forum. Simon Messenger is Managing Director of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board. Expectations of investors and regulators are changing regarding the obligation of… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
|
Better regulation, blogactiv, Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, development |
March 8, 2018
Post en tant qu’invité par Thibaud Bodson, chercheur à l’Université Libre de Berlin, spécialisé en question de droit commercial et de droits de l’homme. Le 1er mars, le Président Trump a annoncé une augmentation des droits de douane sur l’ensemble des importations d’aluminium et d’acier à hauteur respectivement de 10 et 25 pourcents. Un comité… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
|
blogactiv, EurActiv.com, Euro & Finance, Financial Services, Globalisation |
March 6, 2018
Using data from different social media platforms, blogs and news publications, Social Sentiment Indices powered by X-Scores (SSIX) aims to provide its customers with a set of tools they can use to assess the public sentiment towards a broad field of different topics. Such sentiment analysis can help to make well-informed decisions about e.g. investments,… » read more
|
blogactiv, Euro & Finance, InfoSociety, Innovation & Enterprise |
March 5, 2018
Guest blog post by Stefan Rating, an expert in competition and regulatory Law at Rating Legis SLP and a former European Commission special assistant to the Director General of DG Competition. Today, the European Commission cleared a merger first announced on January 16th, 2017 and notified on August 22nd., Essilor/Luxottica (M. 8394). Unusually after a… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
