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Vladimír Bartovic, Martin Michelot, Zuzana Stuchlíková and Vít Havelka react to the informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government held on the 23rd of February 2018. Vladimír Bartovic | Why the Czech government refuses changes in the EU architecture During the informal meeting of the European Council in Brussels last… » read more
Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy
February 26, 2018
Guest post by Jean-Jacques Neuer, Lawyer-Solicitor On 27 February, the European Court of Justice – ECJ – is about to pronounce a judgement invalidating all agreements made by the European Union with China because of the latter’s presence in Tibet, with Russia as it has annexed Crimea and with the United States, which does not… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, Competition, Economy & Euro, EurActiv.com, Euro & Finance, Europe's East, Future EU, Global Europe |
January 25, 2018
Gastbeitrag von Yves Bertoncini und Dr. Rainer Wend. Die verstärkte deutsch-französische Zusammenarbeit bringt neuen Schwung in die europäische Integration. Die EU muss neue Wege gehen im Bereich Sicherheit und Verteidigung und neuen wirtschaftlichen Investitionen zur Stärkung des Euroraums und vor allem den Bürgerinnen und Bürgern dienen! Die Präsidenten der Europäischen Bewegung in Frankreich und Deutschland… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, EU Treaty & Institutions, French, German, Global Europe |
January 23, 2018
Guest post by Luis Pablo, PhD student in Financial Economics. When Spanish President Rajoy announced in October that he would start the legal procedures to remove the Catalan government and call for regional elections, many people, especially in Catalonia, breathed a sigh of relief: the trip to nowhere initiated a few years ago by Catalan… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
Open letter of French and German NGOs addressed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron on the occasion of the International Green week, the 55 anniversary of the signing of the Elysee Treaty and the upcoming informal European Council of 23 February 2018: Dear Chancellor Merkel and President Macron, The supporting French… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking |
January 10, 2018
Following the White paper of the Future of the European Union, the European Commission plans to make its proposal for the next, 7 year Multiannual Financial Framework in May 2018 with the aim of having an agreed budget before the EU elections in 2019. While the European Commission discussed with high level speakers the different… » read more
Posted by My European Civil Voice - Zoltán Massay-Kosubek @EU_ZMK
January 8, 2018
Guest post by Luis Pablo, PhD student in Financial Economics. The European Commission remains committed to undertaking an ambitious economic and fiscal reform for the European Monetary Union. The Commission recently released a roadmap where it puts forward a set of guidelines aimed at strengthening “the unity, efficiency and democratic accountability of Europe’s Economic and… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
Venture capital funds relatively risky businesses with significant upside. It’s expensive capital. When successful however it has an outsized economic impact. Think PayPal, Square, Google, Facebook Amazon, and Uber. EC bureaucrats worry the EU has insufficient venture capital and is therefore disadvantaged relative to the US in creating big, transformational businesses. When Brussels perceives a… » read more
Posted by The Atlanticist
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blogactiv, Competition, Financial Services, Innovation and Growth |
December 12, 2017
Post en tant qu’invité par Thibaud Bodson, Chercheur à l’université libre de Berlin et à l’université hébraïque de Jérusalem Conférence ministérielle de l’OMC, un moment important pour le multilatéralisme économique Du 10 au 13 décembre se tient à Buenos Aires la onzième Conférence ministérielle de l’Organisation Mondial du Commerce (OMC). Ce sommet bisannuel rassemble… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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Better regulation, blogactiv, Trade & Industry, Trade & Society |
December 4, 2017
Guest post by Arnaldo Abruzzini, CEO of EUROCHAMBRES, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry. European business prospects for 2018 are bright, but concerns about the lack of skilled workers are rising. This summarises the main findings of the EUROCHAMBRES Economic Survey 2018 (EES2018), a study based on feedback from more than 50.000… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
November 23, 2017
As negotiations to design the Paris Rulebook developed during COP23, finding an agreement on the sensitive topic of climate finance proved to be a major obstacle in bringing the guidelines for Paris forward. Specifically Article 9.5 of the Paris Agreement brought discussions to a full stop during the second week of COP23. But what is… » read more
Posted by Arthur Wyns - environmental journalist
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Sustainable Dev. |
Introduction In times of economic crisis and instability there is an increased need to mobilize public funds to stimulate growth, but at the same time in these periods there is a scarcity of resources. This situation stimulates a search for more efficiency and effectiveness, and ultimately a better use of resources in terms of concentrating… » read more
Posted by European pratictioner and researcher
October 26, 2017
For a couple of years now, a lot has been heard about how the European Union was sanctioning both Tech giants from the Silicon Valley and European Union member states which did not compel these companies to pay overdue corporate taxes back to them. More precisely, these cases have mainly been undertaken since Margrethe Vestager,… » read more
Posted by EU-Logos
October 23, 2017
The car bomb murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta is likely to set off a powerful chain of destructive events over the coming few years. In case you have not seen the news (explained well here), it is difficult to underestimate the impact that she had. Personally, I admired her greatly. She had the… » read more
Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!
September 28, 2017
Guest post by Bill Wirtz, Policy Analyst for the Consumer Choice Center A ‘digital tax’ is just another burden on consumers In a recent move by four EU member states, the European Union has brought up the issue of digital taxation, by suggesting that online business services should be taxed on turnover, not on… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
