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Defending a pro-European budget

March 2, 2018

Guest post by the steering committee of the Progressive Caucus* – Guillaume Balas (MEP, S&D), Sergio Cofferati (MEP, S&D), Eva Joly (MEP, Greens/EFA), Curzio Maltese (MEP, GUE/NGL), Florent Marcellesi (Greens/EFA), Dimitrios Papadimoulis (MEP, GUE/NGL), Georgi Pirinski (MEP, S&D), Elly Schlein (MEP, S&D), Ernest Urtasun (MEP, Greens/EFA). *The Progressive Caucus is a space of dialogue based… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Brexit, EU institutions, EurActiv.com, Euro & Finance, Future EU, Global Europe, Member States

Commentary: Informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government

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

blogactiv, Euro & Finance, Global Europe

The Western Sahara Case : Montesquieu is the one who is murdered!

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

blogactiv, Competition, Economy & Euro, EurActiv.com, Euro & Finance, Europe's East, Future EU, Global Europe

Vive l’Europe – Es lebe Europa! 55 Jahre Élysée-Vertrag

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

blogactiv, EU Treaty & Institutions, French, German, Global Europe

To Macron and Merkel: Sustainable development is key for EU project

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

blogactiv, Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking

Health as a European Value in the EU budget

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 Zoltán Massay-Kosubek

Agriculture, blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), Consumer Protection, EU news & updates, EU Security and Defense Policy, Euro & Finance, Health & Consumers, Innovation & Enterprise, Public Health, Regional Policy, Science & Policymaking, Social Europe, Social Europe & Jobs, Sustainable Dev., UK in Europe

A European Monetary Fund: an Old, Bad Idea

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

blogactiv, Euro & Finance

EC funds are not the way to spur venture capital and innovation in the EU

December 22, 2017

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

blogactiv, Competition, Financial Services, Innovation and Growth

Conférence ministérielle de l’OMC, un moment important pour le multilatéralisme économique

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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Business optimism tempered by skills concerns

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

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Climate finance: the stumbling block of negotiations at COP23

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

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Sustainable Dev.

A performance-based budget to improve EU effectiveness, by Alfredo De Feo

November 6, 2017

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 Alfredo De Feo European pratictioner and researcher

blogactiv, EU Budget, EU reform, EurActiv.com

The European Union and the GAFA issue

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

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