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“The Commission, during the past months, showed an exemplary level of transparency, which could be tainted by such meetings.”

Closed-door copyright meetings ‘taint’ EU transparency, MEPs warn

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 9, 2021

European Commission officials should not be “influenced behind closed doors” during private meetings with MEPs on the implementation of the copyright directive

“Today, data produced in Europe is generally stored and processed outside Europe, and its value is also extracted outside Europe.”

Commission in bid for EU data sovereignty with digital decade targets

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 9, 2021

The European Commission will try to mitigate the risks stemming from EU data being in the hands of third countries by outlining a series of 2030 objectives that will help the bloc procure next-generation data processing technologies

"The EU needs blue-sky, out-of-the-box thinking that can counter-balance its conventional roles."

Long-term EU thinking: a history of abandoned think tanks

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 9, 2021

How far ahead does the EU think? In today’s fast-changing world is the European Commission’s responsibility to head off tomorrow’s crises, or to focus on hugely disruptive troubles brewing over the horizon?

"This is a significant step forward. It marks a reset in our relationship with our biggest and economically most important partner. Removing these tariffs is a win-win for both sides, at a time when the pandemic is hurting our workers and our economies."

EU and U.S. agree to suspend all tariffs linked to the Airbus and Boeing disputes

By: EBR | Monday, March 8, 2021

The EU and U.S. agreed today to suspend all retaliatory tariffs on EU and U.S. exports imposed in the Airbus and Boeing disputes for a four-month period

"Women human rights defenders continue to be targeted across the world through intimidation."

The world must listen to the voices of women human rights defenders, not silence them

By: EBR | Monday, March 8, 2021

Statement by Maria Arena, Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, on International Women’s Day 2021

“The EPP will now be weaker in this majority and will be forced to come closer to more progressive policies.”

Trouble brews in Macron’s Renew as EU Parliament power shift looms

By: EBR | Monday, March 8, 2021

Trouble is brewing in Renew Europe, the third-largest group in the European Parliament, pitting the old ‘liberals and democrats’ of ALDE against the group leadership and the French delegation of Emmanuel Macron’s party

“In times of COVID-19, the EU and member states have had to strike a balance between preserving air passenger rights and supporting the ailing airlines.”

Auditors to probe potential abuse of air passenger rights during pandemic

By: EBR | Friday, March 5, 2021

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) announced Wednesday (3 March) that it is launching an audit to assess whether the European Commission took sufficient steps to ensure air passenger rights were upheld during the COVID-19 pandemic

“Equal work deserves equal pay. And for equal pay, you need transparency. Women must know whether their employers treat them fairly. And when this is not the case, they must have the power to fight back and get what they deserve.”

Pay Transparency: Commission proposes measures to ensure equal pay for equal work

By: EBR | Friday, March 5, 2021

The European Commission has presented a proposal on pay transparency to ensure that women and men in the EU get equal pay for equal work

"As for the geopolitical front, European diplomacy has so far shown no signs of being beefed up by the pandemic, and EU strategic autonomy is still to materialize."

Should the Coronavirus Accelerate European Integration?

By: EBR | Friday, March 5, 2021

It should, but it won’t. The EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund will help the union’s economies get off the ground. But as for integrating Europe’s foreign, security, and digitization policies, the political will and strategic ambition are absent

The European Commission held an extensive public consultation, in which it received “hundreds or thousands of contributions”, in addition to debates among countries and in the European Parliament.

Social pillar will define next decade of European policy, EU official says

By: EBR | Friday, March 5, 2021

The action plan for a European Pillar of Social Rights will mark the next decade of European policies, European Commission advisor on social rights Jose Antonio Vieira da Silva has said

“The task of the modern leader is to have empathy and understanding for individuals’ situation, but being really clear on what you actually are expecting of that group.”

EU Commission vies to protect future for platform workers

By: EBR | Thursday, March 4, 2021

The European Commission will attempt to protect the future of platform workers in the EU by setting minimum standards and potentially enforcing pension entitlements and insurance obligations

Cutajar’s main concerns were competition and consumer protection, while she also emphasized how digitalization could prove to be a risk to jobs in the EU.

MEP: Don’t discount ‘human element’ in digitisation of business

By: EBR | Thursday, March 4, 2021

Representatives of the industry are ready to digitalize small businesses, but MEP Josianne Cutajar believes that the human component in future services should not be discounted

The new strategy builds on its predecessor, the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020, and contributes to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights for which an Action Plan will be adopted by the Commission this week, which serves as a compass for employment and social policies in Europe.

Union of Equality: European Commission presents Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030

By: EBR | Thursday, March 4, 2021

European Commission presents an ambitious Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 to ensure their full participation in society, on an equal basis with others in the EU and beyond

The TSI is the Commission’s main instrument to provide technical support to reforms in the EU.

Commission supports reform projects in Member States for more jobs and sustainable growth

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Commission approved 226 projects in all 27 Member States that will support their efforts in designing and implementing national reforms to enhance growth

“The Commission’s communication was an excellent starting point for our discussion and will naturally be the basis on which we will build the draft conclusions, to be adopted at our next formal meeting in May.”

EU states find common ground in first debate over trade policy

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Portugal’s foreign minister Augusto Santos Silva said the first discussion among EU member states over the European Union’s future trade policy was “an excellent starting point,” although tough debates on trade and climate policy have yet to be addressed

"Representatives of the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee, as well as the Conference of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC), may also be invited to attend meetings of the executive committee as observers."

Jointly steered Conference on Future of Europe awaits go-ahead

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 3, 2021

The European Union’s Conference on the Future of Europe could this week finally get the green light, when member states and the European Parliament give their verdict on the joint declaration negotiated under the aegis of Portugal’s presidency of the Council of the EU

Greek House Davos is an independent, non-profit initiative that aims to enhance Greece’s presence and influence in the environment and network of the World Economic Forum.

Central Bank of Austria VP joins the International Council of Greek House Davos

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Barbara Kolm, Vice President of the General Council of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, the central bank of Austria, has been appointed a member of the International Council of Greek House Davos

“The planned obligation that new vehicles in Europe must be practically emission-free from 2025 onwards would be an ecological, economic and technological aberration.”

EU plotting ban on internal combustion engine as of 2025: industry

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 2, 2021

The European Commission’s proposed Euro 7 emission rules on cars, vans, trucks and buses would amount to “a ban through the back door” of internal combustion engines as of 2025, if implemented in their current form

"Europe needs to starts learning from Asia, where one of the key lessons is in how to adapt and innovate quickly."

Europe needs to learn from Asia to stop falling behind in tech

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 2, 2021

"When I started my technology company in China 7 years ago, everybody in the West thought China was just copying European and US technology and there was no real innovation taking place"

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to “redesign” the economic development of the EU, which recently committed itself to becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, said Costa who was addressing the opening session of a high-level conference ‘Climate Change – New Economic Models‘.

‘New economic model’ needed to deal with climate change, EU presidency says

By: EBR | Monday, March 1, 2021

Europe’s current economic model “has no future” and does not respond to “major environmental challenges”, Portugal’s prime minister Antonio Costa said on Friday, calling for the adoption of new models such as the circular economy and sustainable bioeconomy

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