EU Commissioner Simson launches Energy Projects of Common Interest Days
The EU Commission event gathers key stakeholders to discuss how best to achieve the EU's 2030 climate and energy targets,…
Digital Markets Act: Apple’s system iPadOS must comply with all relevant obligations
Apple must, among others, allow users to set the default web browser of their choice on iPadOS, allow alternative app stores on its operating…
COP16 adopts landmark biodiversity agreements
The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded this weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever…
EP Trade Committee: Hearing of Commissioner-designate Maroš Šefčovič
Brussels, 4 November 2024 On Monday, the International Trade and Constitutional Affairs committees questioned Šefčovič,...
ENISA: Joining forces for a cyber-secure and resilient digital single market
How to create more synergies in safeguarding the digital single market and its economy through a robust EU Cybersecurity Regulatory…
South Korea: EU HR Borrell holds 1st Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Minister Cho
"In our interconnected world, political, economic, and security developments are not confined to geographical boundaries because climate change doesn't know…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly 28 October – 1 November 2024
Here are the headlines from last week’s Insight EU Finance Monitoring, published on Friday night. We provide the headlines with…
Speech by EVP Margrethe Vestager at the reception organised by Concurrences
"The debate is no longer about whether competition policy is opposed to industrial policy. Rather, we now focus on how…
Data protection cross-border enforcement: Statement by rapporteur Markéta Gregorová
"The GDPR has been a groundbreaking piece of legislation with an overwhelmingly positive impact. However, enforcement has sometimes varied among…
Moldova: Maia Sandu wins final round of presidential elections (updated)
Several European leaders have sent their congratulations to Maia Sandu, who was re-elected president of Moldova. They said "democracy has…
Charles Michel at the WTO Presidential Lecture: Trust, Trade, and Transform!
"To make multilateralism work, we need the three Ts: Trust, Trade, and Transform. We need to build more trust. People…
The future of UNRWA is a test of our humanity – EEAS blog post by EU HR Borrell
As the worst humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza’s history is unfolding, the Israeli Parliament has adopted laws to make the operations of…
1st EU-Japan Strategic Dialogue: EU High Representative Borrell meets Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya
During the Dialogue, High Representative Borrell and Foreign Minister Iwaya announced the EU-Japan Security and Defence Partnership. Japan is the first…
EU Council background on digital taxation
The digital economy has brought many benefits to citizens and companies. At the same time, the rise of certain digital…
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Background on the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council on 5 November 2024
The EU Ecofin Council will seek an agreement on value added tax (VAT) in the digital age (VIDA): The package…
European Cybersecurity Competence Centre inaugurates its permanent offices
The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) inaugurated its permanent premises in Bucharest, Romania this week. With the relocation to its…
Post-Quantum Cryptography: U.S. NIST announces 14 candidates to advance to 2nd round
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected a group of candidate digital signature encryption algorithms, some…
Eurostat: EU and euro area tax-to-GDP ratio down in 2023
The overall tax-to-GDP ratio, as the sum of taxes and net social contributions as a percentage of gross domestic product…