Consider Anca Gheorghe, a 23-year-old Roma woman from Romania. She attended a poorly resourced school with unqualified teachers and faced unfair discrimination, leaving her with limited opportunities. Left with virtually no other options, she joined an EU-funded vocational program to train as a hairdresser, hoping for financial independence. Yet, there are already enough hairdressers in … Read more
The Trump administration “will continue to protect [its interests] at the risk of dismantling value chains between Europeans and Americans,” Macron warned, while urging Brussels to take action with a more aggressive trade policy of its own, building on the example of recent EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. “Trump’s election is a moment of … Read more
On the campaign trail, Trump threatened to slap a universal 10 percent tariff on imported goods. He also threatened to turn off Ukraine aid and to stop supporting NATO countries that do not invest 2 percent of their GDP on defense. EU leaders were gathering for an informal summit in Budapest for talks on Draghi’s … Read more
Getting the IPR framework right now to unleash long-term innovation EU policies adopted in the next five years will be foundational for Europe’s innovative ecosystem to thrive in the long term, improving conditions for the next wave of intellectual property lifecycles that can take over a decade to bear fruit. A smart and strategic policy … Read more
By radically changing the rules, the Commission wants to address “strategic dependencies” on foreign countries and boost the kind of pan-European industrial revival championed by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in his landmark competitiveness report. The third and fourth pillars focus on enlargement and funding to foreign countries, and personnel costs, but there are … Read more
“The EU is part of the problem. Thus far it has mostly brought us silly cookie[s] and AI warnings,” Jitse Groen, CEO of Dutch food-delivery platform Just Eat Takeaway, said Thursday. Groen refers to the EU’s heavy regulatory push in several technology areas, such as data protection and artificial intelligence. “The EU could move to … Read more
Vor dem zweiten Treffen zur illegalen Migration gibt es von allen Seiten widersprüchliche Signale. Die Ampel glaubt an einen Kompromiss und SPD-Innenministerin Nancy Faeser kündigt umfassende Grenzkontrollen an den deutschen Landesgrenzen an, aber CDU-Chef Merz nennt die Pläne „unklar“. Gleichzeitig zweifeln die Länder an der Umsetzbarkeit weiterer Maßnahmen, während die Kommunen auf eine Task Force … Read more
In a report unveiled today, Draghi proposed assessing existing EU rules at the beginning of each European Commission mandate to ensure that European companies aren’t penalized by excessive regulation. “This process should include simplifying and removing overlap and inconsistencies across the whole ‘legislative chain,’ with priority given to those economic sectors where Europe is particularly … Read more
“The leading firms in research and investment-spending are the same ones we had 20 years ago ― cars,” he said. “The United States used to be the same, autos and pharma, 20 years ago. Now it’s all digital.” China isn’t just catching up. In areas like the electric vehicle industry, it is even leapfrogging Europe. … Read more
Draghi is pushing for the EU to issue new common debt to fund its industrial and defense needs, something that is opposed by several governments. He noted that Europe’s goal to whittle its greenhouse gas emissions down to zero by the middle of the century offer the bloc the chance to build and export clean … Read more
