The EU Commission wants to regulate political advertising on the internet and tightly limit controversial online advertising practices such as micro-targeting and user profiling. Google, Facebook, and other platforms are obliged to keep relevant advertising data and hand it over on request.This emerges from a draft proposal that EU Commissioner Vera Jourova intends to present […]
The so-called “Strategic Compass” was drawn up by the European External Action Service (EEAS); to be adopted in March 2022. Until then, numerous changes to the 32-page draft are to be expected, according to Brussels Council circles.However, it is already clear that the EU wants to expand its capacities in the area of information technology […]
Energy-saving design of household appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, and monitors is seen as the key to achieving the EU’s climate targets. But the EU Commission is making no progress in revising its proposals for the various product groups. An amendment for smartphones and tablets, originally expected in mid-December, has now been postponed until […]
The dispute over the response to the rise in energy prices will continue to occupy the EU. The heads of state and government agreed on joint conclusions at the Council in Brussels after hours of controversial discussions. However, this does not mean the differences of opinion have been resolved: the energy ministers are due to […]
The dispute has intensified in recent days. First, it was about the controversial Polish judicial reform, which the EU Commission objected to. Then came a ruling – ordered by the government in Warsaw – by the Polish Constitutional Court in which the primacy of EU law is disputed. In Strasbourg, Morawiecki has now fuelled the […]
German business is sounding the alarm: in the dispute over Northern Ireland, the EU and the UK must stick to the existing Brexit agreement and avoid a trade war, said Joachim Lang, Chief Executive of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). “Both sides must stand by their commitments unconditionally. The new partnership needs stability so […]
Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen already declared on Friday that she would use “all means” to enforce EU law in Poland. But when she wants to intervene and by what means remained open in Brussels on Monday.Now, pressure is growing from all sides. As expected, the Hungarian government has declared its solidarity with Poland. […]
The EU wants to monitor compliance with its strict transparency and ethics rules more stringently. After the European Parliament had already voted in mid-September for the establishment of an independent ethics authority, the EU Commission now also wants to take up the issue. A first meeting with Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová is planned for this […]
While the EU institutions are holding back on statements about the election, European politicians are more outspoken. The French fear of the FDP is already a much-discussed topic. And everyone hopes for a fast government formation in Berlin. In the EU institutions in Brussels, the German election result was received with restraint. It was good […]
Germany votes, Europe waits: shortly before the German parliamentary elections next Sunday, the EU is preparing for weeks of deadlock. “We hope that the formation of the government will not take as long as it did in 2017,” say EU diplomats and MEPs in Brussels.At that time, almost six months went by before the government […]