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EU Falters in Effort to Counter Disinformation
July 17, 2019
The New York Times reports that critics of the EU’s “Rapid Alert System,” established to deter Russian propaganda and alert Europeans about online disinformation campaigns, has become powerless due to concerns of political backlash and threats to free speech.
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MEPs Criticize Process of Selecting New EU Leaders
July 10, 2019
Euractiv reports that Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have criticized European Commission and Council leaders for what they deemed to be a non-transparent process through which they chose the next leaders of EU institutions following the recent European parliamentary elections.
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UK Party Backs Remaining in EU over Conservative Brexit Deal
July 10, 2019
The Guardian reports that the leadership of the main opposition party in the UK Parliament, the Labour Party, has signaled the party will seek to hold a second referendum to decide on the adoption of a Brexit deal struck by the Conservative Party and that it would campaign to remain in the EU in such a referendum.
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National Leaders Call for More Flexible EU Competition Rules
July 10, 2019
Bloomberg reports that the French, German, and Polish governments published a joint paper calling on the European Commission (EC) to introduce a more flexible policy in evaluating whether to approve corporate mergers and consider global competition, especially from China, in the process.
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Italy Skirts EU Debt Rules by Tightening Budget
July 10, 2019
Politico reports that the Italian government has, for now, escaped sanctions from the European Commission over the country’s high debt and deficit, which breach EU budget rules, by recouping billions of euros from value-added tax payments and lowering social-program expenditures.
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