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Murray Calls for US Resistance to EU Antitrust Actions
July 25, 2018
Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute writes that, with its recent decision to fine tech giant Google $5 billion for “anti-competitive practices” involving the licensing of its smartphone operating system, the European Commission is seeking to “become the world’s antitrust regulator” using faulty analysis at odds with US antitrust rules.
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EC Announces New Migration Aid Package to Spain, Greece
July 25, 2018
In early July, the European Commission (EC) announced it would send over 45 million euros in emergency funding to Spain and Greece to address migratory challenges these countries are facing, as part of 1 billion euros the EC has granted in overall emergency assistance due to the migration crisis.
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EU Bodies Agree to Ban on Data Localization Laws
July 25, 2018
The European Parliament and ambassadors from EU member states have endorsed rules aimed at establishing a single European market for data storage and processing services by banning national restrictions on the geographical location of storing and processing non-personal data.
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EC Supports Integration Through DiscoverEU Project
July 25, 2018
The European Commission (EC) has selected 15,000 young Europeans to participate in the first round of the DiscoverEU initiative, which offers them travel funding to explore other EU member states with the aim of making them “ambassadors” for the EU project and supportive of political integration.
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EU Institutions Agree to Renewable Energy Legislation
July 24, 2018
The Council of the EU has announced that EU ambassadors have reached a deal with the European Parliament on a proposal to revise the EU’s renewable energy directive to help fulfill European commitments under the UN’s Paris climate accord with a target of 32 percent renewable energy in Europe by the year 2030.
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