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French Police Officers Protest and Demand Support
May 24, 2021
As the rate of being killed in the line of duty increases, French police officers held a large demonstration outside parliament pressing for a law that guarantees jail time for those who assault them and for a justice system that punishes the small-time offenders they arrest and re-arrest after courts set them free.
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EU Rejects Biden plan to Waive COVID-19 Vaccine Patents
May 19, 2021
At a European Council summit in Porto, Portugal, top EU officials pushed back at U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposal to suspend intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines, citing that Washington has not put forward a specific plan.
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Italy Fines Google $123 million for Blocking an App from Android Auto
May 17, 2021
Italy's competition regulator has ordered Google to pay over €100 million ($123 million) for abuse of its dominant position, citing that Google has shut out an electric vehicle recharging app from its Android Auto infotainment platform for cars for over two years.
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Biedermann: The Decline of European Social Democracies
May 17, 2021
Ferry Biedermann writing in The New European analyses the gradual death of European social democracies despite the fact that left leaning parties have headed governments at most about one third of the time since 1945.
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Amazon Wins Appeal over €250m EU Tax Bill
May 13, 2021
In a blow to the EU’s fight against big multinational tech companies avoiding taxes, Amazon has won a court battle over allegations that the US technology company received €250m in “illegal state aid” tax benefits from Luxembourg, overturning the 2017 decision.
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