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8 March 2019
The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (the “Directive”) is back. The issues with the Directive were described in our September 2018 briefing …
28 February 2019
Following on from research published by the IEA between 2012 and 2014, this discussion paper revisits the issue of state-funded activism in the UK …
26 February 2019
A popular explanation for economic scandals, crises and suboptimal market outcomes is the lack of government regulation. This interpretation is intensively promoted by the …
20 February 2019
Do European companies pay their fair share of tax? Many companies headquartered in France, Germany, Italy and Spain show very low effective corporate tax …
7 February 2019
Mass protests of the “yellow vests” have been taking place in France since 17 November 2018. The catalyst of the demonstration was a fuel …
30 January 2019
The Employment Flexibility Index of LFMI quantifies a great divergence in employment regulations between EU countries. Of the 41 countries included in the index …
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Hannah Bettsworth // 22 March 2019
A consumer organisation called foodwatch recently demanded that the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU put an end to its partnership …
Anna Jandura-Cessna // 18 March 2018
It has been almost two years since GDPR entered into force. Data monitoring has become a regulatory headache for several industries and could soon …
Brittany Davis // 14 March 2019
Increasing globalisation has had many effects on international trade, and Africa is no exception. In Sub-Saharan Africa in particular, economic growth increased to 3.1% …
Hannah Bettsworth // 12 March2019
In the field of digital rights and civil liberties, all anyone’s talking about is the Digital Copyright Directive and saving memes. However, there may …
Adam Bartha // 6 March 2019
Macron is right: Brussels cannot continue with business as usual after the European parliamentelections. In his recent open letter to the citizens of Europe, the French president …
Marek Tatala// 5 March 2019
In 2017 the Cambridge Dictionary proclaimed “populism” the word of the year. This phrase is defined in many ways and arouses great emotions. One …
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