October 12, 2020
The new Commission report on the rule of law in the EU has found that ‘there are serious challenges, cases where the resilience of rule of law safeguards is being tested and where shortcomings become more evident’.
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October 8, 2020
The virtual meeting between top-level EU and Chinese officials on 14 September appears to be an ironic metaphor of the increasing distance in the relationship.
October 6, 2020
The European Commission has published a study on working conditions of platform workers. The report identifies key challenges related to platform work, such as employment status, autonomy, and information available to the workers about their working conditions, non-discrimination and dispute resolution.
September 28, 2020
COVID-19 has caused huge disruptions to global trade and supply chains, both directly and indirectly (as a result of policy responses: lockdowns, social distancing measures etc).
September 21, 2020
Dorottya Tornai analyses the link between the rise in populism and the decline in economic freedom. She argues that this signals caution to those countries considering populistic policies.
September 21, 2020
The presidential elections in Poland in 2020, which were won by the incumbent Andrzej Duda, the candidate of the ruling Law and Justice party, indicate that we may expect the further deterioration of the rule of law in Poland.
September 18, 2020
In her state of the union address there is a convenient lack of substance on the rule of law from Von der Leyen. EU institutions must stop tacitly endorsing authoritarians and take a stronger stance against the decline of the rule of law in Hungary and Poland.
September 18, 2020
A digital services taxation framework within the EU has been discussed widely over the course of the last two years, with the State of the European Union address revealing a renewed commitment to coming up with a more specific proposal in early 2021.
September 17, 2020
The European Union has long positioned itself in a unique role in the international policy sphere.
