Blog
November 12, 2018
In a world of increasing economic protectionism, the EU claims to remain committed to free and fair international trade.
October 23, 2018
With the Commission and Parliament both starting their last legislative year, one of the last challenges left on the political agenda is what to do about single-use plastics. The proposal currently making its way through Parliament is to ban the sale of products made from single-use plastics, from cotton buds to plastic straws.
October 1, 2018
In many ways the EU acts like a customs union when it comes to migration that leads to employment.
August 23, 2018
I ordered 200 millilitres of e-cigarette fluid from my online retailer this week. Not a large quantity – it is barely a third of a pint – and yet it came in twenty separate bottles, as it always does.
August 7, 2018
Picture yourself at a friend’s house. Your Samsung phone buzzes, alerting you to low battery, but you’ve left your charger at home.
July 18, 2018
The European Commission decision in the Google Android case illustrates the difference in approach to antitrust issues between the US and EU.
June 4, 2018
The EU member states have agreed that 20 million people should be lifted out of poverty by 2020.
May 11, 2018
On May 2 the European Commission released a Communication that outlined the Union’s overall budgetary plan for the 2021 – 2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which included the proposal of a 5% funding cut to the Common Agricultural Policy.
April 11, 2018
One year after the triggering of Article 50 an acceptable deal on financial services between the UK and the EU now looks likely.
