[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Brussels - A week before the start of a Brussels summit on climate goals, member states disagree on various points of the so-called climate and energy policy framework for 2030. During the summit, government leaders will try to agree how the bloc's 28 countries will counter...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jean-Claude Juncker, the president-elect of the European Commission, confirmed last night that he is shuffling the portfolio allocation for the nominees to be in the next Commission college. Maroš Šefčovič, the Slovakian commissioner, will replace Slovenia’s Alenka Bratušek as the nominee to be vice-president for...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The European Commission and Europe's data industry have committed to invest €2.5 billion in a public-private partnership (PPP) that aims to strengthen the data sector and put Europe at the forefront of the global data race. Mastering big data could mean: up to 30% of the global...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2013, economic conditions remained challenging for SMEs in most Member States. Economic results suggest there is a recovery, but it is uneven and not yet following a robust trajectory. These are the conclusions of the annual SMEs Performance Review and country-specific SBA factsheets published...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Meeting in Brussels on 25 and 26 September, ministers in charge of competitiveness looked at ways of strengthening industry in the EU and discussed the forthcoming review of Europe's 2020 strategy, which is the EU's 10-year plan for growth and competitiveness. Industrial competitiveness Ministers held a policy...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The use of smartphones in motor vehicles - already a near-ubiquitous phenomenon - is the most disruptive trend in the automotive infotainment business today, presenting both challenges and opportunities for automakers and their processor semiconductor suppliers, according to IHS. The most promising prospect for automotive processors...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Purchase by ZF Friedrichshafen Will Create World's Second-Largest Auto Parts Supplier The merger, announced Monday, establishes an automotive parts supplier with potential annual revenue of about $41 billion, ranked No. 2 after Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH and ahead of Japan's Denso 6902.TO in Your Value Your Change...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today the European Commission has invited Member States to propose projects to use €11.9 billion of EU funding to improve European transport connections. This is the largest ever single amount of EU funding earmarked for transport infrastructure. Member States have until 26th February 2015 to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today, President-elect Juncker unveiled his team and the new shape of the next European Commission. After the European Union has come through one of the most testing periods in its history, one of the biggest challenges will be to convince citizens that things will change....
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What do small and medium sized enterprises in Europe need from future EU policy? This is the core question of a consultation the Commission launched today to help upgrade the EU's Small Business Act (SBA). The SBA - a wide-ranging set of measures designed to...