[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the EU-China summit opens in Brussels today, new research points to a “delivery gap” on clean energy, which is making the EU level less relevant to Beijing than individual member states, or the US. China’s clean energy reforms “have exceeded all expectations” in recent years,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today Transport Ministers from 12 European Member States, CEOs and over 1000 transport stakeholders joined the high-level transport conference 'TEN-T Days' in Riga, organised by the European Commission, in cooperation with the Latvian Presidency. The trans-European networks (TEN-T), which are at the core of the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]AFTER 30 years of intense convergence in the car industry – a period that has seen most mass-market products and brands evolve toward near-interchangeability – shifting dynamics appear to be pushing cars into an unpredictable new future. This shift has not been triggered by the abrupt,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Franco-German attempts to secure changes within the Eurozone without treaty changes threaten to undermine UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s EU reform efforts. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_single_image image="8575" alignment="center" border_color="grey" img_link_large="" img_link_target="_self" qode_css_animation="" img_size="full"][vc_empty_space height="20px" background_image="" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]French daily Le Monde reported yesterday (26 May) that Franco-German proposals to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Why a Better Regulation Agenda? The 2014 European elections showed that many citizens are concerned with what they perceive as an undesirable level of EU involvement in their daily lives. While some of this can be put down to misunderstanding about the EU's actual work, and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]General Motors has launched a parts-buying program that forgoes conventional supplier bidding. Instead, GM inspects suppliers' factories and analyzes their internal cost data. Suppliers who agree to the procedure, dubbed the One Cost Model, get contracts for periods ranging up to the life of a vehicle. GM,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Internet and digital technologies are transforming our world – in every walk of life and in every line of business. Europe must embrace the digital revolution and open up digital opportunities for people and businesses. How? By using the power of the EU's Single...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A negotiating brief on the “Juncker” plan for a European Fund for Strategic Investments to guarantee growth and job-creating investment was backed by the Budgets and Economic and Monetary Affairs committees on Monday evening. But MEPs contested plans to feed the fund from the EU...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Putting an end to profits from the trade of minerals being used to fund armed conflicts while promoting responsible sourcing from conflict-affected areas is the aim of the European Parliament’s Report on an EU system for supply chain due diligence self-certification of responsible importers of...