This month, skills and training for the labour market have been in the spotlight across Europe. First, we look at the European Parliament’s Culture Committee draft report which calls for greater support for VET, lifelong learning and for promotion of worker mobility. Secondly, we have...
On February 5th, the European Parliament Directorate-General for Internal Policies Policy Department B published its latest study: "The World is Changing. Transport Too." Read below for the abstract: "The European population is growing and ageing. Mobile information and communication technologies are developing rapidly. Global competition and the...
At the beginning of the year, CLEPA successfully launched its REMAN Policy Working Group in order to raise awareness and gain support from policymakers on a European and international political level by promoting Remanufacturing. The first meeting of the WG took place on the 18th of...
CLEPA has been selected by the European Commission to be a member of the High Level Group GEAR2030, the EC consultation process for sectoral policy in the automotive industry, which was officially launched at the end of last year. The High Level Group will discuss the...
[caption id="attachment_9838" align="alignnone" width="546"] Brussels, January 21, 2016, assignment for ACEA at their annual meeting. © Fred Guerdin ©[/caption] On 21 January 2016, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) hosted a reception in Brussels on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. After Secretary General Erik Jonnaert had...
Detroit. ZF was the only automotive supplier to host President Barack Obama at its North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) booth during his visit to Detroit on January, 20. The company demonstrated its advanced technologies that improve vehicle efficiency and safety and makes automated driving...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] The EU and Vietnam have reached an agreement in principle in the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), after two and a half years of intense talks. Following a telephone conversation between EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After months of negotiation, Nokia sells the HERE Maps division to the German consortium, BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen for $2.71 billion. The deal would see HERE Maps turn into an open platform, which all car manufacturers can use for navigation and mapping inside vehicles. The three...