Energy Union and foreign policy: EP priorities ahead of the European Council
MEPs gave their input to the upcoming summit in Wednesday’s debate with Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, and Latvian Secretary of State...
12 March 2015 - Read more
Geneva: CLEPA to bang TTIP drum in Washington
European automotive supplier body, CLEPA, says it will take its pro Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) message to Washington next month.
The component association says it believe...
05 March 2015 - Read more
Commission launches plan for Energy Union
Today, the European Commission has adopted its strategy for a European Energy Union. Energy is used to heat and to cool buildings and homes, transport goods, and power the economy. But with ageing inf...
25 February 2015 - Read more
TTIP Round 8 stakeholders events, 4th February 2015
European business and advocacy groups have expressed strong support for a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement that should not only aim at full tariff liberali...
05 February 2015 - Read more
Automotive Skills Council successfully takes off
30 January 2015 - Read more
European Commission proposes over €1.4 million from Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help former workers from Saint-Gobain Sekurit Benelux in Belgium and Zakłady Chemiczne Zachem in Poland
The European Commission has proposed to provide Belgium with € 1.3 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help 257 former workers of Saint-Gobain Sekurit Benelux to find new...
22 January 2015 - Read more
Google in talks with OEMs, suppliers to build self-driving cars
DETROIT -- Internet giant Google Inc. has started talks with most of the world's top automakers and assembled a team of global suppliers to speed its push to bring self-driving cars to market, Chris U...
15 January 2015 - Read more
Industrial policy: Waiting for Commission’s new strategy
Commissioner Bienkowska is expected to propose actions to support the EU’s industry by the beginning of the year.
Industrial policy will be “one of the main priorities” on the Latvian...
06 January 2015 - Read more
Main results of today’s TTE (Energy) Council
Climate and Energy framework
The Council held a policy debate on the 2030 Climate and Energy framework, in the follow-up to the October European Council conclusions. It focused on the new governanc...
09 December 2014 - Read more
eCall mandatory from 1st March 2018
05 December 2014 - Read more
Juncker plan: Over 100 bn euro for transport, says Bulc
The transport commissioner considers that the sector could be the main beneficiary
Transport projects are likely to be the main beneficiaries of Jean-Claude Juncker's €315 billion investment plan...
03 December 2014 - Read more
Juncker outlines investment plan
Investment fund to leverage €16 billion from the European Commission and €5bn from the European Investment Bank to invest in infrastructure projects, education and renewable energy.
The...
27 November 2014 - Read more
COSME: in the business of helping small and medium-sized firms
Representing more than 99% of EU businesses and providing two out of three private sector jobs, small and medium-sized firms are rightly known as the backbone of Europe's economy. But things are n...
20 November 2014 - Read more
Driving the future of E-Mobility
19 November 2014 - Read more
Merkel urges Europeans to speed up TTIP talks with US
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged European nations on Sunday (16 November) to speed up their negotiations with the United States over a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreem...
19 November 2014 - Read more
Horizon 2020 victim of its own success
“We are drowning in proposals,” explains Robert-Jan Smits, director-general of DG Research and Innovation
Almost one year to the day after the European Parliament gave its green light t...
19 November 2014 - Read more
Open up access to transport data, says the Commission
Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for transport, has called for further action in making transport data, such as real-time information about traffic jams and transport timetables or d...
22 October 2014 - Read more
Leaked papers show EU disagreement on climate goals
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 summ...
20 October 2014 - Read more
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
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 Š...
16 October 2014 - Read more
European Commission and data industry launch €2.5 billion partnership to master big data
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...
14 October 2014 - Read more
Excellence Awards recognise successful automotive suppliers
08 October 2014 - Read more
SMEs still struggled in 2013, in spite of signs of positive economic recovery
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 th...
07 October 2014 - Read more
Council discusses Europe’s industrial competitiveness
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, wh...
29 September 2014 - Read more