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German economic thinking has gone through a shift. Once a fierce advocate of restraint regarding subsidies and industrial policy, Berlin is looking at how to adapt to new market realities following the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Freelance interpreters in Belgium are organising to demand fair pay and improved working conditions against language service providers, building on the new European Commission’s guidelines, which allow individual self-employed workers to organise and negotiate collectively. 

Data that flows between Europe and the United States underpins the countries’ $7.1 trillion economic relationship and helps solidify the broader transatlantic alliance. Protecting the fundamental rights of EU citizens with strong privacy protections is foundational to individuals' confidence and trust, and a reliable data transfer mechanism is crucial for transatlantic businesses across all sectors of the economy. As the EU and U.S. implement the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework, join global technology association ITI, EU policymakers, and other experts at this Hybrid Conference explored how the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework can support Europe's economy and safeguard the privacy and civil liberties of Europeans. Organised by: ITI (The Information Technology Industry Council) Media Partner: EURACTIV

A petition led by citizens and NGOs calling for a ban on synthetic pesticides left a bittersweet taste after being delivered to the European Parliament in a ‘lively panel’ joined by the Commission, agriculture and environment lawmakers.

As public opinion turns against polluting industries and lawmakers mull increasingly punitive green taxes, shifting to low-carbon flying will safeguard the economic success of the aviation sector, Rome’s airport chief has said. 

AI and health: much ado about nothing or the right combo for the future of the sector? I asked this question to both artificial and human intelligence. The EU executive kicked off the week with the launch of an interesting...

Switzerland is currently looking into a potential modification of its War Material Law, which could allow third countries to re-export Swiss-made weapons to Ukraine. But with neutrality at stake, the road might be longer than proponents wish.

Twitter is facing a lawsuit in Germany over its non-removal of antisemitic content, in a case that could have broader implications for users’ ability to ensure the enforcement of platforms' terms and conditions. 

Stockholm put forth a new compromise on the Data Act, obtained by EURACTIV, touching on scope, trade secrets, business-to-government (B2G) data access, international transfers, and compensation, among other things.

Wake-up calls are pilling up at the Commission’s door asking to enforce EU rules on China over illegal fishing and human rights abuses.

The UK government has allowed the emergency use of banned bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides in England for the third year in a row just days after the EU ruled out the practice. 

The European Commission has signalled a temporary relaxation of EU state aid rules as part of a push to bolster the bloc’s clean tech industries. But many are worried that Germany will end up being the sole beneficiary of the upcoming initiative.

The Biden administration has granted a license to Trinidad and Tobago to develop a major gas field located in Venezuelan territorial waters, US and Trinidad officials said on Tuesday (24 January), marking a further easing of some sanctions on Venezuela.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the academics and lawyers urging the Belgian government to urge Iran to release Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, Finland rethinking its joint NATO bidding with Sweden, and so much more.

Local authorities must be at the forefront of the EU's climate adaptation strategy because they are the most severely affected by floods, storms and other extreme weather events caused by global warming, the bloc's former climate chief told EURACTIV.

The US has determined that some Chinese companies are providing non-lethal assistance to Russia for use in the Ukraine war and officials are noting their concern to the Chinese government, a source familiar with the matter said on 24 January.

Main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras will reveal on Wednesday in the Greek parliament the names of those under surveillance by the secret services as the so-called “Greek Watergate” escalates with the opposition asking Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to resign, branding...

Swedish ministers have laid out their health policy agenda for their six months at the helm of the rotating presidency of the EU Council: from measures to combat loneliness to the realisation of European health data space.

Out of 200 asylum-seeking children that have gone missing from hotels provided by the British, Government, 88% were Albanian, according to Minister Lord Murray, sparking outrage in Tirana over the lack of responsibility from UK authorities and the fact that...

Atomic scientists set the "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight than ever before on Tuesday (24 January), saying threats of nuclear war, disease, and climate volatility have been exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, putting humanity at greater risk of annihilation.