Comitology Newsletter #66 - Sept. Oct. 2020

The Comitology Newsletter is a 4-page summary of the month’s most important developments in EU secondary legislation. Main news this month: - Taxonomy jargon, George Orwell and Newspeak - Commission under pressure on taxonomy delegated act - Implementing act on vaccine exports creates political storm - Leading NGO calls for more transparency in secondary legislation

EPPA Comitology Newsletter #70, 2021

The EPPA Comitology Newsletter is a 4-page summary of the most important developments in EU secondary legislation. - Lobbying and public affairs: an evolving profession. New procedures and new actors require new skills - CLIMATE CHANGE: First delegated act on taxonomy approaches finishing line - Staying in the loop: delegated acts and Perm Reps - COMITOLOGY PROCEDURES: Electronic voting more than doubles since start of pandemic - When Sherlock Holmes tracks comitology votes…

2021

Comitology Newsletter #69, March 2021 - Taxonomy edition The Comitology Newsletter is a 4-page summary of the month’s most important developments in EU secondary legislation. This edition focuses on taxonomy. Main news this month: - Taxonomy: what’s it all about? - The Commission and Taxonomy: a respectful call to order - Report of the Sustainable Finance Platform: an anaesthetised advisory committee - Taxonomy delegated act: what chance of a veto?

2012

Blog discusses China's dispute with the EU, Japan and the United States over the tariffs and export quotas on rare earths. The authors find that rare earths are nothing worth fighting for. Later, Charlemagne wonders whether or not a new European Commission proposal to give itself the power to close public-procurement markets to companies from countries deemed not to reciprocate in allowing European firms to compete for their public contracts is to protect the EU's trade, or to help Nicolas Sarkozy in his election campaign.

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2019

I. January Date 2 German Chancellor Angela Merkel underlines the need of the '27 states in Europe' to 'stand united as a community' and expresses her hope of working with French President Emmanuel Macron in ensuring the EU's future. 3 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, make a common announcement supporting the right of states to have more control over immigration, particularly their right to reject migration quotas. 3 After criticizing the Cologne police for sending a New Year's tweet in Arabic, Beatrix von Storch (deputy leader of the Alternative for Germany party), becomes one of the first people to be affected by a new law aimed at curtailing hate speech and illegal online content. 3 Austria's Vice-Chancellor and far-right leader Heinz-Christian Strache proposes that housing asylum seekers should be placed in barracks, with a curfew restricting their movements. 3 The EU's latest reform of the financial markets, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II, is launched. It aims to boost transparency and address some of the root problems of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. 7 Former Norwegian minister Trond Giske, deputy leader of the Labour party, announces his resignation amidst allegations of sexual harassment. 8 Prime Minister Theresa May unveils the new minister in charge of a nodeal Brexit-MP David Davisas part of a cabinet reshuffle. 8 European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker calls for the EU27 to contribute more money to the EU joint long-term budget (over 1 per cent of the bloc's GDP) post-Brexit. 9 In the absence of common EU rules, five EU commissioners meet representatives of online platforms in Brussels in the EU Internet Forum to discuss the spread of illegal content online, including online terrorist propaganda and xenophobic, racist or hate speech.

2018

Experts from EUROPEUM react to the European Council Meeting 2018

Stem cells and development, 2014

An opinion presented to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the patentability of parthenotes challenges the court's own competence in a notorious case on human embryonic stem cells.

2019

Experts from EUROPEUM react to the European Council Meeting 2019

2010

What's in a name-one wonders, after listening to some reactions to the "State of the Union" speech delivered by Commission President Barroso at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 7 September. The intuitive, subliminal association with the American tradition of the US President's annual "State of the Union" address to Congress, in fact, triggered a wave of reactions and comparisons that, in turn, dwelt more on the form than the substance of the message sent to the elected representatives of the European citizens. Editorial: States of the Union 1 New avenues for the EU budget 3 EU blues? The future can be brighter 5 Strategic partners: where from and what for 7 BEPA News 9 September 2010-Issue 39 brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by Archive of European Integration bepa monthly September 2010-Issue 39 2 US Congress held in the House premises on Capitol Hill at the beginning of the year, in which the President not only reports on the condition of the nation but also articulates policy priorities and outlines his legislative agenda. Such an address, however, is not followed by a plenary debate-as opposed to what happened in the EP earlier this month. Back to the future This said, President Barroso did exactly that: he gave his assessment of where we stand-in September 2010-and illustrated plans and proposals for the months ahead, looking both back and forth.