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ECIPE and ZPP Conference: Renewing Efforts to Create the Digital Single Market
What are the key areas for digital change in the near future? And how can Europe make greater progress towards creating a Digital Single Market? These were the key questions covered by a high-level...
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The European Commission’s pharmaceutical innovation incentives review is at risk of serious overreach
Philip Stevens is executive director of Geneva Network, a UK-based research organisation working on international innovation and trade policy. Over the summer, the European Commission (EC)...
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Is Mona Lisa smiling or laughing at the MEP’s vote on Netflix?
The Members of European Parliament voted for the local content quotas on online media platforms. But, did Europe have this quota when its culture was prosperous, like during the Renaissance? The...
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Brexit: Leaving the EU – what lies ahead?
The current Brexit debate is mainly about the transition period which will probably follow the UK’s exit from the EU in March 2019. I say probably because, while both sides agree on the principle...
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Posted Workers in the EU: Social Dumping vs Competitive Advantage
There are concerns that posted workers in the EU dump working conditions and have a depressing effect on salaries. These individuals are temporarily sent abroad for work purposes, and are often seen...
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China’s Growing Soft Power: Should Europe Protect its Cultural Industries?
One of the notable aspects of China’s foreign policy in recent years has been the increasing focus on developing soft power. Beijing has arguably invested more in this area than any other country...
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Data Localization in the EU: The Threat from Inside
As growth in the EU has remained low and the usual channels for recovery such as greater investment or an increase in the working-age population remains far-fetched, the omen is on creating higher...
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EU Services Part I
The issue of immigration is currently a hot debated topic and is often put in connection with globalisation and the current political backlash. Both are actually two sides of the same coin. If goods...
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The European Market is a Common Market
By Serena Sileoni, Deputy Director, Instituto Bruno Leoni The EU originated and developed in order to secure for consumers and producers the benefits of a single space for transactions...
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Unleash Entrepreneurial Discovery for Development of Real Digital Economy
By Meelis Kitsing, a lecturer at the Estonian Business School, Director of the Centre for Free Economic Thought The European Union has adopted smart specialization strategy in its innovation...