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The Case for a European Data Policy
By Richard Robert, Executive Director, ParisTech Review The digital single market is a fact. Neither a project, nor an ambition, just a fact. Only thing is, it is in no way limited to European...
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Are Europeans Ready to Embrace the Digital Society?
By Alastair Reed, Renaud Thillaye, Policy Network The European Commission has just set out bold ambitions for a digital single market but achieving the buy-in of member states for pan-European...
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Corporation Tax and the Digital Single Market
By Diego Zuluaga, Institute of Economic Affairs & EPICENTER Tax policy has featured prominently in discussions of the EU’s digital economy for some time. Unfortunately, much of the...
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Migration Seen From Brussels
Much talk and attention in recent weeks to the streams of migrants heading across the Mediterranean to Italy and Malta, and to the large numbers of them that have drowned (over 1800 this year). Seen...
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Who in Europe is Successful in Exporting in Digital Sectors?
Earlier this month the European Commission presented its new strategy of the Single Digital Market. Several of DG Connect’s most important goals are to give everyone a fast connection to an open...
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Should the European Union be Inspired by Obama’s Actions on Immigration?
President Obama’s recent executive order on immigration has triggered a big debate not only in the U.S. but also in Europe. The president did not propose an outright amnesty for illegal...
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Why Europe Needs to Take TPP Seriously
There's no point any longer in pretending: The geo-economic race over the Asia-Pacific is now on - and in the open. Will the TPP coalition declare victory at the next week's APEC summit – and...
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East African Community and the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreement: Do African Countries Suffer from the Victim Complex?
By Maria Salfi (Intern at ECIPE) A week has passed and the deadline to ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) missed. African countries are at the borderline, giving up 12 years of...
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#ECIPEdebates: Will Malmström Change the Course of EU Trade Policy?
Following the nomination of Cecilia Malmström as the new European Commissioner for Trade, ECIPE asked its Twitter followers whether the new Commission would change the course of EU trade policy. In...
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EU Reform and the European Parliament Elections
There is a confusing debate going on about how to interpret last week’s European elections. A fairly considerable body of opinion suggests that the rise of the populists, extremists and protest...