Macron’s pro-European agenda?
French President Emmanuel Macron in a rather blunt tone at the first session of the cabinet meeting after the country’s traditional August holiday break said: “Our system based on freedom…
For some European states, rising debt costs rekindle 2011 crisis memories
The rise in European bond yields is alarming some economists, who warn that Italy and Greece in particular do not have much wiggle room before their debt servicing burden starts…
Trade war looms over European company earnings
Investors will be watching Europe's exporters like hawks this earnings season, picking over results for signs that escalating protectionism worldwide has started to dent companies' investment plans and outlook. Much…
European regulators: We’re not ready for new privacy law
Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been billed as the biggest shake-up of data privacy laws since the birth of the web. There's one problem: many of the regulators…
Status of a partly paid supply with own value voucher in European VAT law
This paper examines the issue of partly paid supply and its status in European VAT law. A UK-based company namely, Empire Stores used for its promotion as 'self-introduction scheme' (under…
A toothless commission?
Last week, the European Parliament decided to continue Pakistan’s GSP Plus trading status, an instrument of the EU’s trade policy that aims to encourage developing countries to comply with core…
The commission report
Text analysis: In the 237-page report the term ‘fair’ or ‘fairly’ appears 82 times. The term ‘just’ appears 32 times and the term ‘mandate’ 23 times. The PTI’s allegations: One,…
Old Europe vs New Europe in race for Commission chief
Donald Rumsfeld sparked uproar among Europeans a decade ago when he depicted a split over the US-led invasion of Iraq as pitting "Old Europe" against "New Europe". The US defence…
German plan may weaken European banking union
A German plan to scale back a major element of European banking union may reinvigorate the ambitious project, but also threatens to compromise its ability to prevent future crises. If…
Musk projects his hard-right influence in Europe
He demanded new elections in Britain, promoted Germany’s far-right, blasted the European Commission — and that’s just the start. Elon Musk is pushing the hard right in Europe, where progressives…
