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EU Parliament Votes to Give Green Labels to Nuclear and Gas
July 06, 2022
Nuclear and natural gas-fired power plants will now be able to be marketed as sustainable investments on financial markets thanks to a recent vote in favor of the measure by the European Commission.
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European Commission proposes €1B in aid to Ukraine
July 06, 2022
Following concerns of a financial crisis in Ukraine, the European Commission proposed to provide €1 billion in loans as macro financial assistance as part of the €9 billion aid package announced over a month ago.
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Finland Digital ID Part of a Wider “Digital Compass” Project for Digital Transformation by 2030.
June 29, 2022
Finland’s government has made a legislative proposal that it plans to put before the parliament in the fall introducing an application that will be used for digital identification with the goal of using it in everyday life, from shopping to dealing with authorities.
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EU Ministers Approve Landmark Climate Measures
June 29, 2022
EU governments backed efforts to cut emissions after seventeen hours of negotiations between the bloc’s national environment ministers who agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent this decade moving the proposal forward to go before the European Parliament.
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Hungary Veto’s EU’s Global Corporate Tax Plan
June 22, 2022
The European Union failed to implement a global corporate tax rate of 15 percent before the end of France’s six-month presidency due to a last minute veto of the plan by Hungary as tax initiatives require unanimity to pass in Brussels.