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EU Agency Calls for More Data on National Climate Policies
July 26, 2018
The European Environment Agency has produced a report warning that EU member states must disclose more quantitative data about the impacts and costs of their policies promoting a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as part of the EU’s climate monitoring mechanism.
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EU Members Call for Creation of Counter-terrorism Register
July 26, 2018
At a recent seminar on counter-terrorism organized by the EU’s judicial cooperation unit Eurojust, French, German, Belgian, and Spanish officials called for the establishment of a European Judicial Counter-Terrorism Register to help national authorities identify links among cases and coordinate on counter-terrorism investigations.
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Murray Calls for US Resistance to EU Antitrust Actions
July 25, 2018
Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute writes that, with its recent decision to fine tech giant Google $5 billion for “anti-competitive practices” involving the licensing of its smartphone operating system, the European Commission is seeking to “become the world’s antitrust regulator” using faulty analysis at odds with US antitrust rules.
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EC Announces New Migration Aid Package to Spain, Greece
July 25, 2018
In early July, the European Commission (EC) announced it would send over 45 million euros in emergency funding to Spain and Greece to address migratory challenges these countries are facing, as part of 1 billion euros the EC has granted in overall emergency assistance due to the migration crisis.
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EU Bodies Agree to Ban on Data Localization Laws
July 25, 2018
The European Parliament and ambassadors from EU member states have endorsed rules aimed at establishing a single European market for data storage and processing services by banning national restrictions on the geographical location of storing and processing non-personal data.
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