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Belgian Official Objects to EU Transactions Tax Provisions
January 29, 2016
Belgian Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt has announced his concerns that a deal among ten countries in the EU - including Belgium - establishing a tax on financial transactions could harm the Belgian financial system and raise the cost of financing public debt.
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European Regulators Eye Potential Action on US Data Use
January 29, 2016
The New York Times reports that European officials, including the head of France's privacy regulator and a leader of EU data-protection officials Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, are considering legal action against US technology giants in case US and EU officials fail to reach a deal on online data protection by the beginning of February.
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Goodman: Only Brexit Delivers Real UK-EU Change
January 29, 2016
Paul Goodman writes on Conservative Home that, because UK Prime Minister David Cameron's renegotiation of competences with the EU does not guarantee treaty changes and thus might be set aside by other countries or the Court of Justice of the EU, the only opportunity for meaningful reform of Britain's relationship with the EU is for voters to side with leaving the bloc.
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Commentator: US Must Intervene in Crisis-ridden Europe
January 27, 2016
Arguing that, in part due to recent American indifference, Europe is in "shambles," journalist Natalie Nougayrède calls on the US to intervene in Europe to keep the EU together, improve defense policy, and cooperate to resolve the migration crisis.
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Europol Launches Counter Terrorism Centre
January 27, 2016
Law enforcement organization Europol recently announced at a meeting of European justice and home affairs ministers in Amsterdam that it will launch a European Counter Terrorism Centre that will seek to enhance cooperation and information-sharing, including on financial transactions, to combat organized crime and foreign fighters.
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