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Trade Deal Allows Chinese Staff to Work in EU for 3 Years
January 14, 2021
According to Politico, The EU-China investment agreement that Brussels agreed upon with Beijing, if ratified by the European Parliament, will make it easier to bring Chinese staff into the European Union, where they will be able to work for up to three years in subsidiaries of Chinese companies.
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EU to Investigate Hungary for Ignoring Asylum Ruling
January 14, 2021
According to reports by a Budapest-based NGO, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Hungary is continuing to force would-be asylum seekers back into Serbia and will be receiving a formal European Commission notice for ignoring a recent EU court ruling on asylum.
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Debate over Vaccine Passports in EU
January 13, 2021
According to Politico, as Greece promotes the implementation of a vaccine passport, opponents to the scheme argue that such passports would endanger privacy and the fundamental rights of Europeans by dividing people into categories according to health status.
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Brookings: The CJEU Judges the World on Surveillance and Privacy
January 13, 2021
Cameron F. Kerry, writing for The Brookings Institute, explores the consequences of a July 2020 judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, the main vehicle that allows transfers of personal data from the European Union to the United States.
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EU Leaders Oppose President Trump Twitter Ban
January 12, 2021
Forbes reports that multiple European Leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are condemning Twitter's decision to ban U.S. President Donald Trump from their platform, calling the move, "perplexing" and "problematic".
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