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EU Privacy and the Cloud: Consent and Jurisdiction Under the Proposed Regulation
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Cloud computing allows dramatic flexibility in information processing—and on a global basis. Its technology permits data transmissions that span the globe. Computing activities now shift from country-to-country depending on load capacity, time...
Sweden should follow the Baltic lead and join NATO
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Since the well-publicised mock attacks on Stockholm by Russian Tu22-M3 heavy bombers over Easter, and the subsequent lack of a Swedish military interception, the local media has returned to an oft debated issue – that of NATO membership. For a...
A never-ending story of obsession
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Events over the last few days should not come as a surprise. Mr Cameron has for a while now been unable to impose his authority upon his party on the issue of EU membership. Even though he has expressed the wish to keep Britain in the EU (albeit the...
EU Privacy and the Cloud: Consent and Jurisdiction Under the Proposed Regulation
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TweetCloud computing allows dramatic flexibility in information processing—and on a global basis. Its technology permits data transmissions that span the globe. Computing activities now shift from country-to-country depending on load capacity,...
What can Europe do for young people?
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In response to Wat kan Europa voor de jongeren doen? (translation: What can Europe do for young people?) by Bart Staes (Belgian MEP for Greens/EFA), published in Knack on May 9, 2013. “Ask not what your country can do for...
The Commissioner will sue David Cameron for the way he treats the Poles
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You could say – this is a model operation with the use of national and European “forces and resources.” When David Cameron warned that he will be turning the bolt for immigrants, including immigrants from the EU, there was an unusua...
Table ronde sur la médiatisation du sport féminin en faveur de la pratique du sport pour toutes
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“Comment améliorer la couverture médiatique du sport féminin pour favoriser la pratique du sport pour toutes?” C’est à cette question que tenteront de répondre les six intervenants réunis pa...
Solar Plane breaking Records but not fit for commercial Traffic
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During May 2013 a solar-fuelled plane, piloted by two entrepreneurial Swiss citizens, is crossing the USA from California to New York, with a few stop-overs in major cities. It is an unprecedented event aiming to encourage policy makers and business...
The Commonality Policy Crisis, Part 2: Chemicals
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Commonality, the technique of manufacturing a perception that we all agree on something, allows activists to design evidence light, communications rich campaigns. Some recent victories by anti-chemicals activists show that you don't need facts or evi...
9 mai Journée de l’Europe : Prendre conscience du projet européen et réactiver le militantisme européen
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Le 9 mai, fête de l’Europe, en cette année européenne de la citoyenneté, est le moment de rappeler l’importance de la construction européenne pour les citoyens, que nous sommes, dans sa dimension int&eacu...
The importance of diagnostics in steering Europe’s healthcare future
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With its Contract for a Healthy Future, the medical technology industry acknowledges its role and responsibility in maintaining high-quality, affordable healthcare in Europe despite an ageing population and constrained budgets. This industry commitme...
Divesting from coal is not ideology but climate science – a reminder for the EBRD
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The energy director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has made astonishing statements about coal investments prompting Bankwatch’s EBRD campaign team to react. posted on the Bankwatch blog by Fidanka Bacheva-McGrath, Bankw...
L’enjeu de la féminisation de l’immigration : que font les Etats ?
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Il est aujourd’hui un nouveau défi qui se pose aux Etats en matière d’immigration : celui de la féminisation des migrations internationales. Alors que jusqu’alors le visage du migrant était celui d’...
Romanii, victime ale dumping-ului social german
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Sindicalistii germani considera ca romanii si bulgarii care lucreaza in industria agroalimentara germana au fost redusi la conditia de sclavi industriali. Revista franceza Nouvel Observateur a publicat acum cateva luni un articol foarte critic...
Cyprus débâcle: Commission and ECB reply to my questions
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Last month, I blogged some questions which, I thought, needed answering by the Commission and the ECB about the chaotic circumstances surrounding the Cyprus bail-in/out. The questions were tabled by my colleague Sharon Bowles before the ECON meeting...
Critique on the ex cathedra pronouncement of Barroso that there is no eurocrisis
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The present author finds it pertinent to express the feeling of amazement that is always born in him following an exposition to the Olympian pronouncements of the European Commission’s President, Mr. José Manuel Barroso; amazement not in...
To Protect Poles in Britain
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David Cameron is a professional. When announcing (in the Polish media too) the crackdown on immigrants, he was setting the stage for concrete decisions. The government’s plans were declared in the House of Commons by the Queen in her speech pre...
Opt-outs britanniques: le Premier Ministre vient d’entrer dans la tourmente
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Le voyage à Washington apportera-t-il un peu d’oxygène à David Cameron ? On peut en douter. Certes la BBC vient de souligner qu’il attend beaucoup du succès de la négociation commerciale transatlant...
Young project managers in the consortium – does the age difference matter?
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Consortium building and the involvement of the best experts is one of the most important steps of the project development. The project team is working hard together for several months on the proposal to be successful and to receive a positive evaluat...
The EU should only target 45 per cent CO2 Reductions 1990-2030
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The EU is in the process of defining its energy/climate policy beyond 2020. This is timely for two reasons: European business needs to be fixed on the policy framework for their long-term investments related to energy, transport, buildings, grids etc...
