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The European Union already has 27 members and other countries want to join, but how does a country join the EU, EU affairs? It has to meet a number of criteria, the first of which is that it must be in Europe. In addition, it must be a democracy, have a free market economy and […]

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Antoinette Nikolova, founder of the Balkan Free Media Initiative, presented the main findings of a report entitled: “The Invisible Hand of Media Censorship in the Balkans”. The report is the first report of the Balkan Free Media Initiative which was launched in the Brussels Press Club (12 October). The report shines a light on the […]

On global tax reform, the key question is whether US President Joe Biden will be able to persuade Congress to support the changes needed to implement a global plan to tax multinationals more fairly, writes Dick Roche. Dick Roche is a former Fianna Fáil politician. He was the minister of state for European affairs when Ireland conducted the two referendums on the Treaty of Lisbon of the European Union, in 2008 and 2009. When the OECD launched its Base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) taxation...

Trouble for Facebook and major challenge for Europe DISCLAIMER: All opinions in this column reflect the views of the author(s), not of EURACTIV Media network. 25-05-2021 A cameraman films the logo of the European Court of Justice (SCJ) in Luxembourg, 05 October 2015. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on 6 October 2015 announced its verdict in the case of Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland over Schremss claims that his privacy data was allegedly violated Facebook within the sco...

There is a parallel between the position in which the European Union is today and that in which Ireland found itself in 2001, following the rejection of the Nice Treaty in a referendum, writes Dick Roche, commenting on the Conference on the Future of Europe. Dick Roche is a former Fianna Fáil politician. He was the minister of state for European affairs when Ireland conducted the two referendums on the Treaty of Lisbon of the European Union, in 2008 and 2009. On the surface, the odds on the Co...

For seven decades the United States and Europe have been moving in different directions on the right to privacy, and these days a major clash on the issue is now very much in prospect, writes Dick Roche.

The findings of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the two cases arising from complaints against Facebook by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems highlight the fundamentally opposed approaches towards data and personal privacy in the EU and the US, writes Dick Roche. Dick Roche is a former Fianna Fáil politician. He was the minister of state for European affairs when Ireland conducted the two referendums on the Treaty of Lisbon of the European Union, in 2008 and 2009. The cases also s...

Bluster, bluff and a freewheeling approach to facts have been the hallmark of the attitude of Boris Johnson to the problems Brexit posed for Northern Ireland, writes Dick Roche. Dick Roche is a former Fianna Fáil politician. He was the minister of state for European affairs when Ireland conducted the two referendums on the Treaty of Lisbon of the European Union, in 2008 and 2009. In 1691 the Treaty of Limerick marked the end of the Williamite War in Ireland. Key provisions in the Treaty were b...

The Dual Mandate system, allowing TDs and Senators to also serve as councillors, was abolished by the Local Government Amendment Act of 2003, in time for local elections the following year. But that is not stopping Independent TD Verona Murphy from keeping her ear close to the ground and her finger on the parochial pulse by taking the unusual step of attending county council and district council meetings in the county, which have recently been held on Microsoft Teams. Members of the public are ...