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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 initiative, the Obama administration, while supportive of the project’s aims, was cautious. The U...
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 Schrems's claims that his privacy data was allegedly violated Facebook within the scope of NSA mass surveillance programs. [Julien Warnand/EPA/EFE]