EU cross-border payments in euro are very cheap or even free in euro area Member States (priced as domestic payments) but still expensive in non-euro area Member States. The two amendments proposed by the Commission in March 2018 to the Regulation on c… read more
On 13 February 2019, negotiators from the three EU institutions agreed to continue their discussions on moving towards a joint mandatory Transparency Register. The European Parliament negotiators, Vice-President Sylvie Guillaume and Chair of the Consti… read more
President of the European Commission Jean-Claud Juncker said: “The speed at which we were able to reach an agreement pays testimony to the urgent need to create European level rules on foreign investment screening. We want Europe to keep the most open … read more
Digital Single Market: EU negotiators reach a breakthrough to modernise copyright rules Yesterday, the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the Commission found a political agreement to make the copyright rules fit for digital era in Europe a… read more
Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.2% in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28 during the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In … read more