Industry Day future technologies report released
A new European Commission report presented at the commission’s Industry Day event on Friday has been welcomed by DIGITALEUROPE. The report was prepared by the...
EU announces new tax structure for digital companies
At the ‘Masters of Digital 2018’ industry event yesterday in Brussels, Belgium, European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici announced a proposed new tax structure for digital...
Social media companies ‘not compliant’ with EU consumer regulations
Efforts made by social media companies to improve compliance with EU consumer regulations have been criticised by the European Commission. The European Commission issued a...
Offsite construction could fix UK building sector shortage
A new report by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) shows that the UK’s is suffering a ‘severe’ shortage of construction workers, but offsite...
The Digital Single Market strategy
Roberto Viola, DG for DG CONNECT, discusses the impact of the Digital Single Market strategy, the data economy, and the practices of online platforms. In...
EU spending in Hungary needs review, say MEPs
The European Parliament’s Budgetary Control Committee has warned about potential misuse of funds and called for a review of EU spending in Hungary. The group...
Barnier defends EU’s leaked draft proposals for Brexit
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has defended leaked draft proposals which were earlier criticised by his UK counterpart, David Davis. A major point...
Possible UK single market access restrictions criticised
UK Brexit secretary David Davis has criticised a leaked EU paper which suggested it could restrict UK single market access during the country’s Brexit...
ECB calls for clampdown on virtual currencies
Yves Mersch, a member of the executive board at the European Central Bank, has called for a global clampdown on virtual currencies, such as...
‘Grand coalition’ deal struck in German negotiations
Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has agreed a new 'grand coalition' deal with the centre left Social Democrats (SPD) more than four...
