Recent EU news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the European Union as reported in our fortnightly newswire.
European Union: Reintroduction of border checks
Business travelers using EU land borders may experience increased delays due to temporarily reintroduced passport checks at numerous internal borders, whilst Finland has placed a complete bloc on its land border with Russia …
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European Union: The private education sector (2021)
According to the latest available data from the Eurostat, in 2021, the EU’s private education sector comprised a total of 855,700 enterprises …
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European Union: Unpaid internships
The final proposal to be tabled before European Parliamentary elections in June concerns the legality of ‘internships’ and ‘traineeships’ that are unpaid or poorly rewarded …
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European Union: The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
Ever since it was released by the European Commission last Autumn this measure has faced considerable resistance within the Council of Ministers …
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European Union: Annual labour costs (Q4 2023)
Over the year to Q4 2023 hourly labour costs grew across the EU by +4 …
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European Union: Actions to prevent people smuggling
The European Commission has drawn up a new Directive laying down minimum rules to prevent unauthorized entry, transit, and stay in EU Member States, plus a proposed regulation to reinforce police cooperation on this issue …
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European Union: Governments relent on EU platform Directive
Last year, the European Commission launched its attempt to force companies using “platform” modes of operation to convert self-employed workers into regular employees …
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European Union: Revision of European Works Council Directive
Back in 1994 the European Works Council (EWC) Directive was introduced to ensure that employees were consulted about major decisions in multinational companies …
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European Union: Romania, Bulgaria set to partially enter Schengen zone
As of 31st March 2024, air and sea border controls between the Schengen Member States and Bulgaria and Romania will be lifted, but land border checks will remain in place for the time being …
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European Union: 41% of people employed as scientists and engineers are women (2022)
41% of people employed as scientists and engineers were women in 2022 …
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European Union: Online course participation (2023)
A Eurostat survey in 2023 found that 30% of Internet users aged 16 to 74 completed an online course, or used online learning materials during the three months prior to the survey date …
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European Union: Controlling the uncontrollable
That part of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which concerns itself with international data transfers is easily one of the least effective and pointless parts of the regulation …
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European Union: Preliminary text for Directive concerning platform workers
Currently, some 28 million workers across the EU operate on a platform basis, of which some 5 …
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European Union: Political agreement on the AI Act
The final text of the Act will not be released for a few weeks, but the fundamental elements have been set out in a press summary …
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European Union: Inaction results in ECJ referral
Although the EU formally adopted its Directive on “Work-Life Balance” in 2019 three countries failed to transpose it within the implementation window …
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