Recent EU news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the European Union as reported in our fortnightly newswire.
European Union: How do EU citizens manage their personal data online?
In 2021, 73% of the EU’s private internet users managed access to their personal data online …
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European Union: European parliament found to have broken EU rules on data
The European Parliament has escaped with a reprimand from the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) over its multiple GDPR infringements …
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European Union: Bloc could be ‘crippled’ as Romania challenges Brussels supremacy
The latest EU country to challenge the supremacy of EU law is Romania …
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European Union: Labour market slack (Q3 2021)
A new measure of “Labour Slack” indicates that the situation has returned to pre-COVID-19 levels …
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European Union: Following suit, European Commission publishes draft EU Directive to swiftly implement OECD 15% global minimum tax
The European Commission has launched a draft Directive encapsulating OECD minimum corporation tax rules, set globally last Summer …
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European Union: Home ownership rate (2020)
70% of the EU population live in homes they own, although only 29% of the population live as owner occupiers without a mortgage …
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European Union: Wage costs (Q3 2021)
Over the year to Q3 2021, wage costs rose by an average of 2 …
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European Union: Adapting to the new standard contractual clauses (SCCs)
Companies now have until 27th December 2022 to replace their Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for existing personal data transmissions to countries not considered as adequate by the EU …
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European Union: Statutory minimum wages
A controversy continues to rage about whether the European Union may introduce a Directive requiring all EU Member States to establish a statutory minimum wage …
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European Union: European Commission issues draft platform worker legislation
The European Commission has just published a new draft EU Directive on improving working conditions for platform workers …
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European Union: Directive on fair minimum wages
In spite of opposition from six EU countries that do not have a minimum wage and not having the powers under the EU Treaty to set pay levels, the European Parliament has pressed ahead with adopting a proposal for a “Directive on Fair Minimum Wages” …
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European Union: Which businesses have been hit with the biggest GDPR fines?
Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced in 2018, there have been over 650 fines for non-compliance …
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European Union: Services represented 73% of EU’s total GVA (Q2 2021)
Evidence that modern western economies are now dominated by the service sector comes from the latest figures published by Eurostat …
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European Union: Annual inflation up to 3.4% in the euro area (September 2021)
Annual inflation in the euro area rose in September 2021 to 3 …
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European Union: 80% of adults in the EU used the internet daily (2020)
The importance of the internet to people’s daily lives is underlined by the fact that in 2020, the percentage of those aged 16-74 using it daily in the EU stood at 80% …
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