A renewed Industrial Policy Strategy
EU industry seems to be on a solid path to recovery from the crisis with growth in both employment and value added. Industry creates jobs across the economy and is responsible for the bulk of investme...
22 Nov 20175min
Understanding the EU customs union
The EU customs union has become the world's largest trading bloc. While customs rules are the same across the EU, national customs authorities do not always apply them in a consistent manner. Therefor...
28 Sep 20175min
Introducing a European services e-card
Cross-border provision of services in the EU is relatively common, and is undertaken by an increasing number of entities, especially in sectors such as construction and business. Despite this fact, ma...
28 Sep 20175min
EU sustainability criteria for bioenergy
The Bioenergy is generally produced from plants such as agricultural crops or trees, Et is a renewable but finite energy source, and considered as climate-friendly, However, its production and use has...
7 Sep 20176min
Reform of the e-Privacy Directive
The Commission published a proposal in January 2017 for a new e-Privacy 'regulation. The aim is to reform the existing 2002 legislation to adapt the e-Privacy rules to the new technological reality, a...
7 Sep 20177min
Creating opportunities: the EU and students
Over 105 million young Europeans are part of national education systems at different levels. Our briefing reviews progress in reaching common objectives to address the most pressing concerns in EU edu...
29 Jun 20170s
EU Agricultural Policy – Current priorities and challenges
The Commission's public consultation exercise on the simplification and modernisation of the Common Agricultural Policy closed on 2 May 2017. It received in excess of 320,000 online responses. The ini...
29 Jun 20175min
Major challenges for EU tourism and policy responses
Tourism is the third largest industry in the EU, and vital for employment, economic growth and regional development. Despite the impact of the economic crisis, tourism has benefited from growing numbe...
11 Mai 20177min
