Parliament power struggle over DSM
Two influential committees in the European Parliament are locked in a power struggle to control the digital single market strategy. Parliament last week assigned the lead role to Internal Market and...
View ArticleOnline warzone
The Internet is the new underworld front line. Police, judges, lawyers and prosecutors must be trained to combat cybercrime, argued speakers Thursday on a European Commission cybersecurity panel....
View ArticleOn telecoms, the Council and the Parliament are soon parted
How quickly hopes can be dashed in Brussels. National ambassadors of the 28 countries in the European Union agreed Friday to a compromise proposal for sweeping telecommunications legislation, but as...
View ArticleCouncil to Parliament: talk to the hand
The Council on Wednesday rejected demands from the European Parliament to abolish mobile phone roaming faster and equalize access to the Internet. This was the latest blow for the so-called Connected...
View ArticleEuropean Union or mean girl?
Is the European Union that awkward kid in class with low self-esteem who bullies her frenemy to feel better about herself? That may be the perception in the US. Catherine Novelli, the US under...
View ArticleGoogle’s European mea culpa
Google’s European chief executive acknowledges that the company has mishandled its messaging in Europe and is offering an olive branch to the European Commission. Matt Brittin, who oversees Google’s...
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Uber expands in France, despite crackdown
Uber expanded its ride-sharing operations into the French cities of Strasbourg, Nantes and Marseille this week, inciting local taxi drivers to fury and resisting a government crackdown. Uber already...
View ArticleParliament’s FIFA smackdown
The European Parliament plans to weigh in Thursday on the FIFA corruption scandal with a resolution that calls on president Sepp Blatter to step down immediately. The motion demands that the...
View ArticleTelecoms breakfast turns out to be waffle
A breakfast meeting Friday touted as the make-or-break moment for the telecoms single market package proved disappointing to participants, who had hoped for progress towards banning mobile roaming...
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Google’s latest product: Google Politics
After years of playing hardball in Europe, Google is turning on the charm. From parties at Brussels hot spots to face time with politicians and millions spent on lobbying, the U.S. tech giant is trying...
View ArticleEC outlines Google Shopping antitrust case
The European Commission on Thursday night sent a redacted version of its charge sheet against Google to more than six parties that complained that the Internet giant discriminated against them in...
View ArticleEU inches towards telecoms deal
In a last-ditch effort to end on a high note, the Latvian Presidency of the European Council appears close to forging a deal that would ban mobile phone roaming charges and secure equal Internet access...
View ArticleCommission objects to Danish telecoms merger
The European Commission on Tuesday sent a list of concerns to telecoms operators Telenor and TeliaSonera over their plans to merge their mobile operations in Denmark. The official statement of...
View ArticleA ‘most difficult’ EU summit
Terrorist attacks in three countries Friday overshadowed the end of a two-day summit of European leaders, who agreed on weak efforts to stem the migrant crisis and postponed negotiations over Greece’s...
View ArticleMobile roaming charges ban in 2017
After months of delay, European negotiators finally agreed early Tuesday morning to a provisional deal on reforms that will secure open Internet access and eliminate mobile phone roaming charges...
View Article#EuropeanCommissionMIA
With 140-character fiery outbursts between politicians juxtaposed against sudden demonstrations in Syntagma Square, the Greek crisis has reinforced how dramatically Twitter has changed the mode, speed...
View ArticleUberPop suspended in France
Uber has pulled the plug on its ride-sharing service UberPop in France, after protests by Paris taxi drivers turned violent last week and two of their top executives were arrested Monday and will stand...
View ArticleParliament’s panoramic drama
What started as a battle over whether people should be allowed to take photos of public buildings and artworks has devolved into a Parliamentary fight. At the heart of the matter is “freedom of...
View ArticleEU telecoms reforms take leap forward
A package of EU telecoms reforms to secure open Internet access and ban mobile phone roaming charges moved closer to fruition Wednesday after the Council approved a deal struck with the European...
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Parliament pushes ‘privatization of the skyline’
A petition calling for the EU to extend the right to unrestricted use of photographs of landmarks in public spaces gathered more than 480,000 signatures by the time it was delivered to the European...
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