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EU telecoms regulation poses competitiveness dilemmas

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EU

The European Commission is reviewing the EU regulatory framework for telecoms. In reforming the framework, and adjudicating on current telecoms mergers, policymakers face a…

SNP to bide time on independence from United Kingdom

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UNITED KINGDOM

With the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and 2015 UK general election behind them, parties in Scotland are starting to focus on the May 2016 Scottish Parliament elections.

Italy’s EP elections may worsen populist relations

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ITALY

Italy and EU elections.

Central Europe's slow rate rises will aim at growth

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The MNB’s first rate rise in a decade responds to headline inflation rising to the highest rate in the EU. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) decision to bring forward raising interest…

EU gender strategy will struggle to close rising gaps

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EU

Her Commission is making a concerted push to advance gender equality. To that end, it has brought forward an integral element of its 2020 Gender Equality Strategy (GES): a draft…

Prospects for the EU to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for the EU to end-2017.

London’s EU-UK customs plans would be unworkable

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EU/UK

The UK government remains divided over how its relations with the EU’s customs union should be arranged after Brexit, while the EU is unimpressed by any of the suggestions put…

Germany may weaken the West's response over Russia

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GERMANY

A more hesitant Scholz used softer language on responses to a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. His remarks reflect internal German divisions on taking robust action…

Biden offers a new impetus for US-German relations

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GERMANY/US

While the election of Joe Biden will facilitate the return of a more trusting and cooperative German-US relationship, Trump’s actions and tone toward Western Europe and Germany in…

German government will push for EU reforms

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GERMANY

Baerbock used the occasion to push publicly for ambitious EU reform proposals on issues such as qualified majority voting (QMV) and making representation in the European…