Belgium Presidency hopes for 11th-hour deal with watered-down platform work directive on 05/02/24
Following failed interinstitutional negotiations over the platform work directive last week, the Belgium Presidency circulated yet another draft text, which significantly waters down the file’s flagship chapter on the legal presumption of employment. Solar industry calls for ‘emergency measures’ as manufacturers prepare to leave Europe on 05/02/24
European solar panel manufacturers have warned they are “poised to shut down manufacturing lines” unless the EU takes emergency measures to save the sector, such as a buy-out of their inventories, which have piled up in recent years due to an influx of cheaper versions from China. EU equips single market for crisis management on 02/02/24
The European Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on Thursday (1 February) on legislation aimed at ensuring the smooth functioning of the single market during crises. What’s the point of economic forecasts? on 02/02/24
At a time of increasing geopolitical uncertainty, is predicting the future of the world economy useful - or even possible? Germany’s Lindner wants to topple EU corporate due diligence law on 01/02/24
German liberals have confirmed the abstention of the German government on the EU’s proposal for a corporate due diligence law that would see companies becoming liable for human right breaches in their supply chains. French Greens urge Macron to form ‘anti-Mercosur coalition’ on 01/02/24
In a letter sent on Wednesday (31 January), France's Greens called on President Emmanuel Macron to form a coalition with EU countries that also oppose the EU-Mercosur deal in its current form - an idea Macron's camp has already dismissed as hopeless. EU-US trade and tech talks stutter as decisive April meeting looms on 01/02/24
Top EU officials struggled to keep EU-US trade and tech talks alive this week, with pressure on both sides of the Atlantic rising to lock in a final policy deal before the November US presidential election. ‘The outlook is not so good’: IMF cuts eurozone growth forecast on 31/01/24
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its growth forecast for the eurozone this year, as the continued impact of the energy crisis and weak consumer demand raise growing concerns about the currency union’s economic resilience. EU floats Hungary compromise before decisive Ukraine aid summit on 31/01/24
EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday (1 February) are likely to propose holding an annual debate on a planned €50 billion Ukraine aid package, but without the possibility of a yearly veto, in a bid to overcome opposition from Hungary, according to draft summit conclusions. France’s Attal pledges to ‘de-bureaucratise’ France in first major speech on 31/01/24
France’s freshly-appointed Gabriel Attal vowed to take down bureaucracy and regulatory weight in a large-scale speech on Tuesday (30 January), joining a growing call across the EU to cut back on red tape.
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