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Centrists and progressives at the European Parliament
Thursday 23 May 2019 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
French President Emmanuel Macron wants to unite the progressives in the European parliament against the threat posed by the far right, but the road is winding.
Sovereignists: much ado about nothing?
Monday 15 April 2019 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
Immigration doesn’t appear to be the only worry of Europeans, also economic fears are widespread. And analyses suggest that the success of the new populist group is far from certain.
Copyright reform, protests in view of the final vote
Tuesday 19 March 2019 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
On March 26, the European Parliament will vote on a very criticized directive. A few days before the vote, online protests are taking place.
Public enterprises will have to open up their data
Friday 01 February 2019 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
New European legislation will significantly increase the accessibility of data produced with public finances: therefore, data produced by public enterprises, i.e. companies which provide essential services such as public transport to many cities.
The EU has signed a free trade agreement with Japan
Wednesday 16 January 2019 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
In December the European Parliament approved a trade agreement with Japan. But, as the tweets of various MEPs show, criticism is hardly lacking.
EU calls for the release of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov
Tuesday 11 December 2018 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
The Sakharov Prize for human rights and freedom of thought is being awarded in Strasbourg, but the 2018 winner cannot receive it because he is imprisoned in Russia. Several MEPs participated in the Twitter campaign for his release. All the tweets and hashtags used by MEPs can be traced using EDJNet's Quote Finder tool.
Brexit in tweets by MEPs
Tuesday 04 December 2018 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
Britain’s exit from the European Union; the agreements and bargaining on the way to this notorious institutional “divorce”; the debate which has kept the Parliament busy since 2017, and has become rather heated in recent months, given the plan to reach an agreement by March 2019: MEPs post about all this on Twitter with particular frequency.
“Reverse 112”, a new public alarm system for the EU
Thursday 29 November 2018 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
In the event of of natural disaster or major emergency, authorities can send alerts or guidance to the population concerned, using the geolocation systems available on all smartphones.
A busy day at the European Parliament: SOTEU, copyright, and Hungary
Wednesday 12 September 2018 |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
The big debates on the EU's future that traditionally follow the State of the Union address (also known as SOTEU) by EC Commission President Juncker at the European Parliament did not grab all the attention of Brussels-watchers today.
Copyright reform: the forthcoming EU directive we'll all be worrying about in a few years time
Wednesday 13 June 2018 |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
On June 20, the Legal Affairs committee of the European Parliament will vote on a proposed directive for Copyright reform. Sounds obscure? It is actually a hotly debated topic: the new directive may well shape how the internet will look like in a few years, among other things changing how linking and uploading of contents works.
