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AeroWeek - European aerospace industry presents policy manifesto to EU decision-makers

Brussels, 3 December – Senior representatives of the European aerospace industry were gathered this week in Brussels for a series of events during which they raised awareness of the challenges faced by the sector, as well as of its initiatives in the fields of innovation and the environment.

Lessons to be learned from Irish Government’s lack of leadership

03 December 2010, Brussels – That the present Irish government mismanaged the benign economic conditions that prevailed, and ultimately left the country unprepared for the subprime crisis in 2008, is not news. More relevant is to question how the political system of the Republic of Ireland, and its manipulation by the Fianna Fáil party, left that country so vulnerable to the excesses of neoliberal globalisation and the catastrophic crash which followed. David Kitching, of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), does just that.

GE Executive Reveals Promise of Energy Evolution for EU

Address at IEEE Smart Grid World Forum Shows a Cleaner, Smarter, More Productive Future will be Fueled by Choices Government, Utilities and Consumers Make Today

Ogilvy Group Belgium Awarded DG Environment Framework Contract for “Strategic development and implementation of communication campaigns”

BRUSSELS, Belgium –3 December 2010 – Ogilvy Group Belgium today announced that it has been awarded the framework contract for strategic communication campaigns for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment. The contract is worth a maximum of 2.5 million euro per year and is renewable twice for a total contract period of three years. Ogilvy PR/ Brussels will manage the relationship with the Commission, working closely on the campaigns with Ogilvy & Mather / Brussels and experts from the agency’s network across Europe.

EU Telecoms Council – 3 December - ETNO members reiterate their willingness to further contribute to success of the Digital Agenda

BRUSSELS – ETNO, which represents the main investors in both mobile and fixed next generation networks, calls upon the EU Telecoms Ministers to create conditions to stimulate private sector investment. These should allow operators to further contribute to achieving the Digital Agenda objectives – and in particular, the targets for fast and ultra-fast broadband deployment and take-up.

Parking Rights Worldwide

Supporting accessibility and personal mobility with information on parking rights worldwide

FIA, Brussels launches www.fiadisabledtravellers.com today to mark the Day of People with Disabilities, with the aim of providing information about disability parking permit schemes around the world.

Jeux et paris en ligne : EGBA dépose une plainte auprès du Conseil d’Etat relative au « droit au pari »

L’Association européenne des paris et jeux en ligne (EGBA) a déposé aujourd’hui une plainte auprès du Conseil d’Etat relative au droit au pari. Cette plainte vise à clarifier les objectifs du droit au pari afin d’apporter toute sécurité  juridique aux opérateurs agréés en France.

Ce droit a en effet été créé par l’article 63 de la loi du 12 mai 2010 relative à l’ouverture du marché des jeux en ligne dans une logique de rémunération des frais exposés par les fédérations et organisateurs notamment pour la détection et la prévention de la fraude.

Edenred

Edenred is the world leader in transactional solutions for companies, employees and merchants, with business volume of more than €26 billion generated in 2017, of which 78% through digital formats.

Dieter Zetsche re-elected ACEA President

Brussels, 3 December 2010 - The Board of Directors of ACEA, the Brussels based European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, has re-elected Dieter Zetsche as its President. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars Division, will remain ACEA President until the end of next year.

The Centre for European Studies published a policy brief: GDP and its enemies: the Questionable Search for a Happiness Index

by
Johan Norberg

The financial crisis and global warming have led to a crisis of confidence in our traditional ways of measuring wealth and as a result, a number of alternative indexes have been proposed.

However, in the CES policy brief, Johan Norberg looks at the alternatives to the GDP and concludes that they are constructed with a specific political agenda in mind and are easily manipulated by governments.

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