It pains me that I have to write this, but Gaia-X is a harmful and expensive distraction, and it is not doing anything that will ever get us a “European cloud”, not even indirectly. Its very existence is holding back progress. For this reason, Gaia-X should be abandoned, and we should try to learn as much as possible from its failure, so we can try something else. I provide some inspiration at the end of this post.
EU countries finally adopted the platform work directive at a meeting of EU labour ministers on Monday (11 March), after Estonia and Greece, which had abstained in the past, voted in favour “in the spirit of compromise”.
Millionen Lieferdienst- und Taxifahrer großer Online-Plattformen können auf bessere Arbeitsbedingungen hoffen. Die EU-Staaten sprachen sich für neue Vorgaben...
Die EU hat sich auf eine Ausweitung des Emissionshandels verständigt. Auch der Schiffsverkehr wird künftig einbezogen. Doch nach <em>NDR</em>-Informationen wird es weiter Ausnahmen geben - unter anderem für große Jachten. <em>Von Christian Baars.</em>
High-ranking representatives of the European Commission's DG Connect will brief EU lawmakers as part of an 'in camera' meeting on Friday (12 February), after a contingent of parliament members wrote to the EU executive to voice their concerns on guidance issued for the EU's copyright directive.
In an interview with Investigate Europe, Emily O'Reilly, the European Union’s Ombudsman, criticizes the lack of legislative transparency in the Council of the EU.
Last week during the EU summit, the Portuguese Union, CGTP-Intersindical, organised the biggest demonstration in Lisbon in 20 years. How did they manage to demonstrate more or less unnoticed and without being mentioned by the media, asks Thomas Rupp, coor...
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M. Mascherini, M. Bisello, H. Dubois, and F. Eiffe. Research Report, ef18003. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, (December 2018)