31 May
Member News

The Weekly Vulcan View | Analysis of Latest EU Developments May 27 – 31

Key Events This Week Race on for the European Commission Presidency The race for the top jobs in the European Institutions has begun. The special summit of the European Council was held in Brussels on Tuesday – the first meeting where leaders tried to push their preferences for the top job in the executive branch of the European Union. Manfred Weber, supported by Angela Merkel, is the Spitzenkandidat for the Conservative European People’s Party (EPP). The self-confessed ‘man of parliament’ does...

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30 May
Member News

ACG Resources recognized on the Forbes list of  America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms -2019

For the second year in a row, ACG Resources has been recognized on the Forbes list of  America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms -2019   Collecting intensive marketing data, Forbes, Inc. set out to identify the most well-respected and productive recruiters throughout the country. Compiling a list of 250 firms, ACG was proudly named among the best recruiting firms based on recommendations from thousands of recruiters, professionals, and hiring managers.   With an industry filled with over 20,000+ firms, this is truly an honor...

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29 May
Chapter News, Financing for Development/UN SDG's, News

The European Commission, European Investment Bank and Breakthrough Energy Ventures establish a new €100 million fund to support clean energy investments

Brussels, 29 May 2019 Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe (BEV-E), a new €100 million investment fund was established by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and Breakthrough Energy Ventures during the Fourth Mission Innovation Ministerial meeting in Vancouver, Canada.           The fund will help develop innovative European companies and bring radically new clean energy technologies to the market. It will support Europe's best clean energy entrepreneurs whose solutions can deliver significant and lasting reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The first of...

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29 May
Chapter News, News

Digital Single Market: European Commission publishes guidance on free flow of non-personal data

Brussels, 29 May 2019 Today, the European Commission published a new guidance on the interaction of free flow of non-personal data with the EU data protection rules. As part of the Digital Single Market strategy, the new Regulation on the free flow of non-personal data, which has started to apply in the Member states, will allow data to be stored and processed everywhere in the EU without unjustified restrictions. Today's guidance aims to help users – in particular small and...

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29 May
Member News

The European Commission, EIB and Breakthrough Energy Ventures establish a new EUR 100 million fund to support clean energy investments

Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe (BEV-E), a new EUR 100 million investment fund was established by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and Breakthrough Energy Ventures during the Fourth Mission Innovation Ministerial meeting in Vancouver, Canada.   The fund will help develop innovative European companies and bring radically new clean energy technologies to the market. It will support Europe’s best clean energy entrepreneurs whose solutions can deliver significant and lasting reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The first of its kind, it caters to...

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29 May
Member News

Trump Administration Announces Plan for Immigration Reform

By Jorge Lopez, Shireen Karcutskie and Elizabeth Whiting | Littler In an announcement on Thursday, May 16, 2019, President Trump unveiled an outline of his new legislative plan to modernize the nation’s immigration framework, promising to “establish a new legal immigration system that protects American wages, promotes American values, and attracts the best and brightest from all around the world.”1 In introducing the plan, President Trump announced, “e are proposing an immigration plan that puts the jobs, wages, and safety of...

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28 May
Chapter News, News, Trade & TTIP Related

OECD warns global economy remains weak as subdued trade drags down growth

May 21, 2019 Global growth slowed sharply in late 2018 and is now stabilising at a moderate level. Escalating trade conflicts and dangerous financial vulnerabilities threaten a new weakening of activity by undermining investment and confidence worldwide, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook. The global economy is expected to achieve moderate but fragile growth over the coming two years. Vulnerabilities stem from trade tensions, high policy uncertainty, risks in financial markets and a slowdown in China, all of which could...

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28 May
Chapter News, News, Trade & TTIP Related

European Council calls for an ambitious approach for a competitive single market

The Council today adopted conclusions on "A new level of ambition for a competitive single market". These conclusions are the Council's response to recent calls from the European Council for an integrated, forward-looking approach to the single market, which should connect all relevant policies and remove remaining unjustified barriers and avoiding creating new ones, in particular on freedom to provide services and on digitalisation. The single market is a huge achievement and a cornerstone for the robustness and the global...

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28 May
Member News

GDPR: One Year Older But Are We Any The Wiser?

By Brian Johnston, Mason Hayes & Curran We have survived the first year of living with the GDPR. After all the panic and hard work, we look at what has happened in the last 12 months and what can be learnt. Security breach notifications a plenty What has happened? Over 89,000 notifications had been filed since May 2018. With a regime where over-notification suffers no penalty, but failure to notify could incur a fine, one could not blame businesses for taking this approach. This approach, however,...

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28 May
Chapter News, News

EU Parliament releases updated seat projection for new Parliament- Election 2019

New, updated seat projection for the new European Parliament based on final and provisional results in 27 countries and estimates in one more: Provisional results 28-05  This new projection is based on: • Final results in 13 countries: Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, UK. • Provisional results in 14 countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, • National estimates from one country: Ireland Turnout estimates indicate a significant increase in...

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