08 Mar
Brexit News, Member News

The Weekly Vulcan View For March 4th – March 8th 2019 Featuring Analysis Of The Latest EU Developments

Key Events This Week: Brexit – last ditch efforts before key Westminster votes In order to persuade Labour MPs to support Tuesday’s vote on the draft Withdrawal Agreement, the government is unveiling plans to boost workers’ rights by announcing an additional clause to be inserted into the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill. The new provision would allow the House of Commons to vote on whether to opt in to future...

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08 Mar
Uncategorized

EU-U.S. Joint Statement: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports from the U.S. continue to rise, up by 181%

Since their Joint Statement of 25 July 2018 in Washington D.C., when President Juncker and President Trump agreed to strengthen EU-U.S. strategic cooperation including in the area of energy, EU imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. have increased by 181%. The firstEU-U.S. Energy Council High-Level Forum will take place on 2 May 2019 in Brussels. The release of these new LNG figures coincides with European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström's and Secretary-General Martin Selmayr's visit to Washington...

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08 Mar
Chapter News, News

United Nations Secretary-General’s remarks on International Women’s Day 2019

Warm greetings on International Women’s Day.This year’s observance falls at a time when our world faces many global challenges, from climate change, inequality, armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies to the weakeningof commitment to multilateralism.Gender equality and women’s rights are fundamental to addressing each of these challenges. We can only re-establish trust and rebuild global solidarity by challenging historic injustices and promoting the rights and dignity of all. We can only achieve sustainable development and peace by drawing...

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08 Mar
Brexit News, Member News

Three ways to map out your supply chain in preparation for Brexit

By Gregor Schmidt, Regional Leader - Europe | RSM Paralysed by uncertainty, many businesses around the world are struggling with the lack of clarity over the future relationship between the UK and EU. While the UK prime minister, Theresa May, has just returned from Brussels with a withdrawal agreement, its unpopularity with the UK parliament means there is still the prospect of a ‘no-deal’ or even another referendum. Whatever the fate...

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07 Mar
Member News

Will 2019 Rebound From A Slow Q4 2018?

By James D. Rosener & M. Corey Connelly | Pepper Hamilton Deal activity in the domestic M&A market was extremely robust, with initial reports of the total value of deals consummated in the United States exceeding all recent years other than 2015. Despite the boon of dealmaking last year, market volatility in December 2018 caused concern among deal professionals that activity would slow. A closer look at deal activity in...

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07 Mar
Chapter News, News, Uncategorized

Judy Asks: Europe—Is the System Broken?

The latest edition of Carnegie Strategic Europe’s Judy Asks column was inspired by the 6th Mercator European Dialogue on the theme “Europe: Is the System Broken?”, which was hosted by the German Marshall Fund and its project partners in Rome on February 1–3, 2019. The column features five members of parliament from the Mercator European Dialogue parliamentary network and three Mercator European Dialogue experts. The Mercator European Dialogue is a network of members of parliaments from across the...

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07 Mar
Member News

ING publishes its 2018 Integrated Annual Report

ING today published the 2018 ING Group Annual Report, an integrated report designed to provide a broad range of stakeholders with an overview of our financial and non-financial performance in 2018. The report includes a detailed explanation of our strategic direction in the 'Strategy and how we create value' chapter, including a value creation model. Chapters including the 'World around us', 'Our business', 'Innovation and transformation', 'People', and 'Risk and capital management' give in-depth...

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06 Mar
Brexit News, Chapter News, News

Railway safety and connectivity with the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit – Council agrees its position

The Council's Permanent Representatives Committee today granted the Romanian presidency a mandate to negotiate with the European Parliament on a temporary extension of the validity of certain authorisations, certificates and licences to ensure continuity of train services between the EU (France and Ireland) and the United Kingdom without disruption in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a negotiated agreement. The aim of this extension is to allow bilateral agreements between an EU member state and the...

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06 Mar
Chapter News, News, Uncategorized

Improving EU-U.S. Cooperation in Civil Society Support in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans

By Rosa Balfour, Nicolas Bouchet, and Joerg Forbrig The European Union and the United States devote considerable funds and programs to supporting civil society in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans – support that is being confronted with old and new challenges. Closing civic space is now entrenched in many countries and the means to undermine civic actors has become more sophisticated. The sustainability of civil society organizations (CSOs) remains a challenge. This requires the EU and the United States to work with...

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06 Mar
Chapter News, News

ECB and Bank of England activate currency swap arrangement for possible provision of euro to UK banks

● Bank of England will offer to lend euro to UK banks on a weekly basis ● Bank of England to obtain euro from the ECB in exchange for pound sterling ● Eurosystem would stand ready to lend pound sterling to euro area banks, if a need arises The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England have decided to activate a standing swap line through which the Bank of England will offer to lend euro to UK banks on a weekly...

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