Celebrities aren't the only ones who should care about their personal data being kept safe. The Parliament plays a key role in deciding who the European data protection supervisor should be for the next five years. The supervisor is in charge of protecting personal data and privacy as well as promoting good practice in the EU institutions and bodies. Today the EP's civil liberties committee will question the candidates from 19.00 to 22.30 CET, while the vote takes place...

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Rome, Italy | October 14, 2014 “Let me also recognize and tribute Mr Gucht,  whose service to his mission and his country over the last several years and decades have really distinguished him as a leader in Europe, and as his day comes to an end soon, I am enormously grateful for our partnership. The highest compliment a trade negotiator can say to someone else is that he’s a good sparring partner. Karel has been a good sparring partner, and...

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More information in TTIP here: https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ttip/

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Dr. Andreas Dombret Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank | Speech at the American Council on Germany, Chicago | Tuesday, 14 October 2014 Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for the invitation and the opportunity to speak here today. There are surely few places more aptly suited for a meeting of the American Council on Germany than Chicago. In the aftermath of the failed German Revolution of 1848, Chicago welcomed Germans seeking political or economic refuge. The German...

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The Security Jam focuses the brain power of thousands of experts around the world on key security issues. VIPs and thousands of experts from the security world and security enthusiasts will pitch their ideas to world leaders. The Security Jam organised by the Security & Defence Agenda (SDA) will run entirely online from October 14-16. Over 3 days and across 6 discussion forums, participants will log on to a state-of-the-art online collaboration platform to discuss topics as diverse as strategic...

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In a May 13, 2014, ruling, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)—the European Union’s highest court—acknowledged that under current EU data protection law, EU citizens have the right to request that internet search engines, such as Google, remove search results directly related to them. This landmark ruling on the “right to be forgotten” ensures that citizens—not algorithms—are in control of the online information available when their name is entered in a search engine. This right is not absolute, but is...

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Speech by Dr. Andreas Dombret Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank at Brookings Institution in Washington DC | October 8, 2014 Thank you for having me here today. It is a privilege to speak at an institution as distinguished as Brookings. For almost a century now, this institute has provided essential analytical input for the work of policymakers around the world. Naturally, this includes central banks such as the Bundesbank. And it is at the Bundesbank that my speech...

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In a set of annual reports adopted today, the European Commission has assessed the progress made over the past year by the countries wishing to join the EU in the Western Balkans and by Turkey, and the challenges ahead. Presenting the annual Enlargement Package, Commissioner Štefan Füle said: "Five years ago, we set out to strengthen the credibility and the transformative power of enlargement policy. We put a particular emphasis on three pillars: rule of law in 2012, economic governance...

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Rotterdam, 7 October 2014 | Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade Ladies and gentlemen, I don't think I can think of anywhere in Europe, and perhaps even in the world, that would be a better place to talk about trade than Rotterdam. Well… maybe if we were in the Port of Antwerp… but there I'm showing my Belgian colours! These cities live and breathe trade. They also have a special role among statisticians. When experts look at Trade statistics, they need to...

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