22 Sep
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

Malmström and Froman discussed upcoming TTIP negotiations

EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström today met with her American counterpart, US Trade Representative Michael Froman, in Washington DC. The purpose of the meeting was to take stock of the ongoing negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Both sides agreed on the need to accelerate discussions and achieve progress in all areas under negotiation. To give an additional boost to the talks, contacts between negotiating teams will be intensified. “We need to intensify the pace of our negotiations....

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22 Sep
Chapter News

EIB Investment Plan for Europe

The Investment Plan for Europe aims to revive investment in strategic projects around Europe to ensure that money reaches the real economy. This should unlock additional investment of at least EUR 315bn over the next three years. What is the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)? EFSI is an initiative launched jointly by the EIB Group and the European Commission to help overcome the current investment gap in the EU by mobilising private financing for strategic investments. EFSI is a EUR 16...

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22 Sep
Member News

50 New Generation Study Abroad Teacher Grants Available

The IIE-AIFS Foundation Generation Study Abroad Enrichment Grants Program recognizes U.S. secondary-level teachers who have shown to be outstanding advocates for study abroad. The program is a professional development opportunity for teachers who have taken the Generation Study Abroad pledge to prepare their students for global citizenship and study abroad. Fifty enrichment grants of $1,000 each are available to teachers to conduct any learning activity in the United States or abroad that enhances their international outlook and global experience. About...

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22 Sep
Chapter News

ECB publishes enhanced statistics on loans to the euro area private sector adjusted for sales and securitisation

September 2015 The ECB has published new statistics on loans adjusted for sales and securitisation, providing more complete information on loans that were granted by euro area banks but are no longer recorded on their balance sheets. The enhanced method for adjusting loans for sales and securitisation enables a more comprehensive view of lending to the real economy originated by euro area banks, and improves comparability across countries. The flows and growth rates of bank loans to the euro area private sector,...

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21 Sep
Chapter News

The Euro and the Future of Europe

Speech by Vice-President Dombrovskis at the Humboldt University: | Berlin, 21 September 2015 President, distinguished guests, fellow Europeans, It is a privilege to be here at Humboldt University, where many eminent speakers have stood in the past and set out their vision on the future of Europe. And it is wonderful to be back here in Berlin. When I was here in April, I delivered a speech in the Axel Springer building. I remember looking out at the view where the Wall once stood...

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21 Sep
Chapter News

600 years after its first steps, globalization deserves a serious discussion

By João Vale de Almeida, incoming EU Ambassador to the United Nations In August 1415 , when the Portuguese kicked off the first wave of globalization by taking control of the north African  strategic port of Ceuta, they could hardly have imagined the long-term nature and extent of the process they were launching. A small country on the western most corner of Europe, Portugal had the merit of creating the first global network of trade routes and maritime outposts and of...

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21 Sep
Chapter News

Commission’s 2015 EU Consumer Scoreboard shows untapped e-commerce potential

The 2015 edition of the Consumer Scoreboard shows that cross-border e-commerce is still an under-developed market in Europe: 61% of consumers feel more confident buying online from their own country (61%) than from another EU country (38%). The 2015 edition of the Consumer Scoreboard shows that cross-border e-commerce is still an under-developed market in Europe: 61% of consumers feel more confident buying online from their own country than from another EU country (38%). The scoreboard which focuses on The Digital...

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18 Sep
Member News

The Conservative’s Case for the European Union

Those of us who believe in freedom and free markets must defend Brussels from the Euroskeptic onslaught. If the number of tasteless analogies is any indication, few things make for targets of conservatives’ disdain like the European Union. In a speech to the European Parliament in 2009, Vaclav Klaus, then the climate-change-denying president of the Czech Republic, celebrated in free market circles for the radical economic reforms he put in place in the early 1990s, comparedthe EU to the Soviet empire....

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17 Sep
Chapter News

A Brave New World for Banks

Speech by Commissioner Jonathan Hill European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union at European Banking Federation, 2015 Annual High Level Conference | Brussels, 17 September 2015 Ladies and gentlemen, This is a Commission that puts growth and jobs first. It is a Commission that wants a strong and stable banking sector that is well led, where managers take responsibility. A banking sector that is able to compete internationally and respond to the challenges of a fast moving digital...

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17 Sep
Chapter News

The state of the house price cycle in the euro area

ECB: Euro area house prices recovering House prices in the euro area have turned the corner and can be expected to gradually strengthen further, according to the forthcoming Economic Bulletin. The upturn is favourable for the economy as a whole and has posed little risk for financial stability up to now. The European Central Bank published an Economic Bulletin that discusses the current state of the euro area house price cycle and compares it with historical patterns. It finds that the...

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