Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

ECB | Empowering Europe: boosting strategic autonomy through the digital euro and the vital role of cash

A member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mr. Piero Cipollone, is promoting the digital euro in his speech Empowering Europe: boosting strategic autonomy through the digital euro. He also pays attention to cash: The vital … Lees verder

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Sustainable finance and household microdata | EBF

Europe wants to monitor and analyse every citizen from day to day and maybe has justifiable reasons to do so (sometimes this is outsourced to companies). Yet the question is whether collecting all this detailed financial data, also called ‘microdata’ … Lees verder

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Latombe case CJEU and the EU-US data transfer agreement

Euractiv published an article on the Latombe case at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): French MP Latombe could become ‘Schrems III’ despite procedural hurdles.

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Surprise! The US is a democracy

The European Parliament on 11 April published a press release with the title ‘MEPs and US lawmakers discuss continued partnership on strengthening democracy‘. According to this publication there was a meeting between a US Congressional delegation and members of the … Lees verder

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The future of anti-money laundering bureaucracy in the EU | EBA

In a recent newsletter the European Banking Authority (EBA) informed the public it is supporting “the smooth transition to the new legal and institutional AML/CFT framework“: While the new EU AML/CFT package is now legally in force, the EBA will … Lees verder

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Publication by the EBA on consumer risks – where are SMEs?

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published an article on its report on consumer risks [*]. I keep finding it extraordinary that financial regulators have no interest in small and medium-sized enterprises, while they are as weak against the big financial … Lees verder

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Sophie in’t Veld on the de-regulation myths of the EU | AML, CFT, surveillance

Sophie in’t Veld published an article on the de-regulation myths of the EU, mentioning the political selectivity of de-regulation: The de-regulation agenda is rather selective and ideologically driven. EU technocratic lingo really means dialling down climate policies, human rights and … Lees verder

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European support for SMEs in complying with sanctions

The European Commission started a service to support European SMEs in complying with sanctions, read the announcement on the EU Sanctions Helpdesk. From their infographic:  

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Sophie in ´t Veld’s letter to the Commission and European Data Protection Authorities | Time for de-risking: transatlantic data flows under Trump II

Former member of the European Parliament Sophie in ´t Veld published her letter to the Commission and European Data Protection Authorities on transatlantic data flows. From the letter: However, there is one area where the European Union is conspicuously silent: … Lees verder

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AI worries of La Quadrature du Net | Hiatus Coalition

The French NGO La Quadrature du Net is very worried about the use of artificial intelligence in modern society.   Some of the AI-articles of La Quadrature du Net: 14 February 2025 – AI Action Summit: Accelerating, whatever the cost: … Lees verder

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