Archive

Year: 2016

  • Is Poland on track for Sustainable Development?

    August 29, 2016

      FleishmanHillard Brussels and Warsaw have assessed the new Polish Strategy for Responsible Development, which sets the country's vision for climate and energy policy. While the strategy sets out a number of goals, such as modernising the energy sector, diversifying energy sources, energy security, decreasing primary energy use, safeguarding a more wide-spread use of renewables, and the deployment of nuclear energy and support for low-carbon transport, it fails to provide consistent action points on how these...

  • FleishmanHillard’s analysis of the Commission’s strategy for low-emission mobility

    July 20, 2016

    On the 20th of June the European Commission published their strategy for decarbonising transport towards 2030. FleishmanHillard has analysed the communication, putting it in context and highlighting where and why it matters. FH Anlysis of the Decarbonisation of Transport Strategy...

  • Brexit- Ensuring Business Continuity

    July 1, 2016

    The UK’s vote to leave the EU is a historic decision that will have many consequences for business. Most immediately: What will be the future relationship between the UK and the EU? Will UK companies have access to the internal market and vice-versa? What will the impact of Brexit be on the regulatory framework affecting your sector across Europe? Businesses need to have the information and the expertise to ensure that they can manage business...

  • What If – The Impact of the UK Referendum on EU Membership on the Council and European Parliament

    June 23, 2016

    As the UK referendum on EU Membership is taking place, FleishmanHillard looks into the potential impact of a “Brexit” or a “Bremain” on the European Parliament and the Council. As you are reading our pieces, remember one thing: as of tomorrow, nothing will be the same in Brussels. WHAT IF – Council of the European Union WHAT IF_European Parliament FleishmanHillard Institutional Research Unit...

  • Notes from the Brussels Bubble: Five insights from my year as an EU public affairs intern

    June 17, 2016

    It’s a cliché, but time really does fly when you’re having fun. I arrived in Brussels last September, one of nine hopeful (and nervous) undergraduates embarking on a ten-month internship at FleishmanHillard. It’s been a year full of new experiences, big and small – everything from attending COP21 in Paris to getting lost (a little too often) in the corridors of the European Parliament. I’ve worked with some great people and learnt a lot about...

  • Endocrine Disrupters: All this… For that?

    June 17, 2016

    Yesterday was one of those days for Commissioner Andriukaitis; a day where he finds himself defending the Commission’s position on endocrine disrupters*(ED) in front of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Yesterday was a little bit more special than usual though as he came with the long-awaited proposed ED criteria. Heated exchanges were expected. All the protagonists were in the room, ready to play their part. Mr. Poc for the S&D, Mrs. Grossetête for the...

  • Brussels moves ahead on Circular Economy

    June 14, 2016

    Circular Economy aficionados are busy in June. Both the legislative proposals on waste and the broader circular economy action plan are on this month’s institutional agenda! Today the Industry Committee (ITRE) discussed the draft opinions on the waste proposals. Tomorrow, the Environment Committee (ENVI) will discuss the draft reports. Next week, the action moves to the Council where Member States will discuss and adopt conclusions on the Circular Economy Action Plan on Monday 20 June. If...

  • Reviewing Europe’s financial services regulatory framework – A conversation with the Director General

    June 14, 2016

    The Financial Services Practices Practice organised a roundtable with Olivier Guersent, Director-General of DG FISMA at the European Commission.   The main topic for this Q&A moderated by Martin Bresson, senior advisor at FH, was the Review of Europe’s Regulatory Framework for Financial Services.   The lunch time event took place at FleishmanHillard’s Brussels offices on 14 Jun 16...

  • Brexit picture: what would the UK’s tech sector look like?

    June 6, 2016

    With only a couple of weeks left until the referendum on the UK’s membership in the EU, articles and analyses on Brexit make the headlines almost every single day. For the tech industry a potential Brexit is a major issue, given that every aspect of the economy and of our lives has been digitised, and we are dealing with an increasingly cross-border market. Through the Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, the European Commission wants to...

  • 25 Years of Shaping the Future

    May 31, 2016

    FH Brussels Celebrates its 25th Anniversary Rain clouds cleared and public transport strikes were put aside as former and current staff, friends and clients gathered at Cercle du Lorraine to celebrate 25 years of consultancy excellence. FleishmanHillard, the largest consultancy in Brussels celebrated their milestone anniversary on the evening Tuesday May 31st. Global CEO John Saunders kicked off the evening with a toast to the agency’s transformation into EMEA’s leading public affairs consultancy. The team...

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