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  • Europe Prepares for G20 Crisis Meeting

    March 9, 2009

    The European Competitiveness summit should look very different this year. The March 19-20 meeting will be struggling to finalise an EU position for the April 2 crisis meeting of the G20 in London on the basis of the Commission’s Communication. Negotiations will take place against a profoundly uncertain economic backdrop where there are major potential risks to national economies across Europe and beyond. I have talked with old friends in Brussels who believe that the...

  • Larosière Report to Bring Comfort to the Commission?

    February 26, 2009

    In the next few days the European Commission will tell us how Europe’s regulatory regime for financial services should be reformed in the aftermath of the credit crisis. As a starting point the Commission has the report from Jacques de Larosière’s taskforce, which was commissioned by President Barroso last October and published earlier this week. No doubt this report will give comfort to the Commission, for it spells evolution not revolution, recognises the limited competence...

  • Need help with Google Analytics? Guess who rides to the rescue.

    February 23, 2009

    Google is the big friendly monster, out to hug you and provide you with all sorts of free help. In some way, it is sort of frightening. But those of us who help build websites for a living shouldn't complain when the 'Analytics Evangelist', the man behind Google Analytics, offers advice on how to use that service. The Official Google Blog is publishing a series on measurement, and the first article discusses bounce rates. If...

  • Economic Crisis Exacerbates Tensions

    February 17, 2009

    The economic crisis is exacerbating tensions across the EU. President Sarkozy has done his bit, stating on television that while French manufacturers can make cars in India which are for sale to Indians, they should not make cars in the Czech Republic which would then be sold in France.  He apparently called for the repatriation of car manufacture to French soil. Sarkozy’s remarks could not have come at a worse time for the Czechs. The...

  • Enviro.aero wins a gold medal(lion)

    February 13, 2009

    Admittedly this was not the type of award that led to long blubbering acceptance speeches (or in fact had an award ceremony), but it was accompanied by a gold medal (the digital variety).  Enviro.aero, a cross-industry aviation and environment web resource, won Best New Aviation Website in the Flightglobal Webbies 2008. Enviro.aero is the website of FH client ATAG, The Air Transport Action Group, a global association that represents all sectors of the air transport...

  • Can Europe Provide Leadership in Copenhagen?

    February 9, 2009

    It’s maybe hard to think of global warming as we shiver in the coldest European winter for two decades, but there are just nine months to go before COP15,  the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen, which may well determine whether or not the world can respond to a threat to our planet which scientists are convinced will lead to catastrophic change unless we act fast.  So can Europe provide the leadership in Copenhagen?...

  • Join Us: Roundtable Discussion on WEEE and RoHS Directives Recast

    February 7, 2009

    In the coming months the recast of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) Directives will be a key legislative dossier for the new European Parliament Enviornment Committee and one of the main environmental priorities of the Swedish EU Presidency of the Council of Ministers. As the legislative process begins in earnest, Fleishman-Hillard offers all interested parties the opportunity...

  • Now, what’s the definition of dialogue?

    February 4, 2009

    Kudos to the EPP group for their new website - DialogueTV. It features a centrally placed, embedded video player and an easy channel-selection feature, allowing one to watch videos sorted into the areas of Climate Change, Demographic Change, A Prosperous Europe, A Safer Europe and Europe in the World. It looks and feels a lot like the EPP-ED tv site, coincidentally. The Welcome to DialogueTV (Winter Introduction) video says, "Please do send us your questions...

  • EUtube watch continues

    January 28, 2009

    It's been five days and we almost missed the new fun EU Tube video. While it's no Chemical Party or Romanticism in European Films, it is a well done clip. The challenge this time again is to identify all the film references. Resident film expert Rob completed this task in about 15 seconds... scroll down for his answers. [youtube=http://uk.youtube.com/profile?v=Nptn2WEmp3I&user=eutube] Also, it's starting to become pathetic how eagerly I look forward to the next EU Tube...

  • A two-way street

    January 28, 2009

    It's good to see that the PSE group is not just streaming video from its website, but using it as a two-way street for communication. According to an announcement yesterday, the Young European Dream conference will be webcast, and those young Europeans not in Brussels will not only be able to watch, but also submit questions via email and the live blog. This is what makes the 'digital' communications so much better than watching something...

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