The size of the sharing economy has doubled between 2014 and 2015, according to the European Commission. Along with it are new business models that EU legislation have yet been able to keep up.
At the invitation of ALDE Party President Hans van Baalen MEP, leader of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt, and Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel; liberal Prime Minis...
On Tuesday 28 June 2016, ahead of the European Council, Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament, together with ALDE Party President a...
Russia's disinformation campaigns have become a homeland security issue inside the EU. Pro-Kremlin disinformation campaigns are not only targeted at Ukraine or the Baltic states. Read on... https:/...
Connected vehicles have the potential to change the way in which we live and simplify our lifestyles. As we advance towards a driverless future, we need to start thinking about the challenges and q...
The ALDE group recently hosted a conference to discuss the EU-Cuba agreement and Cuba's path towards human rights and democracy. Civil society representatives from Cuba said the agreement failed to...
ILGA-Europe's second European Equality Gala is a unique evening of activism, politics and entertainment with the purpose of fundraising for Europe's LGBTI movement. The gala will take place on 29 J...
The marriage between Greece and its creditors can be described as one in which both partners cheat with mutual consent. However, most marriages break up when partners fail to tell each other the tr...
The ALDE group organised and hosted a hearing on 27 April about the proposed EU Directive on Contracts for the Supply of Digital Content. EU commission representatives, MEPs and industry leaders di...
Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the ALDE group in the European Parliament, pointed out the need for European intelligence capacities and capabilities and called for extending competences for Europol - t...
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (20 April 2011) - Economic policy of the eurozone needs to be decided in "dark, secret rooms", Eurogroup chief and Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker said at a c...
EUOBSERVER / HEJOSZALONTA,HUNGARY (2 April 2011) Roma community members, civil society activists and LMP MPs protest against a torchlit march of 600 members of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party and ...
EUOBERVER / LAMPEDUSA (23 March 2011) - 30-year old Khaled Harobi from Tunisia has been sleeping for two nights under the open sky in Lampedusa, after spending two days in a boat from Tunisia. Some...
EUobserver / Brussels ( 30th April 2012) - For the first time ever, two film-makers Friedrich Moser and Matthieu Lietaert delve into the world of lobbying in Brussels. With edgy shots and sinister ...
Let's talk about EU is the brand new monthly current affairs programme brought to you by the EUobserver.com. Shot in the European Parliament in Brussels, the panel debates place controversial topic...
EUobserver / Brussels (13th June 2012) - William E. Kennard's day can range from speaking at a seminar on trans-Atlantic relations, to offering advice to young congress staffers at lunch or picking...
Let's Talk about EU is brought to you by the EUobserver.com. Watch members of the European Parliament Kinga GÖNCZ (S&D), Sophia in 't VELD (ALDE), and Nigel FARAGE(EFD) chat about ways to integrate...
Let's Talk about EU is brought to you by the EUobserver.com. Watch members of the European Parliament Jelko Kacin(ALDE) and Charles Tannock (ECR) chat about EU enlargement in the Western Balkans. F...
EUobserver listening to the French President Sarkozy react to Commissioner Viviene Reding's comments that compared France's expulsion of Roma to the deportations of Jews and Gypsies during World W...
EUobserver / Brussels (26th November 2012) - Dairy farmers from all over the EU descended on Brussels Monday to protest low milk prices and the planned liberalisation of the sector in 2015. The mov...
The EUobserver has a new section on equality and respect for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people in Europe. In honour of this, the EUobserver caught up two experts on the topic . Watc...
EUobserver / Brussels (15th February 2012) - On Friday 10th February, Greek unions in Athens held a 48-hour general strike after the country's cabinet passed a package of austerity measures demande...