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09 August 2010 |
 A Brussels kerfuffle broke out in mid-July when Ireland blocked European Commission plans to declare Israel a "safe harbour" for the personal data of EU citizens, writes Stephen Gardner. The declaration would have removed restrictions on transfers of information to Israel – for example employee or health records – and would have undermined the role of EU national data protection authorities, which presently have a right of veto over any transfers that do take place.
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06 August 2010 |
One of the responsibilities of Eurojust, the EU agency established in The Hague to help with criminal prosecutions involving two or more EU states is to mediate when the much-maligned European Arrest Warrant (EAW) causes problems, writes Stephen Gardner.
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26 July 2010 |
Although they are an endangered species nowadays, numbering only 13 out of Britain's 72 elected euro-representatives, UK Labour Party MEPs will play an important role in the Labour leadership election, writes Stephen Gardner.
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20 July 2010 |
 The European Commission July 20 published a review of European Union law enforcement systems and databases, as a first step in evaluating them to establish if they continue to fulfil a useful function and provide value to policing authorities, writes Stephen Gardner.
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20 July 2010 |
Articles published on Euro-correspondent.com are almost as influential in Brussels as those that appear on BBC and Financial Times blogs, an independent survey has found.
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24 June 2010 |
The European Commission June 24 sent a warning to the United Kingdom, threatening a case at the European Court of Justice if the UK does not strengthen the powers of its data protection authority so that they comply with the European Union's Data Protection Directive, writes Stephen Gardner.
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14 June 2010 |
 The European Commission has quietly put a figure on the vast windfall that some of the most polluting corporations in Europe will get, courtesy of the badly thought out European Union emissions trading system (ETS), writes Stephen Gardner.
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01 June 2010 |
Look closely enough at last week's European Commission communication on 'moving beyond a 20 percent greenhouse gas reduction' and you will spot a scandal, writes Stephen Gardner.
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