Saturday

5th Sep 2015

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News in Brief

  1. UN climate chief: No such thing as ideal pace for pre-Paris talks
  2. UK to accept 'thousands more' Syrian refugees
  3. Talks next week to soothe Northern Ireland tension
  4. Putin wants new 'coalition to fight terrorism'
  5. Lithuanian President: We must show solidarity on migration
  6. ECB signals plan to buy more bonds
  7. Report: Bulgaria and Hungary turn to Israel for fence technology
  8. EU to start destroying Mediterranean smugglers' boats

Andre Wilkens and Markus Rhomberg

EU needs a European Media Fund

Instead of gambling away our future as suppliers of journalistic content to Silicon Valley platforms, we should create our own European media initiative.

EP adopts 'watered down' copyright report

MEPs have adopted keenly-awaited proposals they'd like to see in the commission’s forthcoming copyright reform, but they were roundly criticised by all sides.

Freedom to take photos divides MEPs

Freedom of panorama, which allows you to publish photos of copyrighted buildings, is "under threat", and Pirate MEP Reda is willing to sacrifice her report.

Feature

EU to analyse role of Facebook and Google

The EU will start an assessment into the role of online platforms. But the increased influence of internet companies has already been discussed by 'internet critics' for several years.

Juncker defends authors' rights

"I have a sort of erotic relation to news-print, to smell it", the commission chief joked, saying the EU shouldn't follow the US model on authors' rights.

Stakeholders' Highlights

  1. DiesisFacility Management in the Healthcare sector & ECVET in Europe: 15/09, Brussels
  2. EJCCalls For Immediate Suspension of EU Labour Union Head After Anti-Semitic Abuse
  3. EIPAEU Agencies in the Post-Lisbon Regulatory Framework: Luxembourg, 17-18 Sept. 2015
  4. Centre Maurits CoppetiersConference on Democracy & European Emerging Values: 10 September, Barcelona
  5. European Festival AssociationEFFE Award Ceremony and Community Launch - Paris, 27 September
  6. EDRIOnline privacy for kids? Help us crowdfund a textbook!
  7. Red CrossGlobal initiative seeks local solutions to global problems
  8. ACCANew Report asks the world's smallest businesses "Are You Ready For Growth ?"
  9. FACEThe Return of The Wolf To The European Landscape: EU Parliament, 15 Sep 2015
  10. ICRCWeapons: ICRC sounds alarm on arms trade

Peter Teffer

Copyright: Anatomy of a controversial report

The EU parliament's text on copyright has sailed through committee, but only after a long fight by its author, including on prejudice against her political colours.

EU commissioners at odds over geo-blocking

EU digital commissioner Andrus Ansip and his fellow commissioner Gunther Oettinger are at odds with one another over the need to abolish the practice of restricting online content based on someone's location.

MEPs' Highlights

  1. Cecilia WikströmHungary tearing down wall in ’89, putting up wall in 2015 – ALDE MEPs urge Commission to act before border fence is built
  2. Cecilia WikströmCynical to see leaders haggling over the number of asylum seekers
  3. Eva PaunovaEva Paunova supports Alliance for YOUth
  4. Danuta HübnerDanuta Hübner will chair the AFCO Hearing on The institutional future of the European Union within and beyond the Treaty of Lisbon
  5. Cecilia WikströmEC proposal on migration Important step to tackle immediate crises, but more needed to solve the root causes
  6. Jerzy BuzekClusters form 'the backbone of EU regional policy'