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Fast Company David Lumb	Europe Unveils Strategy To (Finally) Compete With U.S. Tech Titans After multiple lawsuits aimed at U.S. tech titans, the European Union is proposing a unified digital marketplace for companies in all 28 member states that would compete with the likes of Facebook and Google.
Chemistry World December 4, 2014 Ned Stafford	Plan to divert EU research cash into investment fund gets chilly response from scientists The proposal would see the money moved from Horizon 2020 into a new investment fund to bolster Europe's economy and create jobs.
Chemistry World February 5, 2015 Ned Stafford	Europe mulls laws to tackle microplastic scourge The European commission has launched a study to determine whether EU regulations are needed to ensure that the use of microplastics in consumer products is phased out as soon as possible to protect marine ecosystems.
Chemistry World January 15, 2015 Ned Stafford	New EU law set to open door to GM crops After nearly five years of debate the European parliament has finally approved a new law that will allow EU nations to restrict or ban the cultivation of GM crops within their borders.
Chemistry World October 31, 2014 Ned Stafford	Plea for EU to act on GM from plant scientists 21 top European plant scientists have issued an open letter demanding that the EU take action to ensure that they and other scientists are able to pursue genetically modified plant research.
Chemistry World May 12, 2011 Ned Stafford	Eastern European research blighted by funding shortfall While the recently released 2012 draft EU budget is set to increase research spending by 13 per cent, scientists in eastern Europe are continuing to struggle.
Chemistry World November 3, 2015 Ned Stafford	GM food and feed law falters in EU parliament Both GMO supporters and opponents applauded parliament's rejection of the proposed law.
Chemistry World April 24, 2014 Emma Stoye	European parliament backs new rules on legal highs New regulations that will make it easier to ban legal highs have been backed by the European parliament.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Microsoft Speaks Out About EU "Safe Harbor" Policy Earlier this month, the European Union undid its long-standing "Safe Harbor" policy, which allowed foreign tech companies to store data about European users in data centers outside of Europe.
Fast Company David Lumb	Continuing Its Battle With Silicon Valley, The EU Will Probe How Ads Affect Search Results The EU commission is launching a separate investigation into how online platforms list search results and how they use customer data -- all as part of a general plan for a "unified digital market" announced last week.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2014	Whatever Happened To Faster Reimbursement For Generics In Europe? The plan to accelerate generic pricing and reimbursement has become another tragic European casualty.
Fast Company David Lumb	Facebook Exec Warns That Lawsuits Will Cripple Innovation In Europe If Facebook is held back by stringent policies, European startups will be, too, argues Facebook chief of public policy Richard Allan in an op-ed in the Financial Times.
Chemistry World April 27, 2015 Ned Stafford	European parliament refuses to back diversion of research cash Key European parliament committees have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to divert euro 2.7 billion of research funding to help finance a new EU-wide economic stimulus package.
Fast Company Rose Pastore	Google Strikes Back Against Europe's Antitrust Charges Google published a blog post on Thursday responding to the European Commission's claims that some of its practices are anti-competitive.
InternetNews September 30, 2005 Jim Wagner	U.N. Management of Internet 'Unacceptable' The U.S. is flatly opposed to any proposal that cedes control of the Internet to the United Nations, despite a shift in support from the European Union.
Chemistry World July 29, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Switzerland R&D spending falls after Horizon 2020 cash freeze This check on Swiss research collaboration on EU-funded projects was in response to a vote that limited EU immigration from other member states.
Chemistry World June 25, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Austria to sue EU over UK nuclear aid The Austrian government is to file a legal challenge against the EU next week over its recent decision to allow the UK to fund a new nuclear plant using state aid.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	The EU Officially Reveals Its Plan To Reduce Silicon Valley's Power In Europe As part of its ongoing effort to reposition its economy, the European Union just formally unveiled plans to unify its fractured markets and take a more aggressive stance toward U.S. tech companies.
Chemistry World May 8, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Court rejects Spain's challenge to EU patent reform The European Court of Justice has dismissed a legal challenge by Spain to block the introduction of a single patent system in Europe.
BusinessWeek January 26, 2004	Another Battle Over European Union Rules The European Commission put its credibility on the line on Jan. 13 when it asked the European Court of Justice to review the controversial November decision by European Union Finance Ministers not to punish France and Germany for breaking the EU's financial regulations.
Chemistry World June 3, 2008	'European Partnership for Researchers' gets a lukewarm response Some observers say the proposal to create a single labor market for scientists that transcends national boundaries stands little chance of being implemented.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 David Fairlamb	A Family Feud Could Hobble The EU In the European union's corridors of power, the four biggest and economically strongest countries -- Germany, France, Britain, and Italy -- have always called the shots. Those days, however, may be gone forever.
Chemistry World June 19, 2014 Ned Stafford	EU plan to let member states decide on GM The European council of environment ministers would allow member states to go it alone and ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops.
Chemistry World January 28, 2014 Ned Stafford	Europe wants to get tough on plastic waste The European parliament has signaled that it is prepared to support an ambitious effort by the European commission to sharply reduce the level of 'dangerous plastics' in the environment.
Chemistry World April 10, 2014 Rebecca Trager	Fears free trade agreements will hamstring chemical legislation Language in two separate free trade agreements between North America and Europe that are currently in the pipeline would allow foreign investors to challenge government measures that could harm their profitability.
InternetNews March 22, 2006 Roy Mark	Lukewarm Response to Microsoft's Latest EU Offer Microsoft's offer of "free, unlimited" technical support to rivals is generating only a lukewarm response from European Commission antitrust regulators.
Entrepreneur April 2004 Joshua Kurlantzick	New World Order The European Union will soon be a bigger cash cow.
Chemistry World June 1, 2015 Ned Stafford	Scientists hail partial victory on efforts to block cuts to European research programme All-night negotiations between European politicians led to the protection of key areas of the EU's research program.
Chemistry World November 14, 2014 Angeli Mehta	European commission scraps chief scientific adviser post, dismaying scientists Leading scientists from across Europe have condemned the decision by the new president of the European commission to scrap the post of chief scientific adviser
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Why Facebook's New Photo App Won't Be Available In Europe Facebook's latest standalone app Moments won't be making its way to Europe due to privacy concerns.
Chemistry World April 7, 2014 Mico Tatalovic	EU link to Balkans' science threatened The long-term future of a steering platform on research that brought warring Balkan nations and the EU together through science is uncertain after the project that hosted it ends.
Fast Company Annelise McGough	Google Cites Free Nature Of Search In EU Antitrust Defense Google has been the subject of a formal antitrust investigation in the European Union since April, over charges that it unfairly displays its own shopping service more prominently than competitors in search results.
Food Engineering November 1, 2007 Richard F. Stier	Assessing Risk in Eastern Europe Food safety problems facing nations such as Romania are not insurmountable, but they will not be solved quickly.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2011	A Lack of Information Why has the EU still not managed to update its rules on information about medicines?
Chemistry World November 27, 2009 Ned Stafford	New nano rule for EU cosmetics A new European regulation will require cosmetics manufacturers to list any nanoparticles contained in products marketed within the European Union.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003	European Union: A Big Payoff From A Bigger EU In May, 2004, the single-market European Union will expand from 15 countries to 25, incorporating 10 Central and Eastern European (CEE) nations, with full integration into the single currency likely three to six years later. The potential pluses may well be understated.
Chemistry World April 25, 2014 Anthony King	Uncertainty dogs Swiss science in EU immigration row Swiss science is still in limbo after an immigration spat in February that saw Brussels freeze out the country from EU research and education programs.
InternetNews March 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	ICANN Approves .eu Domain Space The European Union gets a domain name space of its own after ICANN's board of directors approval.
Chemistry World June 1, 2015 Adam Brownsell	We're in it together So, whither science in the UK and the funding, education, nation even, that will secure its future?
IndustryWeek September 1, 2004 John S. McClenahen	Estonia et al: The Bottom Line On The New EU Ten additional countries in the European Union represent new markets for U.S. manufacturers, and five more could join in the next few years. But differing cultures and currencies could make for a bit more complexity.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007	Bulgaria Having joined the European Union in January 2007, Bulgaria is off to a promising start in its marathon to catch up with the living standards of its new European partners. But the challenge ahead will be to improve productivity.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 Stewart Fleming	He'll Need The Luck Of The Irish As Charles McCreevy heads for Brussels, the economic infighting is deafening.
Chemistry World January 4, 2012 Anna Lewcock	EU membership holds research promise for Croatia As Croatia prepares to join the EU, the impact on its scientific community is likely to be mixed, with additional funding from outside counterbalanced by a disorganized national system.
Chemistry World September 29, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	EU Bans Mercury Exports The European Union has banned exports of mercury from 2011, in order to cut emissions of the toxic metal into the environment.
Chemistry World January 24, 2008 Arthur Rogers	EU Extends Emissions Trading Scheme to Petrochemicals Proposals for reform of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) will impact the chemicals sector by extending the system to nitrous oxide (N 2O) emissions.
Chemistry World April 30, 2010 Sarah Houlton	EU research faces radical overhaul The European Commission has responded to calls from researchers to cut red tape in EU funding processes and has also proposed radical changes to EU research funding policies, moving towards linking payment to results.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	R&D: Stagnant Investment In Europe It remains uncertain whether the EU can meet targets set by the Barcelona European Council in 2002 to invest 3% of GDP in research by 2010.
Chemistry World February 17, 2012 Ned Stafford	EU Innovation Position Slipping The growth of innovation in the EU is slowing, making it more difficult for the EU to close the gap with the global leaders for innovation.
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 James Mehring	European Union: Sending The Wrong Signal To Business Recently proposed measures intended to protect workers' health and safety could also be a competitive drag for the EU.