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Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act is under way. The European Commission has launched formal proceedings against three major providers of core platform services. The Commission's preliminary findings suggest breaches of EU rules. To date, two of these preliminary findings have been confirmed, resulting in non-compliance decisions and fines for the companies in April 2025.

Sijoittautumisvapaus ja palvelujen tarjoamisen vapaus ovat ratkaisevan tärkeitä yritysten ja ammatillisen liikkuvuuden kannalta EU:ssa. Palveludirektiivin täysimääräinen täytäntöönpano on keskeisen tärkeää sisämarkkinoiden lujittamiseksi, mutta sen tiellä on vielä esteitä. Covid-19-pandemia toi mukanaan vielä uusia haasteita. Vastauksena tähän parlamentti antoi helmikuussa 2022 päätöslauselman, jossa esitetään, miten talouden elpyminen covid-19-pandemian jälkeen olisi toteutettava, jotta lievennettäisiin ...

EU laws protect the welfare of animals bred and kept for farming purposes. When these animals are removed from the food chain and placed in sanctuaries or shelters, the same EU legislation continues to apply. National legislation may, however, grant special status to such animals. Application of special welfare rules therefore varies considerably across the Union.

Following increasing pressure from members of his own party and a period of low opinion poll ratings, Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Justin Trudeau announced his resignation from the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada on 6 January 2025. Mark Carney, his successor as prime minister of Canada, and new leader of the Liberal Party, has called a snap parliamentary election for 28 April. This year's election will mark a decade of Liberal Party rule in Canada, a period with significant political, economic ...

To train their models, general-purpose AI (GPAI) providers need large datasets, which may include copyrighted materials. Despite the EU Directive 2019/790 on Copyright and the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, researchers have identified legal limitations and uncertainty in the use of copyrighted materials for GPAI training.

The Policy Hub on Better Law-Making hold on 18 February, 2025 focused on challenges to EU law making. The French Senate’s report was presented and perceived as a wake-up call, urging a shift towards effective, accessible law-making in the EU. Academics highlighted issues of excessive legislation, the need for clearer and citizen-centered laws. They emphasized the need for simplifying legal texts, improving democratic scrutiny by the European Parliament, and fostering collaboration with academia ...

This study analyses why European banks, despite improved cost efficiency, continue to trade at lower valuations than their United States (US) counterparts. The gap stems from limited growth potential due to market fragmentation and underdeveloped capital markets. To close this competitiveness divide, the study calls for accelerating the Savings and Investment Union (SIU), expanding investment banking capacity, and implementing smart banking regulation and supervision that reinforces market discipline ...

This paper provides an assessment of the EU banks’ competitiveness by using the US as a benchmark and looking at four interconnected dimensions: profitability, stability, ability to supply intermediation services and raise funds, product affordability for customers. Our results show that profitability, while being a key performance indicator in a market economy, does not measure the banks’ contribution to welfare more broadly and may even signal excessive market power.

This paper reviews a recent data on property markets and real estate-related bank loans in the euro area, looking at prices, mortgages, credit quality measures and some indicators of the costs faced by borrowers. It then takes a closer look at certain origination and monitoring practices adopted by significant institutions, as recently analysed by the ECB, which apparently show some room for improvement. Finally, it addresses property-related exposures held by non-bank financial institutions, with ...

Maastrichtin sopimuksen voimaantulosta alkaen kaikilla Euroopan unionin kansalaisilla sekä kaikilla jäsenvaltioissa asuvilla luonnollisilla henkilöillä tai oikeushenkilöillä on ollut oikeus esittää vetoomus Euroopan parlamentille. Tällainen valitus tai pyyntö voidaan esittää mistä tahansa aiheesta, joka kuuluu Euroopan unionin toiminnan alaan. Parlamentin vetoomusvaliokunta päättää, otetaanko vetoomukset käsiteltäväksi, ja se on myös vastuussa niiden käsittelystä.