Commissioners-designates hearings: commitments briefings available
Odbori 28-11-2019 - 12:49
Parliament’s Policy Departments and Economic Governance Support Unit have produced a series of briefings on salient points and essential commitments made by the Vice-Presidents- and Commissioners-designate at their respective hearings. These briefings have also been compiled in one document and are the main feature of the latest Policy Departments’ Monthly Highlights. An exhaustive list of all commitments made by the candidates is available through the full verbatim reports of each hearing.
This paper for JURI committee resumes the possible scenarios for intellectual property provisions of EU and international law in the event of Brexit. It reviews the European patent regime and the effects of Brexit on the European Patent with Unitary Effect and assesses whether the Unified Patent Court Agreement can take effect, even after Brexit. It discusses steps to ensure functioning of the Unitary Patent and Brexit-related revisions to the Agreement.
Since the entry into force of the Financial Perspectives of 2007-2013 one decade ago, the EU budget has undergone significant change. In 2009 the Treaty of Lisbon significantly modified the powers of the EU institutions. The eruption of the global financial crisis in 2008 led to pressure for austerity in the Member States and on the EU budget itself. This briefing summarizes these developments. It was published in 23 linguistic versions.
Eastern Partnership countries face a threefold challenge of managing diversity, improving governance and disentangling their economy from undue influences. This study analyses the Eastern Partnership in the year of its 10th anniversary. All six countries have developed economic ties and national identities of their own. The EU should continue assisting them in achieving better governance and strengthening economic ties, while contributing to diminishing geopolitical tensions.
Under Mario Draghi’s presidency, the range of measures and tools of the ECB expanded significantly, but important challenges remain. This note assesses the potential limits to the amount of ECB’s easing available for the future. The authors argue that monetary policy stimulus alone may not resolve the situation of having the euro area stuck in slowing growth, and ask whether the next President may want to pass the ball back to national governments.
The world faces a huge challenge to feed itself over the coming decades, as the world population is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050. This study explores the global trends that influence the way the world will produce, distribute, sell and consume food in a changing environment influenced by several key drivers of change (demographic and economic growth, evolving consumption patterns, technological progress, integration of global trade and climate change).
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