The inhabitants of rich countries talk a good game on the environment, but it’s rather a different story when it comes to their own personal preferences and behaviors. On that note, while a large number of Germans profess to be concerned about the environment, they […]
By Simone Tagliapietra, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute During her first State of the Union speech, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed a widely expected move: the scale-up of the EU’s 2030 climate target to “at least 55%” compared to 1990. This is a central pillar of the flagship proposal of her Commission: the […]
Emmett Shear, CEO of Twitch, the popular Amazon-owned interactive live-streaming service, poured cold water on the EU’s hot new Copyright Directive. The law only creates confusion for companies like his, which earn money from ads on live-streams of people playing games they don’t own. “It’s totally unclear what we have to do […]
