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Egypt’s role as a strategic partner for the EU has recently been on the up, with the focus on migration and energy cooperation, the latter following the significant new offshore gas discoveries there. 

In March 2019 the United Kingdom is about to leave the European Union. The political, economic and financial effects on the United Kingdom and the European Union remain uncertain and are a matter of big concern.

Policy-making on immigration and asylum is often motivated by prevailing public attitudes. At the same time, public opinion can be shaped by how political actors frame the issues and challenges at hand.

The European Research Centre for Economic Governance (EURO-CEFG) of the Universities of Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam and the Centre for European Economic Law and Governance at the University of Wroclaw organise, together with the University of Warsaw, the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI), th

The ratio of EU household debt to income rose in 2017. Albeit small, this increase was the first noted in six years. In that context, several observers are already warning of a possible upward risk of household over-indebtedness in the coming years.

Germany’s NetzDG law, or Network Enforcement Act, represents a key test for combating extremist speech proliferating on the Internet.

2018 kicked off with Meltdown and Spectre, two of the worst computer security flaws ever experienced and capable of affecting nearly every computer chip manufactured in the last 20 years. Meanwhile, many people have become familiar with the arcane names of cyberattacks such as WannaCry and Petya.

It is clear that the transformative power of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is reshaping European firms and industries.

Nuclear energy currently generates about one quarter of electricity in the EU, though more than half of the overall capacity is installed in just one country, France.