The economic vice-president of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, announced on Monday that "this payment of 1,000 million euros is the first part of our macro-financial assistance package of 9,000 million euros to help Ukraine meet its emergency financial needs caused by because of the…
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European Commission forecasts increase of inflation in Spain to 8.1 %
The European Commission made new forecasts for inflation growth in Spain for this 2022, raising the forecast to 8.1 % compared to the 6.3 % estimated last May and maintaining 4 % for the growth of the Spanish economy at closing of the year.…
European Commission accuses Apple of abuse of position
The European Commission sent Apple a statement of charges in which it formally accuses the US company of abuse of a dominant position for limiting the possibilities for "Tap to Pay" contactless payment to NFC wireless technology, which in…
Amazon formalizes the purchase of MGM
The e-commerce giant Amazon confirmed the purchase of the entertainment company MGM, after having passed the necessary regulatory processes to carry out the transaction.
According to the media, the company directed by Jeff Bezos will…
Open source software will drive the digital transition
The European Commission has adopted new rules to put its software in open source, which will allow them to be publicly accessible when they represent a benefit for citizens, companies and public services.
This decision follows a study…
TUE confirms the fine against Google in Europe
The General Court of the European Union (TEU) confirmed the fine of 2.42 billion euros imposed by the European Commission on the technology multinational Google for abuse of a dominant position through its price comparison service, Google…
European Commission will impose a single charger to all manufacturers before 2024
Today the European Commission is presenting a proposal for a Law whereby it proposes that technological manufacturers be obliged to use a common charger for electronic devices, as indicated by an official of the entity who preferred not to…
Economic confidence in the euro area suffers the first fall of the year in August
Confidence in the evolution of the euro zone economy registered a moderate correction in August from the maximum of the last 21 years registered last July. It represents the first setback in the figure so far this year, before supply chain…
Germany approves the European unitary patent
The German Constitutional Court gave the green light to the European unitary patent after rejecting constitutional complaints against the project, which had slowed down the approval of the initiative in Germany.
The judicial entity…
Brussels proposes to increase the EU budget by 2.2% for 22
The European Commission presented an EU budget plan for 2022 amounting to 167.8 billion euros, 2.2 % more than this year, and will be complemented by some 143.5 billion euros in non-reimbursable transfers from the fund of postCovid…
Brussels proposes to boost green taxation increase
The European Commission continues to work in the search for formulas that allow the increase of green taxation and for this they have proposed the review of the different European environmental taxes related to energy, in order to…
Brussels increases humanitarian budget by 60 % for 2021
The European Commission has adopted its humanitarian budget for 2021 on Tuesday, which will amount to 1,400 million euros, which means a 60 percent increase compared to last year's budget.
After a year in which humanitarian needs have…