Ex-Lehman trader says EU should crack down on big banks

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Instead of addressing fundamental issues like the role of finance, politicians seem stuck in assuaging public anger, argues Sony Kapoor, a financial adviser to the EU and ex-Lehman Brothers derivates trader, in an interview with EurActiv.

EU to slam new Facebook privacy settings [de] [fr]

The European Commission is threatening action against Facebook for recent changes to its privacy settings, which make personal information available by default, going against the EU's drive for more privacy protection on the Internet, especially for minors.

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Payment Services Directive: The end of the cash era? [de]

Europe has been on the cusp of a payments revolution since 2007, when it established a single rulebook setting the same payment standards and obligations across the 31-member EU/EEA. But the...

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Raw materials: Heading for a global resource crunch?

With the world's population growing and industrialisation rising, competition for raw materials is intensifying, raising concerns about access to key natural resources for European industry.

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The new European Commission [fr] [de]

The selection of a new European Commission, never the simplest of political tasks, has this year been more complex than ever. Politically and institutionally, 2009 came with a whole range of...

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Jens Bastian Hellenic Foundation for Foreign and European Policy (ELIAMEP) Senior Economic Research Fellow

Resetting the clock between Ukraine and the EU

Kilian Strauss Independant expert on Russia, Ukraine and transitional countries.

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Daniel Gros Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Director

Pipeline politics: Why Nabucco is stuck

Katinka Barysch Centre for European Reform Deputy Director

EU 2010: A reappraisal

Antonio Missiroli European Policy Centre Director of Studies

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