Press releases

The European Commission today presented its plans for framing the build-up of a collaborative economy in the EU. The collaborative economy covers a broad range of services such as car sharing platforms, holiday rental offers or home-cooking projects.

The EU’s governments today agreed to a proposal which would allow consumers to watch or listen their online video or music subscriptions when they travel to another EU country. The proposal will become EU law once the European Parliament has given its approval.

The European Parliament today voted through a report which calls on the Commission to create a more consumer-friendly energy market. The report, ‘A New Deal for Consumers’, is a timely call ahead of a Commission legislative package due in the second half of the year, expected to cover issues related to energy bills, supplier switching, smart meters or small-scale generation of renewable energy by consumers.

As of tomorrow, negotiators will meet in Geneva for the 18th round of negotiations for a Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). This little-known trade deal is about everything from phone-calls to making payments, ordering goods online, international flights and more. It is therefore vital that civil society can give constructive feedback on the negotiations. This is currently next to impossible, due to a lack of publicly available texts.