Briefing on the legal and policy issues attendant to the identification and tracing of Covid-19 cases
These past months, numerous international, European and national initiatives to develop digital tools to contain the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic have sprung forth. These projects raise important legal, ethical and political issues, pertaining to both their architecture and their governance.
Covid-19: reflexions and tools
With the Covid-19 epidemic and subsequent lockdown, we have developed new actions, such as actively monitoring measures taken by the Government and the European institutions to tackle the crisis, or, with our network FIPRA, an interactive tool compiling the European approaches on contact tracing apps.
Snapshot of the EU Digital Agenda in light of COVID-19
The European Commission published its Digital Package on February 19th, 2020, setting the framework for action over the next five years in the digital sphere. The COVID-19 outbreak has, however, forced the European institutions to rapidly switch into crisis management mode; political energy has been drawn towards containing the spread of the virus, with marginal reviews so far of its 2020 Work Programme.
Overview of the Law on the fight against waste and the circular economy
The adoption of the Law of 10 February, 2020 on the fight against waste and the circular economy is the result of the discussions with all stakeholders throughout 2019.
EU Digital Agenda
These last five years have been busy for digital stakeholders in Europe. The Juncker’s Commission presented no less than 38 initiatives, of which 23 were legislative proposals, in the fields of data protection, cybersecurity, audiovisual, copyright and platforms, to name only the highlights.
Biography of Thierry Breton – second French candidate to the European Commissioner role
Aged 64, and an engineer by training, former Economy and Finance Minister Thierry Breton is above all a recognized and respected business leader internationally. He was called in to head several major French IT and telecom companies to rescue them and was quite successful in turning then around.
Brexit: deal or no-deal?
After taking office as Prime Minister (PM) on July 24th, 2019, Boris Johnson has made it clear that leaving the European Union (EU) on October 31st, with or without a deal, was his central focus. The UK Parliament has yet upset Johnson’s applecart by forming a parliamentary majority opposed to a no-deal during the only time window the UK government allowed for Parliament to meet, September 3rd to 9th. Parliament passed two bills to prevent a no-deal.
Biography of Sylvie Goulard, the French candidate to the European Commissioner role
Sylvie Goulard, a centrist figurehead (initially affiliated to UDF then Modem, member of the ALDE group at the European Parliament), is a staunch pro-European militant who is strongly in favor of a Federalist Europe.
Cloud Act Vs e-Evidence: What will judicial and law enforcement cooperation look like in the digital age? What rules access to data?
Cross-border access to electronic evidence has become highly relevant given the growing digitalization of our society. The framework for police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters has, however, always been a sensitive topic as it touches on the core of the states’ sovereignty and definition of public order on their own territory.
Eclairage Public with Eric Benzekri : “Politics : When reality goes beyond fiction”
At our latest edition of our Eclairages Publics events, we had the pleasure to host a fascinating breakfast meeting with Eric Benzekri, writer of the hit political show Baron Noir.