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The EU’s Savings and Investment Union could be an opportunity for the bloc to harness consumers’ savings to help save Europe’s economy writes BEUC Director General, Agustín Reyna.
On March 15, we celebrate World Consumer Rights Day. We take this opportunity to call for stronger global cooperation to enhance the power of consumer protection authorities. BEUC’s Head of International, Léa Auffret, unmasks these heroes of consumer protection and how with more cooperation they can better shield consumers from scams, dangerous products, and unfair practices.
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has the potential to benefit consumers by opening up markets that Big Tech has dominated for too long. But this potential will not be fulfilled unless the European Commission acts decisively to ensure the DMA is fully implemented. In the face of Big Tech gatekeepers dragging their feet, and now enlisting the US Government to fight off EU laws, the EU must hold its ground or lose its credibility, argue Vanessa Turner and Sébastien Pant. It is for Europe to decide on its laws to safeguard its consumers and all companies that operate in Europe must abide by these laws.
The AI Action Summit in Paris was the place to be last week and we delivered a clear message to global leaders: consumer protection will help the take-up of AI, not harm it, writes BEUC’s Agustín Reyna.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is a trade agreement being negotiated between the EU and USA since July 2013. TTIP is one of the foremost phrases in transatlantic relations and will remain so for years to come. In this...
