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Here’s how your next smartphone will be longer-lasting and easier to repair

Consumers will soon be able to benefit from longer-lasting and easier-to-repair smartphones thanks to new EU rules, explains BEUC’s Ecodesign Project Coordinator Silvia Barlassina.

Silvia Barlassina on April 23, 2025

Financial services

How consumers’ savings can help save the EU economy

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.

Agustin Reyna on April 3, 2025

Consumer rights International affairs

Not all heroes wear capes: why consumer protection authorities need global cooperation

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.

Léa Auffret on March 13, 2025

Competition Digital rights

EU must enforce Digital Markets Act in the face of Big Tech obstruction

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.

Vanessa Turner and Sebastien Pant on February 24, 2025

International affairs

Canada and EU trade talks: The backdoor to ISDS endorsement

As the United States and the European Union TTIP trade talks continue, the fact that the EU and Canada are close to sealing a trade agreement (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement known as CETA) – including a controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)...

Monique Goyens / May 8, 2014

Food International affairs

Food in TTIP: What is at stake for EU consumers?

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...

Monique Goyens / April 28, 2014

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