NYT By JONATHAN ZITTRAINMAY 14, 2014 The Opinion Pages A right to be forgotten? "THE European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that Europeans have a limited “right to be forgotten” by search engines like Google. According to the ruling, an individual can compel Google to remove certain reputation-harming search results that are generated by Googling the individual’s name. The court is trying to address an important problem — namely, the Internet’s ability to preserve indefinitely all its information about you, no matter how unfortunate or misleading — but it has devised a poor solution."
The new compromise on the draft data law, seen by EURACTIV, further refines the protection of trade secrets and clarifies the relationship with data protection rules and the application of the cloud-switching provisions.
July 13 TJN As Nick Cohen notes in today’s Observer newspaper, Juncker wants to take charge of a European Commission that is currently engaged in legal action against the tax regime in Luxembourg that he was responsible for putting in place. As president of the Commission he will have charge of an investigation into deals struck between his former government and transnational companies that have been taking advantage of Luxembourg’s EU membership to avoid paying taxes throughout the Union. Can such a man be trusted to act in the public interest?
Jan Hurris artikel 6.3.2013 "Rehn varoitt [viime viikonloppuna der Spiegelin haastattelussa], että ilman muiden euromaiden tukea Kypros on vaarassa ajautua "hallitsemattomaan vararikkoon" ja hyvin suurella todennäköisyydellä eroon eurosta. Näin komissaari Rehn tuli muistuttaneeksi, että euro on yhä veitsen terällä, ja siitä, ettei euron peruuttamattomuudesta sittenkään ole takeita. Jos edes Kypros lähtee, on unelma ikuisesta eurosta mennyttä."
Global Financial Integrity - Raymond Baker "As European and Russian officials currently weigh the merits of bailing out the Cypriot economy, GFI's study raises serious concerns about the legitimacy of Cyprus' financial sector. The report notes that Cyprus, a tiny island nation with a GDP of just $23 billion, is the largest source and destination of Russian foreign direct investment (FDI) from 2009-2011. According to the IMF, Cyprus sent $128.8 billion in FDI into Russia in 2011, more than 5 times the size of Cyprus' GDP. "The recorded FDI positions merely reflect the round-tripping of prior illicit deposits from Russia into Cyprus," write Dr. Kar and Ms. Freitas in the report."