by Tatu Liimatainen | Jul 23, 2021 | Advocacy & Political, Issues & Crisis, News
The Brussels Times: The EU’s latest climate plan is bold, but it still faces huge hurdles There was a feeling of déjà vu as the Commission unveiled its enormous climate and energy package on July 14. The ink on the previous 2030-agreement had barely dried as the...
by Tatu Liimatainen | Jul 13, 2021 | Advocacy & Political, Issues & Crisis, News
Brussels Morning: Why the EU’s Fit for 55 matters It is hardly news to say that the world is facing a climate crisis. The real news is what the world is doing about it. The European Union has already set a target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by...
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by Tomas Vitas | May 20, 2021 | Advocacy & Political, Digital & Social, News
The [dubious] future of Clubhouse, the audio app The average person is likely to spend 145 minutes on social media per day. That’s a whopping 37 days per year – over 10% of a year! It is unsurprising that social media advertising saw a 56% increase in Q4 2020...
by Tomas Vitas | Feb 2, 2021 | Advocacy & Political, Digital & Social, News
GovTech II: Portugal assumes EU presidency & goes digital “People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them,” wrote Jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of the European Union, in his Memoir...
by Héloïse Martorell | Jan 27, 2021 | Advocacy & Political, Digital & Social, News
DSA: The Future of Content Regulation On 13 January, Fourtold and Access Partnership combined communications and policy to jointly host a webinar on the Digital Services Act. The DSA was a defining trend in 2020, as the European Commission kicked off its ambitious...
by Tomas Vitas | Oct 13, 2020 | Advocacy & Political, Digital & Social, News
GovTech I: Lithuania’s tech savvy governance With the launch of the GovTech Lab, the Baltic nation of Lithuania has taken some early steps towards creating an innovative public sector environment. “Lithuania is a relatively young democratic country and that gives us...
