EU digital agenda

John Springford
26 July 2015

The EU should not fret about the power of US internet giants. The take-up of digital technology across the services sector is more important than a 'European Google'.
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Stephen Tindale
25 February 2014

In the 20th century, the British political party which supported the coal industry was Labour. The relationship between the Tories and the miners was confrontational.
Digital age

23 October 2013

With Robert Madelin, director general for communication networks, content & technology, European Commission
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John Springford
28 September 2012

European services markets are still overwhelmingly national. There are big economic gains to be made from opening them up. 
Europe’s leaders are casting around for ways to improve the EU’s economic performance. In the long term, a more integrated single market for services could improve Europe’s weak productivity growth. The...
Innovation report

Simon Tilford, Esko Aho, Jim Attridge, Amar Bhidé, Albert Bravo-Biosca, Nicholas Crafts, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Malcolm Harbour, John Kay, Helga Nowotny, Andreas Schleicher, Michael Schrage, Philip Whyte and David Willetts.
08 July 2011

Every EU government supports innovation, believing that it will help Europe to meet the numerous economic, social and environmental challenges that it faces.

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CER/Delegation of the EU to the UK discussion on 'New partnerships for development: The EU's Global Gateway initiative' with Richard Amor, Elena Gordeeva, Julia Prescot and Fiona Ramsey

12 June 2025

Introductory remarks: Pedro Serrano, Ambassador, Delegation of the EU to the UKSpeakers:Richard Amor, Director, Partnerships for Impact, European Investment BankElena Gordeeva, Director for Infrastructure, Sustainable Infrastructure Department, European Bank for Reconstruction & DevelopmentJulia Prescot, Co-founder, MeridiamFiona Ramsey, Head of Unit Effective Development Policy & Team Europe, Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European CommissionChair: Chiyo Robertson, former journalist, BBC

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How not to create a 'European Google'

John Springford

27 August 2015

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Europe must learn that markets make strong companies. Bureaucrats don’t.

The EU risks damaging consumer interests in its push against Google dominance

John Springford

23 July 2015

City A.M

Jean Tirole won last year’s Nobel prize for economics for his work on a new type of market – and one that has grown with the meteoric rise of the internet. So-called two-sided markets arise when a company brings together suppliers and consumers. Google is a classic example: it...

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