Category: 3. Europe

Two things will alter Europe’s political future. First is the rise of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the high likelihood of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)’s Friedrich Merz as the…

Life expectancy improvement is stalling across Europe with England experiencing the biggest slowdown. Experts are blaming this on an alarming mix of poor diet, mass inactivity and soaring obesity.

The average annual growth in life expectancy…

Donald Trump is famous for his attacks on journalists and the media. He has banned critical reporters from official events, threatened them with lawsuits, and branded mainstream outlets the “enemy of the people”. Since last year, the US…

Perhaps the most successful outcome of Turkey’s decades-long Western vocation has been the integration of its economy into the global trade and financial systems. Liberal market policies that were implemented starting in the early 1980s…

Institutions established in support of the European Energy Union 

In 2009, the EU adopted rules – known as the Third Energy Package – aimed at further liberalising energy markets and deepening integration. Among other measures,…

This is the third instalment in a four-part blog series documenting EFF’s work in Europe. You can read additional posts here: 

EFF’s mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world….

Free speech in Europe is under debate at the moment, and for good reason. For anyone who is concerned about the preservation of free expression on a global scale, the restrictions on speech — including online speech — in…

The Canada-EU Leaders’ meeting took place on February 12, 2025. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa met to discuss ways for EU and…

The continent’s defense, technological and industrial capacity should be strengthened quickly using the leverage of the European Union’s regulatory power and its enormous market. To drive this, governments will need to increase…