Pleased to see that Christine Lagarde, who just took over the reins as President of the European Central Bank, referred in an important speech today to my Bruegel paper with Georgios Petropoulos and Timothy Yeung written for the IMCO Committe of European Parliament. ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date…

It will be important to bring all available resources to bear on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Big data can help, but it needs to be employed in ways that do not needlessly raise privacy or security concerns; otherwise, we risk undermining public trust. bruegel.org/2020/03/big-da…

This should prove to be a very useful and comprehensive study. I had the honour of writing Chapters 5 (digital) and 6 (consumer protection) wearing my Bruegel hat. Talented co-authors from Copenhagen Economics, CEPS ThinkTank, and VVA.

I spoke on a very nice panel about Data after Brexit for the UK Institute for Government (IfG) this morning. instituteforgovernment.org.uk/events/data-br…

The European Union has not yet purchased enough of frontrunner coronavirus vaccines to meet near-term needs. This shortfall risks healthcare consequences and delays in economic reopening. This was avoidable. We must do better for future pandemics. bruegel.org/2021/01/has-th…

Today 13.45-16.15 LIVE 🔴 in IMCO Committee Press Debates on 🔹General Vehicle Safety Regulation | 13.50 🔹Digital future of Europe - discussion on amendments | 14.30 🔹Study: COVID-19 impact on Internal Market and consumer protection | 15.10 Webstreaming 🎥 bit.ly/3bwGuWL

I drafted the recommendations in a study on regulatory incentives for the deployment of Very High Capacity Networks (VHCN). It should help the European Commission to update two #broadband Recommendations from 2010 and 2013. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/stu…

The OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives recently released a report "Broadband policy and technology developments" for which I am first author. oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-te… It was part of the process of updating OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives's 2004 Broadband Recommendation - the new Recommendation was released earlier this year.

Just published a new Bruegel blog post with Lionel Guetta-Jeanrenaud: "What will be the economic impact of Europe’s next round of COVID-19 restrictions?" Compares effects of #COVID19 restrictions in #Germany #Austria #UnitedKingdom bruegel.org/2021/12/what-w…

I am looking forward to speaking at the hearing on shortcomings of the #GDPR of the EPP Group of the European Parliament tomorrow. eppgroup.eu/newsroom/event…

Check out my new paper on the acceleration in working from home caused by COVID-19! Written together with my #FutureofworkTEG colleagues Georgios Petropoulos and Anto CLONE (✸,✸) KGeN. bruegel.org/wp-content/upl…

As #russia is globally decoupled in reaction to its unprovoked attack on #ukraine, it is important to target restrictive measures narrowly, and to avoid blocking access of the Russian public to independent news. See my latest Bruegel blog: bruegel.org/2022/03/the-de…

In a podcast mostly.ai/data-democrati… with Alexandra Ebert of Mostly*AI, I explain the effect of the #GDPR on international data transfers together with the #schrems CJEU ruling, and how to think about the new successor to #privacyshield that has just been announced. @bruegel

I had the honour of moderating and speaking at a great Bruegel workshop bruegel.org/events/covid-1… on the pandemic-driven shift to Work from Home with Mamta Jose Maria Barrero Laura Nurski

I am thrilled to be chairing a panel on transatlantic aspects of the impact of #ArtificialIntelligence on #Productivity at a Bruegel event. Speakers are Francis Hintermann Arturo Franco Andrea Glorioso. Sponsored by Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and European Union bruegel.org/events/future-…

A new Executive Order by President Donald J. Trump seeks to address the challenges posed by the #SchremsII CJEU decision, which I described in bruegel.org/blog-post/new-…. It appears to do a much better job than I expected. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Tighter supervision of Twitter is needed, but Zimmerman is right while Klingbeil is off the mark. The risk is not that it is too restrictive, but rather that it is too permissive, allowing too many harmful outright lies without moderation. @EURACTIV euractiv.com/section/all/sh…

I had the pleasure and the honour of presenting the preliminary conclusions and recommendations today of a study for the European Commission on the implementation of Open Internet Regulation with Ilsa Godlovitch and wik.org colleagues. wik.org/fileadmin/Sons…

Happy to have appeared in this very succinct CNBC summary of #AI and the future of work, along with my Bruegel colleague Georgios Petropoulos. cnbc.com/video/2023/04/…