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Een remedie voor Europese medicijntekorten - Shaping Europe

Finding a remedy for European medicine shortages

Posted on 22 October 2024
by Yannick Schimmel

Open strategic autonomy and crisis resilience in the pharmaceuticals industry. Open strategic autonomy: for some time already, this is the new 'buzzword' in the European Union (EU), after being confronted heavily with a range of existing supply chain vulnerabilities and strategic dependencies. To paraphrase how…

The ‘Brussels effect’, and why does my iPhone suddenly have a different charger?

Posted on 14 December 2023
by Yannick Schimmel

Examining the regulatory power of the European Union. Having relied on special lightning ports for more than a decade, the latest generation of iPhones suddenly is equipped with a USB-C charger. Not because Apple executives were so eager for change. Nor because of the American…

Christmas Shoppers Must be Vigilant: Counterfeiters are Coming to Town

Posted on 23 December 2021
by Madalina Nicolai

Tis' the season The digital commerce sector in Europe has significantly expanded since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, safely providing consumers access to goods in times when severe restrictions are in place to protect people’s health. In 2020, 73% of the EU-27’s population shopped…