(Bloomberg) — Spain proposed setting up a new defense fund to provide non-refundable grants to beef up Europe’s defense lines and provide support for Ukraine using Russia’s immobilized central bank assets. Most Read from Bloomberg Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo urged his European Union counterparts Saturday to create such a temporary instrument to finance large-scale European-wide
Lawmakers of the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs committee have demanded clarity from the European Commission on its intention to withdraw a proposal on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) ahead of a hearing with the EU commissioner in charge, Stéphane Séjourné, on 23 April. Several politicians including rapporteur Marion Walsmann (Germany/EPP), the chair of the Legal Affairs
Dimitris Tsiodras has called for a set of measures to strengthen startups, submitting a question to the European Commission. Specifically, ahead of the publication of the EU’s Startup Strategy, he asks the Commission how it plans to enhance access to funding and ensure the protection and strategic use of intellectual property rights, such as patents.