Bridget Ryder is a news writer for The European Conservative. She holds degrees in Spanish and Catholic Studies.
Catalonia Bans Spyware

Catalonia Bans Spyware

‘Spyware,’ created by military experts, has been key in bringing drug lords and mafia leaders to justice but has also been used by governments to spy on its opposition, both civic and political.

April 10, 2023
Gig Worker Labour Movement Usurped by Spain’s Social Transition

Gig Worker Labour Movement Usurped by Spain’s Social Transition

Those working for online delivery platforms such as Uber Eats, Amazon Flex, or Deliveroo have seen their income drop dramatically without substantially improving their working conditions since Spain’s Rider Law went into effect in September 2021.

April 8, 2023
Creating the Circular Economy: The Devil Is the Details

Creating the Circular Economy: The Devil Is the Details

The detailed product design requirements of the ESPR are intended to serve as a lever to bend the entire value chain into a circle, though who or what will yield is still being worked out through negotiations in the EU Parliament and the Council.

April 7, 2023
Germany Designates €3B To Unintendedly Slow Internet Access

Germany Designates €3B To Unintendedly Slow Internet Access

While offering €3 billion to the cause of internet access for every household in Germany would seem excellent support, private industry warns that such lavish public funding may be counterproductive.

April 7, 2023
EU: Council’s Legal Advice Slams Grab at Emergency Powers

EU: Council’s Legal Advice Slams Grab at Emergency Powers

Measures about mandatory reporting by companies to the Commission will be significantly changed, if not deleted.

April 6, 2023
EPPO Goes After Government-Linked Greek Spyware Company

EPPO Goes After Government-Linked Greek Spyware Company

This is the only investigation into the spyware business in Europe beyond the PEGA committee so far, though the committee has previously called on law enforcement to get involved.

April 5, 2023
Hundreds of Migrants Rescued Near Malta

Hundreds of Migrants Rescued Near Malta

The migrants had left from the eastern coast of Libya, near Benghazi, on April 1st. They spent four days at sea, the last two without food or water.

April 5, 2023
Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Production

Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Production

According to Reuters, the total of recent cuts by the OPEC+ group, which includes Russia, has increased to 3.66 million bpd and accounts for 3.7% of global demand.

April 3, 2023
Tunisia: Migrants Dying in Mediterranean, Protesting at UN

Tunisia: Migrants Dying in Mediterranean, Protesting at UN

Le Monde reports that since the summer of 2022, an obscure group called the Nationalists Party has been running an anti-immigrant campaign on social media.

April 3, 2023
Nuclear Tug of War Intensifies in Brussels

Nuclear Tug of War Intensifies in Brussels

With money and regulations on the table for renewable energy, the EU has become entrenched into two solid blocs with different stances on nuclear power.

April 3, 2023
EU Parliament Thrown Into Middle of Spain-Catalan Independence Row

EU Parliament Thrown Into Middle of Spain-Catalan Independence Row

Catalan separatist and MEP Clara Ponsatí claims immunity from prosecution by the Spanish state. The EU Parliament stripped her of immunity in 2021, but the European Court of Justice has provisionally restored it.

March 31, 2023
Woman Charged With Insulting Macron on Facebook

Woman Charged With Insulting Macron on Facebook

She didn’t think she had committed any crime in referring to the French president as “a piece of filth” on Facebook. French authorities thought otherwise.

March 31, 2023