"We have a policy against using seller-specific data to aid our private-label business, but I can't guarantee you that that policy has never been violated."Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was quizzed by Democ
"The domino effect has been unprecedented. Two million cancellations … because of the uncertainty the announcement has created."That's the answer given by Gloria Guevara of the World Travel and Touri
"Nord Stream 2 is not only for Germany, I would say, it's a whole European business project."That's the defence of a gas pipeline, which has nearly reached Germany from Russia, from the CEO of the Ge
"A key milestone for us is that we will be reducing our carbon emissions 50 percent by the end of 2025."Finnair CEO Topi Manner told us the company is still on track to meet its planned carbon neutra
"The proposal is on the table, but we want to improve it."That was David Sassoli, president of the European Parliament, commenting on whether the members would give the multiannual financial framewor
"We did it. Europe is strong. Europe is united."Early this morning, European Council president (and former Belgian prime minister) Charles Michel wrote a one-word message on Twitter: "Deal." Two hour
"The Commission will continue to look at aggressive tax planning measures under EU state aid rules to assess whether they result in illegal state aid."Those were the words chosen by European Commissi
"There can be no new Huawei equipment from the end of this year… and exclude Huawei completely by 2027."The long-expected words from Oliver Dowden, the UK's culture minister, which set out the limite
"No citizen, not even the president, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding. We reaffirm that principle today."That was Chief Justice of
"They are ambitious, they are necessary… and they put us firmly on a path towards climate neutrality."That was European chief of all things "green," Frans Timmermans, announcing the Union's new polic
"In the matter of three months, we have wiped out all the improvements in the labor market [which] took 10 years to achieve."That's the OECD's Stefano Scarpetta, who we spoke to after the development
"Replicating the offline [events] online will not work as, of course, you will not have the magic of the moment."That's Michael Jais, CEO of Launchmetrics, which helped Paris Fashion Week keep the (o
"To have successful relations with China and to represent our European interests effectively, Europe must speak decisively with one voice."That was German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking in Berlin
"[Merkel] has a lot of political capital and she is using this to convince the … conservative CDU to support this new fiscal policy response at the EU level."That's the reason Oliver Rakau, chief Ger
Pride, color, music, celebration, protest.These words are now synonymous with the annual festival of LGBT liberation, held in many countries around Europe, and varying in length, from a day to a whol
"We have strongly advocated in favor of public support using public money to support the airline industry because we think that first of all we are absolutely key for the economic development."That's
"Everyone has seen during this crisis that drugs that seemed to be commonplace were no longer produced in France and Europe … We must do something about it."French leader Emmanuel Macron was speaking