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We are a Brussels-based research organization specializing in European tech policy.
We provide your guide to communications and government affairs in Brussels, helping you navigate the complex world of EU internet policy.
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Network Fees Project
In this exclusive report, former U.S. negotiator Fiona Alexander exposes the recurring nightmare of network fees. For over two decades, the idea of forcing tech companies to subsidize telecom giants was rejected globally as a threat to the open internet. Now, it is back in Brussels under the guise of "fair share."
Drawing on first-hand experience from the ITU to the OECD, Alexander details why applying 19th-century telephone rules to the modern internet is doomed to fail. The report analyzes the disastrous impact of similar policies in South Korea and warns that European network fees would raise consumer prices, violate net neutrality, and strain transatlantic relations.
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Transatlantic Trade and Technology: Partners or Rivals?
A paper analyzing the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), its successes, and the mounting challenges from clean tech subsidies and differing regulatory speeds.
Read →Trump, tech and transatlantic Turbulence
The Trump administration's hard line on allies strains the transatlantic alliance, sparking tech and trade conflicts. As the EU imposes strict tech regulations and the US deregulates, their divide deepens, creating an opening for China. Both sides must de-escalate: Europe should embrace tech, the US must accept EU regulation, and Silicon Valley should mediate.
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William Echikson
Founder and Director
William Echikson is founder and director of E+Europe, a Brussels-based consultancy specializing in communications and policy support to technology companies and public authorities on Internet policy issues in Europe. He is also Associate Senior Fellow and Head of the Digital Forum at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.
Before founding E+Europe, Mr. Echikson worked for six and a half years at Google in Brussels. He ran corporate communications for Europe, Middle East and Africa, launched the company's Europe blog and led its efforts around data center government affairs and Internet freedom issues.
Clara Riedenstein
Researcher
Clara Riedenstein is a tech policy analyst and writer whose work examines how emerging technologies shape existing political, legal, and social institutions. She is a researcher with the Tech Policy Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), where she regularly contributes to the online journal Bandwidth.
Her work has been featured in DW, Tech Policy Press, and European View. Clara holds an MSc in Political Theory from Oxford University, where she studied as a C. Douglas Dillon Scholar and focused on the implications of large language models for theories of jurisdiction. She also received a BA from Oxford, where she was awarded the Henry Wilde Prize in Philosophy (proxime accessit).
Anda Bologa
Researcher
Anda Bologa is a seasoned artificial intelligence and digital policy expert and one of the '35 under 35' tech leaders recognized by the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs. During her tenure at the European Union Delegation to the United Nations, she was responsible for high-level negotiations on artificial intelligence resolutions and the United Nations Global Digital Compact. Her background includes legal work on technology and business at Wardyński & Partners, handling digital platform cases at the European Court of Justice during her time with the Legal Service of the European Commission.
A Fulbright scholar, Anda holds Master of Laws degrees in Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property Law from Fordham University and in International Arbitration from Bucharest University, along with a Master’s degree from the College of Europe. She is an editor of Revue Européenne du Droit.
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