Public Policy

We take our role as a business operating in Europe seriously and engage constructively with policymakers and other organisations on issues affecting our customers, selling partners, and wider society.

Public Policy

Through external speaking engagements, research, and bespoke events such as our annual Amazon Academy, we work closely with a range of policy stakeholders on behalf of our millions of European customers.

Spain’s EU Presidency – Doubling down on Swedish priorities for a competitive and sustainable Single Market

Following our recent commemoration of the EU Presidency handover in Brussels (above) our Vice President for EU Public Policy looks back at the Swedish and ahead to the Spanish Presidency.

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A new Internet Levy threatens Europe’s Creative Industries and Digital Decade targets

Amazon’s response to calls for an Internet Levy

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The Single Market at full potential: Making Europe sustainable, prosperous, and strong

The following speech was given by Amazon’s DACH Country Manager, Rocco Bräuniger, to international leaders at the Salzburg Summit on 27th July 2023.

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Working with the European Central Bank on its digital euro prototyping exercise

We at Amazon believe a digital euro can be a tool to foster innovation and increase the efficiency of payments.

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Our commitment to product safety in Europe: Product Safety Pledge+

We’re proud to go above and beyond to protect customers.

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Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly programme recognised by the European Commission

Launched in Europe in 2020, the Climate Pledge Friendly programme helps customers discover and shop for more-sustainable products.

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Public Policy

Public Policy

Spain’s EU Presidency – Doubling down on Swedish priorities for a competitive and sustainable Single Market

A new Internet Levy threatens Europe’s Creative Industries and Digital Decade targets

The Single Market at full potential: Making Europe sustainable, prosperous, and strong

Working with the European Central Bank on its digital euro prototyping exercise

Our commitment to product safety in Europe: Product Safety Pledge+

Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly programme recognised by the European Commission

Amazon joins the EUIPO’s Intellectual Property Enforcement Portal

We asked kids from a local school to name an Amazon wind farm in Ireland. Here's what they came up with.

Sound cabin and wildlife ponds among Irish community projects funded by AWS

“Proud to call Luxembourg our home in Europe”: Amazon celebrates 20 years in Luxembourg

Amazon boosts European charging infrastructure planning with new technology

Amazon continues to support Ukrainian small businesses to boost exports

Here’s how Project Kuiper’s satellite network can help telecom partners like Vodafone and Vodacom enhance reliability and extend reach

E-commerce boosts Italian SMEs’ growth and reduces inflation

Getting heavy-duty vehicles in gear for net-zero

How scientists are using AWS AI and ML to map the whole human brain

More than 1 million Amazon employees worldwide now have access to virtual support for in vitro fertilisation, adoption, egg freezing, and other family-building benefits

Co-founder of Artificial Intelligence firm Faculty shares how AWS has helped her company succeed