Views: 11In the beginning of February 2025, the Commission published guidelines providing an overview of AI practices that are regarded as unacceptable and prohibited due to their potential risks to the EU-wide values and fundamental rights. As soon as the prohibited practices are too complicated to comprehend, the Commission has prepared draft guidelines, which are […]
Category: Modern EU
Advanced materials, textiles and photovoltaics: boosting innovation in EU
Views: 15European Commission initiated some measures in advancing EU’s technological leadership and sustainability by creating three new EU-wide partnerships on advanced materials, textiles and photovoltaics. Established under Horizon Europe, these partnerships will drive growth, sustainability and resilience, contributing to a strong, inclusive and globally competitive growth in the member states.
New EU initiatives for investment and innovation
Views: 68Offering the EU citizens broader access to capital markets and better financing options for companies can foster citizens’ wealth, while boosting the EU-wide economic growth and competitiveness. Firstly, the households will have more opportunities to invest in capital markets; secondly, businesses will have easier access to capital to innovate, grow and creative employment.
Air quality in the EU and the world: new data
Views: 59Air pollution represents a great danger and critical threat to both human health and environmental stability. However, the vast majority of population remains unaware of these threats, though respiratory sickness is the second largest threat to health in the EU after cardio-vascular. Data about air quality in the EU-27 and around the world helps […]
AI in Europe and the world: legal and executive factors
Views: 9During last decade, i.e. mainly from 2018, the EU institutions have been approaching the burning artificial intelligence (AI) issues. The “accommodation” process has been quite active: from the initial “declaration of cooperation” with the EU member states and serious funding to several AI Alliance assemblies to a Union-wide strategy on AI and European AI […]
Recent infringement decisions concerning the states in the Baltics
Views: 8In its regular package of infringement decisions, the European Commission pursues legal action against some member states for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. We have chosen only these decisions that cover various sectors and EU policy areas in the Baltic Sea region; they generally aim to ensure the proper application […]
Strengthening finances and digital currency: global and EU’s vision
Views: 7The EU-27 is regarded as one of the world’s leaders in both providing and attracting investments; however, modern changes in geopolitics require a profound understanding of all the potential risks involved. Hence, the EU is assessing the region’s investment in key technology areas, such as semiconductors, AI, quantum technologies and crypto currencies in order […]
Renewable hydrogen in accelerating the EU’s green transition
Views: 114The establishment of a binding Union renewable energy target for 2030 was aimed to continue encouraging the development of technologies which produce renewable energy (including hydrogen) and provide certainty for investors. The EU-wide target would leave greater flexibility for the member states to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets in the most cost-effective manner […]
Several main pillars in the EU plan towards zero pollution
Views: 13The Commission has underlined some main guiding principles in combating pollution: implementation, integration, international cooperation, investments and innovation. They were revealed at the Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform organised together with the Committee of the Regions; it is a valuable partnership as EU regions and cities are at the forefront of the zero-pollution transformation.
European sustainability: balancing market and regulatory means
Views: 95The set of regulations in the EU-wide sustainability sectors presently include several initiatives: EU Green deal, the EU Taxonomy package, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D), as well as the recent Clean Industrial Deal; the latter is a “joint roadmap for the European competitiveness and decarbonisation”, […]