Views: 57The Commission is constantly watching the ways the member states implement the EU laws. Numerous EU member states have not yet notified full transposition measures concerning the EU directives in various economy and development sectors. Recent infringement decisions are dealing with sustainability and renewable energy. The mentioned member states are now having two months […]
Category: Modern EU
Challenging European priorities: alternative Commission’s features
Views: 78Recently the European Commission has published the EU’s political priorities and guidance for 2024-2029; they have shown the following min strategic priorities: green growth (so-called green deal), digitalisation, attracting investments, strengthening the EU’s role in the world, as well as protecting the rule of law and democracy. However, two independent reports prepared by Draghi […]
Renewables in Europe: refreshing priorities
Views: 60In March 2023, the EU together with the International Energy Agency has formulated a sort of “global movement” that would help Europe and participating states to stay within 1.5 degrees Celsius and push the clean energy transition forward. The proposed “global targets” also included the EU-wide efforts to triple renewables and double energy savings […]
New Commission’s college is aimed at increasing regional competitiveness
Views: 54The new college is entrusted with exploring already defined EU-wide core priorities built on prosperity, security, democracy and competitiveness during 2024-29. Alongside the twin transition, these priorities are intertwined and cross-cutting, noted the Commission’s president.
European energy union: managing modern challenges
Views: 38In the newly published European “State of the Energy Union Report-2024”, the EU-wide efforts in managing unprecedented challenges in the EU-wide energy policy are described providing the member states with necessary political and regulatory means for pursuing the clean energy transition and laying the foundations for renewed economic growth and competitiveness.
AI factories to facilitate continental collaborative framework
Views: 55The EU’s intention is to acquire “the best place in the world for trustworthy AI”, as the Commission has noted recently. Thus, the so-called AI factories will bring together vital ingredients for successful AI’s industry: i.e. computing power, data and talented researchers. The “factories” will assist the AI developers “train their large generative AI […]
EU-wide competitiveness: challenges and perspectives in Draghi report
Views: 125The former European Central Bank president revealed his long awaited (with about four hundred pages) publication, the so-called Draghi Report. Main report’s message is to invest in “prospective growth” patterns to increase the EU-wide low presently productivity and avoid “slipping behind” the US and China. Present development period is described as the EU’s “existential […]
New “strategic dialogue” on European agriculture: final outcomes
Views: 56Launched in 1962, the EU’s common agricultural policy, CAP has evolved through several amendments to keep in line with the latest developments in the sector; the CAP for 2023-2027 marks the sixth version of the policy. In the beginning of 2024 a new “strategic dialogue” on CAP’s future started; the dialogue, according to the […]
New Commission’s College team: the EU-wide “sectoral ministers”
Views: 56All EU-27 member states have made their candidates for the Commissioners’ position; and all of them, except Commission’s President (she was approved earlier) need to be approved by the European Parliament. Some countries have suggested two candidates (a man and a woman), as the Commission promised to have the gender equality: however, so far […]
European and global security: a complicated issue
Views: 44At the recent European conference on global security in Prague (Globsec-24), Commission President urged the participants “to be on guard and refocus attention on security dimension” in national political economies. Modern complex security involves new facets in changing economics and politics, e.g. in “navigating” climate change and “critical technologies”, cybersecurity and other hybrid threats.