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: Science and innovation
covering increasing role of science, research and innovation in the modern national development models
Recent European Social Dialogue: the tripartite social summit
Views: 22After the adoption of a new Pact for a European Social Dialogue, the EU-wide social summit took place recently (19 March, 2025). The Tripartite Summit is a forum for dialogue between the EU institutions, the member states and the social partners; the summit’s main theme was “Bringing Europe back on track in a challenging […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
EU efforts to support clean industrial development in the member states
Views: 19New Commission proposal aims to ensure that the member states can have the EU’s support to facilitate implementation of the EU-wide “clean industrial deal” without causing undue distortions of competition in the European single market. The Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework provides for some measures to integrate the EU-wide industrial development, competition as well […]
Consumer protection in the EU: screening online traders
Views: 9In order to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market (based on a high level of consumer and environmental protection) and making progress in the green transition, the consumers shall be fully informed on purchasing conditions. In March 2024, the new directive obliged the member states by March 2026 to adopt necessary […]
European zero-pollution ambition: complicated ways of progress
Views: 15Twice a year the EU European Commission’s Joint Research Centre together with the European Environment Agency, EEA publishes a monitoring report on progress in the member states in achieving the EU’s zero-pollution targets according to the 2021 Zero Pollution Action Plan. It reveals future policies designed to support the zero-pollution ambition in reducing threat […]