New Commission’s college is aimed at increasing regional competitiveness

Views: 40The 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: 19In 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: 20The 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 […]

New “strategic dialogue” on European agriculture: final outcomes

Views: 32Launched 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 […]

Fishing in the Baltic Sea: European regulations

Views: 48Following scientific assessment, the European Commission adopted new proposals for the fishing opportunities around the Baltic Sea in 2025; the assessment indicated a “complicated situation” for several fisheries in the region. For example, the proposal includes total allowable catches and quotas for nine out of the ten stocks managed by the EU in the […]

The signs of “political capitalism” in Europe: Italian initiatives

Views: 24The Italian government has presented recently an analysis of the country’s economic relations with the “third world”, the move which some national experts dubbed as “political capitalism”. This new phenomenon is based on such priorities as, for example supporting national businesses and development both in the African private sector and Italian national economies towards […]

Global Higher Education Sustainability Initiative

Views: 40The High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development, HLPF is the central global platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs and rethinking higher education for sustainable future. Recent US Project-2025 initiates some actions to facilitate educational reforms.

European and global agro-food situation: expected perspectives

Views: 21Well-functioning European and international agricultural commodity markets will remain important for food security in Europe and around the world. Besides, sustainable rural communities can benefit from participation in these markets and global agro-food value chains. The world-wide agro-challenges are also formulated at the end of the article. 

Renewables in the European Union’s energy mix

Views: 36An integrated EU energy market is the most efficient way to ensure secure, sustainable and affordable energy supplies in the member states. Due to common energy market rules and cross-border infrastructure, energy can be produced in one EU country and delivered to consumers in another. Boosting competition, improving the renewables and allowing consumers to […]

Triple approach to modern political economy: new patterns through ESG

Views: 40Since the appearance of the global sustainable development goals (SDGs) in 2015, some sectors of the global communities were searching for the most optimal ways in their implementation: the academic community and researchers suggested theoretical background, while the corporate one proposed some practical solutions. Among the latter there are the so-called ESG, i.e. environmental, […]