Views: 27At 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.
Fishing in the Baltic Sea: European regulations
Views: 53Following 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: 40The 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: 48The 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: 27Well-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.
Choosing leaders in the European political economy
Views: 20In less than ten days, the candidates for the most vital jobs in the European Commission for the coming five years shall be chosen; the final steps will follow after the “grilling” process in the European Parliament before the candidates assume their new positions and acquire their offices.
Renewables in the European Union’s energy mix
Views: 41An 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: 46Since 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, […]
Contemporary digital currency issues: future perspectives
Views: 23Digital technologies and expanding financial markets have generated during last couple of years viable discussions around the world about new types of digital currencies, DC. The debates encompass complex issues of new types of assets, new financial service providers and various forms of regulation. Several interconnected issues have appeared to affect the DC’s development […]
EU directives’ complete and timely transposition: Commission’s actions
Views: 25European Commission adopted a package of infringement decisions due to the absence of communication by the EU states’ measures to transpose EU directives into national law. Almost all EU member states have not yet notified full transposition measures concerning two EU directives: a) in the field of climate mitigation (through the emission-trading system, ETS), […]