The EU automotive sector has a century-old tradition of producing vehicles with combustion engines. It enjoys a global reputation for mechanical engineering excellence, quality, design, and creativity. But the sector is at a crossroads: Green transition, digitalisation and global competition, including Chinese manufacturers, have altered the competitive environment.
EU Member States, with the support of the Commission and ENISA, the EU Agency for Cybersecurity, presented a report on the cybersecurity and resilience of the EU communications infrastructures and networks.
The future competitiveness of Europe’s economy depends on these advanced digital network infrastructures and services, since fast, secure, and widespread connectivity is essential for the deployment of the technologies that will bring us into tomorrow’s world: telemedicine, automated driving, predictive maintenance of buildings, or precision agriculture.
In a coordinated action supported by Eurojust and Europol, judicial and law enforcement authorities from 10 different countries have severely disrupted LockBit, the world’s most active ransomware operation. Two members of the ransomware team have been arrested in Poland and Ukraine. In addition, law enforcement has compromised LockBit’s primary platform and other enabling infrastructure. This includes the takedown of 34 servers in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, France, Switzerland, Australia, the
The Platform Work Directive aims to ensure that people performing platform work have their employment status classified correctly and to correct bogus self-employment. The agreed text also introduces the first ever EU rules on algorithmic management and the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace.
This new series of calls will further support the European semiconductor industry by strengthening collaboration, industrial competitiveness and the transfer of knowledge from laboratories to factories. Consortia can submit proposals on topics addressing a wide range of challenges defined in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda – from transistors in silicon chips to embedded AI, connectivity or the coordination and control of complex systems to improve performance and safety.
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Gigabit Infrastructure Act, proposed by the Commission on 23 February 2023.
The scheme offers a Union-wide set of rules and procedures on how to certify ICT products in their lifecycle and thus make them more trustworthy for users. Certification provides a formal recognition that ICT products can be trusted to protect both the hardware and software that citizens are using daily.
Today the Commission published the guidance document on the application process for “first-of-a-kind” facilities to request the status of integrated production facility and/or open EU foundry, under the second Pillar of the European Chips Act.
At a stakeholder meeting on Crafting the Transatlantic Green Marketplace, which takes place on 31 January, stakeholders will present their views and proposals on how to make transatlantic supply chains stronger, more sustainable and more resilient. A series of workshops will take place to boost the transatlantic green marketplace and to promote good quality jobs for the green transition, as well as workshops on the solar supply chain, permanent magnets
Industries such as finance and health care need to monitor incoming internet data for evidence of malware and insider cyberattacks. The latest internet security protocol, known as TLS 1.3, makes it more challenging to comply with these requirements while maintaining web traffic security.
The European Union and its Member States express solidarity with Australia on the impact of malicious cyber activities against their healthcare sector, notably against a major health service provider, Medibank.
The Legal Affairs Committee adopted on Wednesday, with 13 votes for, no votes against and 10 abstentions, its position on new rules to support the so-called standard-essential patents (SEPs). These patents protect cutting-edge technologies, such as Wi-Fi or 5G, which are essential to a technical standard, meaning that e.g. no Internet of Things (IoT) products can be developed without using them. They also play a key role in the development
The European Commission wants to support European startups and SMEs in the development of trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) that respects EU values and rules. This follows the political agreement reached in December 2023 on the EU AI Act – the world’s first comprehensive law on Artificial Intelligence.
Member states’ EU ambassadors today agreed on the Council’s partial negotiating mandate on the proposed Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP). The platform will support investments in critical technologies in the fields of digital and deep tech, clean tech and biotech in the EU. It will reduce the EU’s strategic dependencies and enhance its long-term competitiveness.
The potential investment under the CHIPS and Science Act would shore up domestic supply of microcontroller chips and create over 700 new jobs. The terms concern supply the chain resilience for America’s automotive, defense, and aerospace industries.
Blockchain and its applications, in particular cryptocurrencies, have grabbed the headlines, but many people still do not know how they work. This briefing provides an overview of the uses and challenges of this technology, based on published information.
The increasing scale and severity of ransomware attacks is one element which heightens the risk to essential services and critical national infrastructure, and may therefore rise to the level of national and international security. In the longer-term, we anticipate witnessing more complex and high profile malicious cyber activities driven by AI-powered software.
The EU Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the EU Member States on the Directive on improving the working conditions in platform work proposed by the Commission in December 2021. It follows the commitment taken by President von der Leyen in her Political Guidelines to improve the labour conditions of platform workers.
EU Council and Parliament strike a deal on the first rules for AI in the world +++ Compliance of artificial intelligence centre stage at the annual session of UNECE’s Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies +++ EU Commission welcomes Spanish Presidency declaration to strengthen collaboration on quantum technologies +++ EU Commission approves up to €1.2 billion of State aid by seven Member States for an Important Project of
The “Cyber Solidarity Act” adopted on Thursday aims to build a more resilient, collective EU response against cybercrime. This legislative proposal seeks to bolster the European Union’s ability to detect, prepare for, and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents.
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