The EU Council adopted today a new law on cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements with a view to ensuring that products, such as connected home cameras, fridges, TVs, and toys, are safe before they are placed on the market (cyber resilience act).
Have you noticed anything different about the caps on plastic bottles lately? That is just one of the measures to tackle plastics pollution. Plastics are an important material in our economy that are everywhere in our daily lives but can present negative environmental and health impacts when misused.
One in five children – or 466 million – live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot days every year compared with their grandparents’ generation, according to a new UNICEF analysis released on Wednesday.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published harmonised rules and arrangements for the mobilisation and management of collateral in Eurosystem credit operations marking a step towards further financial integration in the euro area and the capital markets union.
Today, the European Commission has published its annual report on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. This year’s report focuses on how the Charter is enforced through EU funding directed towards promoting, protecting and enforcing fundamental rights across the EU.
The EU Commission has announced the results of the 2024 Erasmus+ call for the European Universities Initiative which provides support to alliances of higher education institutions. With today’s results, 14 new European Universities alliances are joining the 50 previously selected alliances and will receive up to €14.4 million each over a period of four years.
Hungary will hold inter-governmental talks with all five Western Balkans membership candidates as part of its bid to speed up EU enlargement in the region.
27 June 20243 min read The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today
The EU Commission has given a positive assessment of Germany’s modified recovery and resilience plan (RRP), which includes a REPowerEU chapter. The plan is now worth €30.3 billion in grants and covers 17 reforms and 28 investments.
EU leaders have agreed on appointments and nominations for the EU’s top jobs and adopted the strategic agenda for 2024-2029, a policy plan that steers the EU’s future direction and goals. They also adopted conclusions on Ukraine, the Middle East, security and defence, competitiveness, migration, the Black Sea, Moldova, Georgia, hybrid threats, the fight against antisemitism, racism and xenophobia and a roadmap on internal reforms.
The European Council adopted the Strategic Agenda for the European Union 2024 – 2029. Get an insight into the strategy set out by the European heads of state or government.
“Imagine a Europe where you have access to high quality public services, wherever you live. Not just schools and hospitals, but also intelligent transport networks, and easy links between businesses, and research and innovation networks. Imagine a Europe where key public services are just two clicks away, as public administrations start using, and we start getting used to using, advanced digital technology, offering easy access to all essential services” – EU Commissioner Ferreira
“Europe is experiencing a demographic revolution. Our age pyramid is changing, with more people aged over 65 and a significant number over 80. Children born today are likely to live up to 100 years or more. This shift, coupled with lower birthrates, inevitably leads to a shrinking population and workforce. It therefore demands a profound rethinking of our frameworks, because they were built for shorter lifespans” – VP Šuica.
“In June 2023, we adopted our European economic security strategy. Few concepts embrace as many paradoxes as this one. Putting our strategy into practice is a constant balancing act. Between the ‘defensive’ and the ‘assertive’; between our trading openness and the defence of our economic interests; between what we give to, and what we gain from others around us” – EVP Vestager.
“The debate on the role of competition policy is often framed as an opposition. Does competition enforcement enhance our competitiveness, or does it reduce it? Those of us who are engaged in the marketplace know that there is no competitiveness without competition” – EVP Vestager.
The EU Commission concluded that the planned concentration would not raise competition concerns, given that the companies are not present on the same or vertically linked markets.
The EU Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, given that the joint venture will have no activities in the European Economic Area.
The EU Council adopted today a new law on cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements with a view to ensuring that products, such as connected home cameras, fridges, TVs, and toys, are safe before they are placed on the market (cyber resilience act).
Today the Commission and the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) committed to open and widen access to the EU’s world-class supercomputing resources for European artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups, SMEs and the broader AI community as part of the EU AI Start-Up Initiative. To support the further development and scalability of AI models, access to world-class supercomputers that accelerate AI training and testing is crucial, reducing training time from months or years to a matter of weeks.
Czech and Ukrainian police have disrupted, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, a prolific phishing gang believed to have defrauded victims across Europe of tens of millions of euros.
EU Parliament and Council negotiators agreed on new rules on collection and data sharing on short-term rentals to help local authorities improve tourism services.
“Measuring Money in the Digital Age. Now is the right time to do this—accelerated by the pandemic, mobile payments are nearly everywhere in many advanced and emerging economies. A large and growing number of countries are steaming ahead with development and deployment of Central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs. And while crypto assets, including stablecoins, have had their ups and downs, they aren’t going away” – IMF Managing Direcotor Kristalina Georgieva.
The European Chamber today released a survey on the impact of China’s data regulations on European business, that provides an overview of the areas where further steps are needed to optimise the country’s regulatory framework for cross-border data transfers.
Today, the European Commission formally sent Amazon a request for information under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission is requesting Amazon to provide more information on the measures it has taken to comply with obligations related to risk assessments and mitigation measures to protect consumers online, in particular with regard to the dissemination of illegal products and the protection of fundamental rights, as well as on compliance of recommender systems with the relevant provisions of the DSA.
The paper briefs the Executive Board on the initial considerations on CBDC. These cover a framework to guide countries’ CBDC exploration, as well as implications for monetary policy transmission, capital flow management measures, and financial inclusion.
“Cyber ist kein neues Thema. Aber im Gegensatz zu Utopien von vor vierzig Jahren brachte der Cyberraum keine Welt mit sich, in der militärische Gewalt keine Rolle mehr spielt und Konflikte nur mehr vorm Computer ausgetragen werden. Tatsächlich hat sich die Realität als sowohl komplexer als auch besorgniserregender erwiesen” – Annalena Baerbock aus der Nato-Konferenz zur Cyberabwehr.
ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN: A Europe that supports: towards a modern and effective public administration +++ Questions and Answers on the Communication on Enhancing the European Administrative Space (ComPAct) +++ Speech by Commissioner Elisa Ferreira at the press conference on the adoption of the Communication on Enhancing the European Administrative Space – ComPAct +++ IMF Working Paper: Inclusive GovTech: Enhancing Efficiency and Equity Through Public Service Digitalization +++ INNOVATION ECO-SYSTEMS: CEN-CENELEC: Discover the winners of the Standards+Innovation Awards 2023! +++ ECA recommends Member States to step up innovation procurement investments in digital sector +++ A STEP towards supporting EU competitiveness and resilience in strategic sectors +++ Statement des EU-Abgerodneten Ehler (EVP/CDU) zur STEP-Abstimmung im EP-Ausschuss +++ EU launches three new missions in space for validation of new technologies and innovation in orbit
With a view to creating a network of interconnected digital public administrations and accelerating the digital transformation of Europe’s public sector, the Council presidency and the European Parliament negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the proposed legislation regarding measures on a high level of public sector interoperability across the EU (Interoperable Europe act).
The EU Council adopted today a new law on cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements with a view to ensuring that products, such as connected home cameras, fridges, TVs, and toys, are safe before they are placed on the market (cyber resilience act).
NATO Allies are deeply concerned about recent malign activities on Allied territory, including those resulting in the investigation and charging of multiple individuals in connection with hostile state activity affecting Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
Starting from May 2024, supervisors across the European Union (EU) will be able to report names of natural persons to EuReCA, the EU central database on anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) of the European Banking Authority (EBA).
Over 350 representatives from the EU institutions, governments, European and Ukrainian defence industries, industry associations, key partner countries and organisations will gather to strengthen defence industrial cooperation between the EU and Ukraine.
Over the past weeks, tens of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets across the country to raise their voices against the so-called draft law on foreign influence. The EU and its member states condemn the use of violence against peaceful protestors.
EU Commission President von der Leyen, Cypriot President Christodoulides and Lebanese Prime Minister Mikati discussed the significant domestic and regional challenges faced by Lebanon, and how best the EU could support the country and its people.
European Council President Charles Michel’s Chief Diplomatic Adviser, Simon Mordue has been selected as Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and will take up his duties on 1 July. Prior to that he will complete a short term assignment on Ukraine for the Commission.
EU law does not, in principle, preclude the automatic loss of German nationality in the event of recovery of Turkish nationality.
In 2023, 254 900 first-time asylum applicants registered in EU countries were children (persons under 18 years old), representing 24.3% of the total number of first-time asylum applications.
The Biden-Harris Administration delivers on permitting progress to build America’s infrastructure and clean energy future “faster, safer, and cleaner”. During the Trump Administration, important projects stalled, now they are moving more quickly.
President Biden takes new actions to protect U.S. critical infrastructure. The NSM will help ensure U.S. critical infrastructure can provide the Nation a strong and innovative economy, protect American families, and enhance our collective resilience to disasters before they happen – strengthening the nation for generations to come.
Announcements include draft guidance documents, a draft plan for international standards, and a new measurement program opening for public comment.
The EU support will strengthen the operational capabilities of the Ivoirian Armed Forces to secure areas close to land borders and to counter non-state armed groups, which are destabilising the country and the whole West Africa region.
On Thursday and Friday, EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra will participate in the Pre-COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan. With just a month to go until the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference (11 – 22 November), this meeting is a key opportunity for ministers from across the globe to come together ahead of the formal UN climate negotiations.
The workshop had two specific focuses: an M-RAP workshop to support countries on national planning for rapid and targeted methane action, and a workshop dedicated to aligning air pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventory development.
The new law aims to build a reliable, seamless, and high-quality transport network that ensures sustainable connectivity across Europe without physical interruptions, bottlenecks, and missing links.
This briefing explores and maps out some of the social consequences of the Green Deal, focusing in particular on the effect the green transition will have on labour markets. It also touches briefly on the housing and transport sectors.
EU environment ministers will be invited to reach a general approach on three proposed directives: the targeted revision of the waste framework directive, the green claims directive and the soil monitoring directive.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has set new safe levels for iron intake for different age groups in a scientific assessment published today. The reference values will help policymakers and health professionals protect European consumers. Iron is an essential mineral needed by our bodies for oxygen transport, electron transfer, and energy metabolism.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has updated its report on key areas of regulatory challenge. The report now gives more detailed information on the areas where scientific research is needed to protect people and the environment from hazardous chemicals.
The discussion focuses on the readiness of electricity networks to meet the needs of e-mobility and the requirements of electric vehicles to contribute to the stability and readiness of the network in the context of increased needs for electrification and decarbonization of the network system.
Citizen science – the general public engagement in scientific research activities – contributes to a vibrant civil society and is getting increasingly popular with Europeans.
The European Commission has launched two consultations to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of past and current funding programmes for fisheries and maritime activities.
Dolphins are considered a “sentinel species” for oceans and human health because, like us, they are high up in the food chain, live long lives, and share certain physiological traits with humans. Some staples of their diet, such as spot, croaker, weakfish and other small fish, are most vulnerable to mercury pollution and are also eaten by people.
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