Views: 44The AIs are reshaping and revolutionising political economy’s patterns by driving efficiency, innovative decision-making, as well as facilitating new business models in growth sectors and industries. There are already apparent positive shifts in AIs deployment through such technologies as the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and big data analytics. Besides, new and exciting […]
Month: April 2026
Global digital proliferation: uneven AI’s adaptation
Views: 60The so-called global adoption of the AIs models -some loosely call it diffusion- has experienced an exponential growth during 2025: about one in six people worldwide are presently using GenAI tools. It is a remarkable progress for the digital technologies; however, the digital divide is still a stumbling block in the digital proliferation through […]
European “Pact for Skills”: recent accounts on employment and training
Views: 100The EU-wide “Pact for Skills”, adopted about five years ago, aims to facilitate public and private organisations and encourage them to make concrete commitments to upskilling employment forces and reskilling adults. The Pact is one of the flagship actions of the general European Skills Agenda; through these years, the pact has proved to be […]
Globalisation and European integration: facing realities
Views: 52Globalisation process is a complicated issue: there are those who benefit from globalization and those who face its direct costs. Fraying social safety nets in wealthy countries, not to mention technological advances that allowed manufacturing firms to reduce their labor forces, added to workers’ woes. If managed effectively, the “new globalization” can still live […]
Economic aspects in the EU’s approach to modern energy crisis
Views: 35The Commission is discussing presently a proposal rendering additional public support for the economic development in the member states. Since the beginning of the military conflict in the Middle East (already about two months ago), the EU-wide bill for fossil fuel’s imports has reached €22 billion. The disruptions to energy supplies will persist for […]
European report acknowledging the EU-wide AI policy and digital deployment
Views: 69A decade of AI policies in the EU is successfully over: the Commission published a report on AI adoption in public administration and a policy brief on the AI Continent Action Plan, which is built on the Apply AI Strategy. Modern European AI-adoption framework is structured around such activities as: – anchoring AI adoption […]
Facilitating European strategic technologies: four priority sectoral development
Views: 56The EU-wide Strategic Technologies Platform, STEP has celebrated its second anniversary with the record achievements for the development and manufacturing of critical technologies. Since its inception in March 2024, STEP managed to mobilise about €29 billion of funding across the EU-wide financial programs to support technologies in four priority sectors and associated skills: a) […]
European nuclear energy option: the case of France
Views: 44The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether public support that France plans to grant for the construction and operation of six new nuclear reactors is in line with EU State aid rules. Under the EU Treaties, the member states are free to determine their energy mix; hence, France has chosen […]
Governing digital superintelligence: world-wide Open AI’s call for discussion
Views: 85Recently Open AI’s initiated global discussion about “governing advanced AIs” transition includes two main ideas: a) creating a digital economy with broad access, participation and shared prosperity; and b) building a resilient society through accountability, alignment and management of “frontier risks”. The idea of “keeping people at the center of the transition to superintelligence” […]
Digital regulatory means in the European financial services
Views: 65The main directions in EU-wide digital financial services are driven by a strategy to promote innovation, strengthen operational resilience and establish a unified and data-driven financial market while ensuring high levels of consumer protection. Key initiatives include such regulatory measures, as the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA), the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the digital […]