Views: 6European regional consumer policy (EU-2030 Consumer Agenda), is aimed at “uniting” million consumers in the EU-wide single market; consumers contribute over 50 percent to the EU’s GDP through household spending. As consumers play essential role in the European economy, the agenda is enhancing consumers’ trust, ensuring legal clarity, bolstering enforcement and easing administrative burden […]
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AI in education: contemporary European issues
Views: 15The digital tools and opportunities offered by AI companies for the education providers and students have grown rapidly recently. Various AI tools/models have become a vital part of educators and policies; but the AI’s deployment varies widely among European education providers: some countries are cautious in approaches, others use AIs restrictively, while students are […]
European economy: facing stagnation period
Views: 38The European Business Intelligence (EBI) issued recently a new report examining the EU’s structural economic transformations during last two decades, and “contextualizing” European “relative decline in the global economic weight”, with the consequential implications for competitiveness, resilience and sovereignty. The EU’s future prosperity depends on “linking competitiveness with sovereignty”: i.e. the EU must transform […]
EU-wide digital regulatory framework
Views: 32The EU is responding to the challenges of the digital transformation with an unprecedented number of regulatory acts. Among central objectives of the Union, e.g. the creation of the single market and other integration sub-unions, the EU-wide rules and values also apply to the digital transition’s process. By adopting landmark regulations, the Union wants […]
Deeper integration in the EU’s financial markets: new Commission’s measures
Views: 29In the beginning of December 2025, the Commission adopted a comprehensive package of measures designed to remove barriers and unlock the full potential of the EU single market for financial services. The package is a central component of the savings and investments union (SIU) strategy aiming to create a more integrated, efficient and competitive […]
New European “bio- economy”: bonuses for the states and businesses
Views: 35The new idea looks like a big bio-chemical “revelation” in the continent: i.e. the Commission has unveiled recently its long-trailed plan to “turbocharge the EU’s bioeconomy”, which was worth €2.7 trillion in 2023 and employed about 17+ million people (around 8% of the EU jobs). As the EU officials believe, the new sector has […]
European Union’s energy future: climate mitigation and renewables
Views: 36As a key driver of socio-economic development, the energy system has a dual role as both determinant and solution to climate change. While fossil fuels production and consumption are responsible for about 90% of all CO2 emissions and more than 75% of GHG emissions, according to the UN in 2022-23, transitioning processes in the […]
European Parliament creates its own scientific research service
Views: 32A new idea to “equip the EU Parliament” with a scientifically-based service could not come at a better time: nearly 75 years after the signing of the initial European Communities’ founding Treaties (turning to presently Union of 27 states, with all its sub-unions), it is in serious trouble. But presently widely deployed numerous AI […]
European healthcare: AI approaches through new initiatives
Views: 74Healthcare systems in the EU-27 (and around the world) are facing complex challenges, including rising “cure-demand” due to aging population, increasing numbers of chronic and complex medical conditions, growing operating costs and shortages of the healthcare workforce. However, the AIs and other digital technologies are already having stronger potentials in addressing these challenges and […]
EU digital agenda: simplification issues and new digital wallets
Views: 65It is expected that European corporate community – from companies and factories to start-ups, would spend less time on administrative work and compliance. At the same time, they will have more time innovating and scaling-up, thanks to the European Commission’s new digital package, involving the so-called “digital wallets”.