Views: 14Commission President has recently underlined main facets determining modern European competitiveness at the “business summit-2026” in France. The following challenges have been underlined and reviewed: the competition’s rules and conditions, financing the EU’s concept of “social market economy”, the concerns of the Union’s single market, energy issues, artificial intelligence and external trade. The President’s […]
Category: EU in global governance
Europe at the G20 digital-innovation ministerial meeting: revealing achievements
Views: 29The G20 structure consists of ministerial meetings, working and engagement groups; during two days this September, the innovation technology’s ministerial meeting took place in North Caroline, US. The G20 “digital and innovation ministers” released a voluntary consensus statement recognizing that “emerging technologies have the potential to unlock prosperity, enhance productivity and expand opportunity for […]
Watermarking AI-generated text: effects for the public and businesses
Views: 34The EU AI Act requires GPAI providers to comply with the copyright rules, respect rights for text and data mining, and publish a summary of the content used to train their models; but it does not create new or replace existing intellectual property and copyright laws. In the standard GPAI, the AI providers that […]
Growing European e-businesses: Commission’s measures facing global competition
Views: 29Recent European Commission’s initiative includes measures to assist startups, research and innovation companies in view of the EU-wide ambition to close the innovation divide between the Europe and global digital competitors. The initiative is in line with the broader EU ideas to boost competitiveness and profitability, as have been revealed in, e.g. E. Letta […]
Cyber-secure continent and the European business: new guidelines
Views: 45Recent developments in frontier AI models with cybersecurity capabilities render swift and correct implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act more imperative. The act, being in force since the end of 2024, sets mandatory cybersecurity requirements across the full lifecycle of digital products, with reporting obligations applying as of 11 September 2026. At the end […]
European gigantic AI factories: towards continental digital sovereignty
Views: 59The Commission decided that the AI gigafactories across European states are going to be an integral part of its latest major push to accelerate EU-27 technological sovereignty and ambition of becoming the European AI Continent. Presently, the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched a call for tenders to select consortia that will build […]
Frontier AIs: towards European digital competitiveness and security
Views: 24The AI Office has published this July a report that summarises findings from over 100 experts on how the European Union can enhance its competitiveness, sovereignty and security in frontier AI. In the report, the AI Office highlights key insights from the AI Forum and related expert statements as the EU continues its drive […]
EU-China digital controversies: book review
Views: 24The collective manuscript prepared by the European Think-tank Network on China*) unites authors from numerous EU and foreign states (the UK and China). The report analyses the China’s rise to a global digital technology’s power, as well as its effect on the European strategies in the digital transition and in shaping innovations. The report […]
Trans-Atlantic digital divide: almost (im)possible solution
Views: 17The digital transition is actively proceeding on both sides of the Atlantic; though with a varied speed and different substantial ideology, as well. For example, the US-type process leans to liberal and free-market system, while the EU-type approach is more regulatory and security in essence. This article concentrates on some of the European digital […]
Borrowing through a syndicated transaction: assisting EU priorities in integration
Views: 19In the beginning of July, the European Commission raised another €11 billion of EU-Bonds in its 7th syndicated transaction for 2026. The funds raised are going to be used to support the EU’s political priorities, including a more competitive and resilient Europe, support to Ukraine and crucial investments in European defence. It seems that […]