Views: 45The European Political Community, EPC is an intergovernmental forum aimed to facilitate political dialogue about the future of Europe; it was created four years ago as a “renewed effort” to redefine and expand the “European idea” beyond the existing frameworks, by fostering cooperation among European nations and states. Proposed by the French President, the […]
Category: EU in global governance
In need of financial resources: European Union’s borrowing on global markets
Views: 38The European Commission is empowered by the EU Treaties to borrow from the international capital markets on behalf of the European Union. The EU is a well-established name in debt securities markets, with a strong track record of successful bond issuances over the past 40 years. The Commission presently intends to issue €10 billion […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
Reforming European customs union
Views: 94Most ambitious and comprehensive EU Customs Union’s reform took place last time in summer 2023; it included such spheres as increasing trade volumes, especially in e-commerce, reducing fast-growing number of EU standards at the borders, and mitigating geopolitical realities and crises. However, the needs are still numerous: simplification of customs processes for business and […]
European economic perspectives through transitions in the global trade: EU-China controversies
Views: 58Presently, the geo-political disturbances have marked a new phase in the EU-China trade patterns through the so-called “second China shock”. The new stage of the global competition, that stretches to the core of the EU’s growth base, requires deeper understanding of both the global shifts in economics and in “China’s shock” for the EU […]
Preserving seas and oceans for the generations to come: EU’s initiatives
Views: 53The maritime environment is vital for the European development: it feeds people, gives renewable energy, helps to mitigate carbon pollution and secure world-wide connections. However, the seas and oceans are under growing pressures: from climate change to pollution to illegal fishing. The EU initiatives represent a combination of intensive measures in such fields as […]
Digital providers’ compliance with the European DSA: the Shein case
Views: 87The DSA’s obligations are applied to almost all digital/online services having impact on the functioning of the online systems: hence, all online services operating in the EU-27 are required to comply with the DSA. The DSA follows a proportionate approach, which means that the obligations assigned to the different online players match their role, […]
European industrial future: vital steps
Views: 98In order to strengthen industrial businesses in the member states, according to the Commission President, the EU needs the following priorities: speed, scale, power and new markets to compete in the world. As to speed – to expand production and grow, scale – to mobilise more investment and attract capital, as to power – […]