Views: 19The EU legislative institutions are heavily relying on closer cooperation among the decision-makers on key legislative proposals. For example, at the end of 2025, the joint declaration was approved, highlighting the main “cooperation efforts” among the Commission’s initiatives (as the primary law-drafting institution) and other two co-legislators – the European Parliament and the Council. […]
Category: EU law & governance
Digital regulation and governance: European legal and executive facilities
Views: 38The EU has developed a comprehensive set of digital regulations to govern the data, digital services and technologies used in the member states. The rules aim to ensure that digital transformation is safe, fair and beneficial for citizens, as well as supporting innovation and a competitive market. These regulations establish a common legal framework […]
Priorities in the EU draft budget for 2027
Views: 46The European Commission proposed recently the 2027 annual EU budget at €200 billion (in commitments): the draft budget reflects the mid-term review of the 2021-2027 Cohesion policy. The EU member states will use these financial resources to implement their new priorities in the areas of competitiveness, defence, affordable housing, water resilience and energy transition, […]
European complex security issues: recent EPC-Forum’s accounts
Views: 18The European Policy Centre’s second Economic Security Forum in Brussels (BESF2026) concluded recently with a clear message: Europe must rely on a creative economic resilience as the global fragmentation deepens. During two days, leaders, policymakers and industry experts examined how to diversify supply chains, secure critical technologies and reduce vulnerabilities linked to trade shocks […]
Recent European digital report-2026: main outcomes
Views: 51The European Commission published this June the fourth State of the Digital Decade report, showing the EU-wide progress on its 2030 digital transformation targets, such as secure and sustainable digital infrastructures and the digitalisation of public services; as well as some still existing challenges in resulting scale, speed and consistency. The report reveals that […]
European economy and finances: outcomes of two meetings
Views: 15During two recent meetings – Ecofin and Eurogroup – Commissioner Dombrovskis underlined main EU-wide modern economic-financial policy issues and challenges. E.g. among the Eurogroup, under the radar were such essential issues as careful policy’s “calibration”, consolidation measures and rigorous priorities in order to safeguard the EU fiscal sustainability while addressing urgent priorities.
Digital sovereignty within global and European context
Views: 54The digital sovereignty (DS), principally, is the ability of a state (on a national level and/or the group of states, globally) to independently control its “digital dimension” and perspectives; i.e. in citizens’ data, hardware, software codes and standards. The European DS initiative is presently seriously vulnerable due to lack of its own hyperscalers; hence, […]
Potential systemic risks in external digital services: the EU’s investigations
Views: 46As a designated very large online platform under the European DSA, the Grok’s AI tool called X has the obligations to self-assessment and mitigation of any risks related to its services provided among the EU member states. The assessment, among other things, include the spread of illegal content and potential threats to fundamental rights […]
Advanced production in the European semiconductors’ sector: German initiatives
Views: 38Two new facilities in the EU-wide semiconductor supply chain have been approved recently. The European financial assistance will contribute to strengthening the continental position and autonomy in the semiconductor value chain, in line with the objectives set out in the European Chips Act and the Commission’s 2024-2029 political guidelines.
European Union announces plans for the “digital sovereignty”
Views: 252The European Commission proposed the “tech sovereignty package” to strengthen the EU-wide digital autonomy and resilience. The package includes a set of measures to strengthen Europe’s capacity in semiconductors, artificial intelligence, cloud and open source. Besides, the package includes two legislative proposals: a) the Chips Act 2.0, and b) the Cloud and AI Development […]