Views: 38At the end of this year, the EU’s authorities are going to present additional measures in the EU-wide financial and banking sector’s measures in competitiveness, called “strengthening the single market for banking”. New measures require a kind of “cultural banking shift” towards responsible risk-taking, simplified regulatory framework, digitalisation and the expected completion of the […]
Category: EU law & governance
European gigantic AI factories: towards continental digital sovereignty
Views: 77The 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 […]
Gradual AI law implementation and the EU digital governance
Views: 33The beginning of August reflects new stages in the gradual application of the EU AI legislation, originated in 2024. In mid-June 2026, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU formally approved targeted amendments to the EU AI Act (known as the Digital Omnibus on AI). These changes provide timeline relief for high-risk […]
European Data Act – one year after
Views: 92The EU Data Governance Act. DGA became applicable in September 2025; it reshaped corporate and consumers access, by assisting sharing and migrating devices/cloud data in the EU member states. During a year in application, it has accelerated the EU, national and corporate compliance, introduced stricter contractual terms and paved the way for upcoming design […]
EU’s legal approach to governance: the European “culture of administration”
Views: 20The 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. […]
Digital regulation and governance: European legal and executive facilities
Views: 46The 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: 61The 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: 25The 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: 69The 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: 19During 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.