Views: 24Recently, in mid-April, the Commission officially opened in the Joint Research Centre in Seville, Spain the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency, ECAT. The ECAT will provide the Commission with in-house technical and scientific expertise to ensure that algorithmic systems used by the EU-wide online platforms and search engines comply with the risk management, mitigation […]
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Digital nomads: modern labor force’s experience in Europe
Views: 12Working remotely becomes a fashion for a lot of people. Below is the list of the best destinations for online/distant workers with a good quality of life – often even better then at home – with a lower level of expenses and affordable living costs. This information is for those looking for a destination […]
Social partners’ participation in employment and growth
Views: 14About one thousand European Works Councils already exist in the EU-27 member states. They promote a shared understanding of the transnational challenges facing large multinational companies and the involvement of employees in the decision-making process, with the objective of exchanging on possible solutions, facilitating their implementation and increasing the impact of strategic choices made […]
Cutting red-tape will assist business and the EU digital transformation
Views: 11New Commission’s proposal is aimed at cutting red-tape in corporate activity, improving its efficiency and facilitating trust in corporate entities working in the European single market. Besides, the proposal is about achieving more digitalised and connected cross-border national public services for all companies, in particular for SMEs.
EU regional competitiveness as a vital tool in growth pattern
Views: 27The EU economic development system uses “territorial competitiveness” to define regional ability to provide attractive and sustainable environment for businesses and wellbeing for citizens. In the member states’ governance it is regarded as a perfect “tool” for better policy- and decision-making. It also serves as one of the main goals in the European Cohesion […]
ChatGPTs: perspective application for employment
Views: 28At the present level of artificial intelligence technology’s development, the ChatGPTs (generative pre-trained transformers) have become the most attractive and discussed issue, together with learning language models, both around the world and in Europe. Some users have already found that such artificial intelligence’s chatbots represent a useful tool, while others found certain limitations and […]
New EU measures to increase consumers’ safety
Views: 63A new trend has appeared in the EU’s consumers’ policy: the “safety gate” is being established as a reliable tool for: a) market surveillance authorities to keep consumers safe, and b) keeping dangerous products off the market, both in real trade and online. However, these initiatives are only –so far – about non-food consumer […]
New EU strategy: competitiveness, single market and critical raw materials
Views: 27European long-term strategy addresses such issues as competitiveness, 30 years of the Single Market and Critical Raw Materials Act. The EU member states have been recovering from past major shocks; but they still need to look ahead and confront long-standing challenges around productivity and competitiveness.
European and international trade in goods: depressing situation
Views: 59New Eurostat’s data has shown that deficit in international trade in goods for the euro area reached €30.6 bn by the start of 2023, with the total deficit of €34.6 bn for the whole EU-27.
“Made in Europe’s idea” through clean-tech and hydrogen
Views: 26By global challenges and a drive towards climate neutrality, the EU member states will need a massive scale-up of clean technology (clean-tech, in short) in numerous manufacturing sectors in renewables: batteries, solar panels, heat pumps, electrolysers, wind turbines, etc. Main European regulatory measures include the net-zero industry act and hydrogen option. These initiatives need […]