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: Legislation
European digital news: evens occurred in May and June
Views: 23During May and June, some vital events occurred that, generally, defined the EU-wide digital transformation’s process and the whole Union’s digital agenda.
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
The ABC of the digital sovereignty: from concept and structure to management and resilience. Book review
Views: 50 The European continent, as well as other parts of the world, is living through the digital revolution and a worldwide race to shape the AI future: these technologies are transforming the ways people live, work and govern their economies. The vital issues are not only how to finance European technological sovereignty […]
The ideas of “simplification” and omnibus: challenging facilities
Views: 44Over two years ago, Mario Draghi and Enrico Letta – both the former Italian Prime Ministers – composed two reports on European competitiveness issues; the reports have since been repeatedly cited and heavily criticized lately. Besides, the reports outcomes have been recently consolidated into the so-called omnibus packages aimed at removing main regulatory stumbling […]
Regional dimension in European research and innovation
Views: 31The EU institutions approved the so-called Joint Action Plan, JAP to enhance the role of cities and regions in the European-wide research and innovation, R&I. Under the plan, the Commission and Committee of the Regions, Cor would collaborate in reinforcing the regional dimension of the EU-wide R&Is. The JAP will aim to support the […]