Views: 60According to the Newsletter (3 July 2025) of the Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, a shorter settlement cycle for transactions in transferable securities traded on the EU-wide venues would reduce operations from two business days to only one business day: however, the proposed effective date is expected to occur […]
Category: Political-economy
including the EU and the member states political economy’s analytical monitoring, as well as researching inherent connections between the political decision-making and their economic implementation
Danish Presidency in the Council: some aspects in the work-plan
Views: 70As Denmark has taken the helm of the Council, its bold climate credentials face the hard grind of EU-wide politics, and the EU leadership is more interested in competitiveness, digital development, re-armament and circular growth, etc. It is to be noted too that the Danish Presidency takes place during the preliminary discussions on the […]
Income and living conditions in Europe: recent data
Views: 194The EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) is aimed at collecting various components of the European states’ conditions, as well as providing timely and comparable cross-sectional and longitudinal data comparison on income, poverty, social exclusion and living conditions. Besides, the issues of minimum wages are also vital…
Advancing EU-wide circular economy’s patterns: new Commission’s initiatives
Views: 176In the beginning of July 2025, the European Commission launched a couple of initiatives aimed at: a) accelerating the member states’ transition to circular economy, and b) preparing the ground in the member states for the adoption of the European Circular Economy Act, expected in 2026.
Skills for the future: global and European transformations
Views: 130Technological changes, global politico-economic fragmentation, as well as world-wide social uncertainties in sustainability, climate mitigation and demographic shifts, coped with the energy and green transitions (in separate and in combination form) are presently among the major drivers that are going to shape and transform global and regional labor markets in the coming decades. Thus, […]
Additional aspects in the EU’s path to sustainability: the idea of “clean” industries
Views: 65In the new EU-wide long-term political guidelines adopted at the end of 2024, Commission President pledged to deliver the “Clean Industrial Deal” – presently, through “prioritizing EU competitiveness and prosperity”. This initiative builds on input from industry leaders, social partners and civil society, following the “industrial deal” discussions and the clean transition dialogues. This […]
Economic contraction in the EU: facing challenges
Views: 70There are several advanced economies in the world and in Europe (e.g. including Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, etc.) that have shown decreased growth patterns recently. Some states are experiencing the sharpest economic contractions and lowest growth; according to the latest IMF projections (April 2025), a mix of fragile developing nations and major advanced […]
European digital decade and business: initiatives and perspectives
Views: 107Recent study titled “Digital decade – 2025: Digitalization of business in the EU member states” provides a structured analysis of the member states’ efforts in supporting business digitalization, in line with the EU digital decade targets and with a particular focus on AI strategies. The 2025-report highlights main structural challenges as well as new […]
G7 reveals growth trends for Europe and the world
Views: 79At the present G7 annual summit this June, the European Commission President has underlined world-wide growth perspectives and that of the EU. We present our readers some of these growth aspects revealed by the “shadow” global governance and the Commission President…
Implementing European AI legislation: attention to high-risk AI systems
Views: 77The European Commission has initiated a public consultation regarding the implementation of regulations for the high-risk AI systems under the new AI legislation. The consultation aims to gather practical examples and clarify issues surrounding high-risk AI systems. The consultation’s outcomes would help in drafting the forthcoming Commission guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI […]