Views: 101In order to strengthen industrial businesses in the member states, according to the Commission President, the EU needs the following priorities: speed, scale, power and new markets to compete in the world. As to speed – to expand production and grow, scale – to mobilise more investment and attract capital, as to power – […]
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
New European syndicated loan: the EU bonds’ borrowing
Views: 102A syndicated transaction (or a syndicated loan), is -in theory- a financing arrangement where a group of lenders (the syndicate) jointly funds a single large loan for a borrower, under a unified agreement. Led by an “agent financial institute”, the loan’s structure spreads risk and allows lenders to participate in major and large-scale projects, […]
SDGs after 2030: facing “reinvention’s” period
Views: 160The deadline for the SDGs’ implementation is approaching: in less than five years, the questions would arise about the SDG-post-2030 agenda. The global community’s message is that the UN-2030 sustainability plan should not be the end of the noble goals, rather mark the “beginning of idea’ reinvention”. However, only collaborative governance, coherent and integrated […]
Fighting for a competitive energy system: EU’s vision
Views: 101Energy issues are becoming “hot issues in the town” all over the world, i.e. often connected to competitiveness. Hence, it has become currently the Commission’s top priority: thus, recent EU energy report reiterates both the critical need to build a secure and resilient “Energy Union”, and assure to provide clean and affordable energy. The […]
Modern EU competition issues: new report’s indicators
Views: 116At the end of January 2026, the European Commission adopted the “Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report-2026”, the sixth in an annual series, evaluating the functioning of the EU-wide Single Market and assessing the conditions for businesses to innovate, for national economies to grow and for the governance systems to compete while delivering sustainability […]
Reducing regulatory burden for European business: vital suggestions
Views: 220Better regulation and burden reduction are among key issues for the modern European political priorities and for the corporate community as well. Besides, the speed-up reducing disproportionate regulatory burdens on companies and better quality of regulations, are also vital for stronger investments and the EU-wide competitiveness.
European AI and quantum technologies: new amendments
Views: 324The EU legislative institutions adopted an amendment to the EuroHPC Regulation to support the states’ strategic autonomy in high-performance computing, AI and quantum technologies. The amendments broaden EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) mandate, enabling to support the deployment and operation of next-generation computing infrastructures, including AI gigafactories and quantum technologies; the amendment enters into […]
Digital transition in education and sustainability
Views: 91The digital technologies and AI models are advancing both sustainability’s agenda (by helping researchers to analyse complex interaction among various SDGs parameters, and facilitating sustainability’s decision-making) and education policy strategies (through a personalizing learning and expanding access to education through new AI tools). The University World News explores these issues in a series of […]
European food security: towards competitive agro-business
Views: 182The European future of farming and a competitive agro-food sector are key components of the continental-wide security and sovereignty. Hence, the EU institutions are “ready to act where needed”, as the Commission confirmed in its recent “Vision for agriculture and food”. And the EU will continue in the longer term to rigorously defend farmers’ […]
WEF-2026: new drivers of economic perspectives and digital deployment
Views: 199The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (20-24 January, 2026) is taking place in Davos-Klosters (Switzerland), gathering global leaders and experts to explore projected scenarios to drive resilience and cooperation in a rapidly evolving geo-economic and technological spheres. WEF’s sessions will address shared global and regional priorities, foster public-private collaboration and examine innovative approaches to […]