Union of Skills: delivering new sectoral challenges

Views: 95The reason to launch a new “union” is that Europe is facing a skills crisis that threatens its competitiveness, innovation and ability to adapt to global challenges. Skills shortages and gaps are widespread: about four in five SMEs struggle to find workers with the right skills, particularly in breakthrough technologies like AI and quantum […]

The future of European auto-industry: new discussions

Views: 122The second meeting of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry took place in the beginning of March 2025 in a “good, intense and productive discussion”, noted the Commission President. However, she added “it was clear now that it is time for action on a number of priorities”. 

European zero-pollution ambition: complicated ways of progress

Views: 14Twice a year the EU European Commission’s Joint Research Centre together with the European Environment Agency, EEA publishes a monitoring report on progress in the member states in achieving the EU’s zero-pollution targets according to the 2021 Zero Pollution Action Plan. It reveals future policies designed to support the zero-pollution ambition in reducing threat […]

Clean industrial deal: new EU-wide initiative to manage critical sectors

Views: 108European Clean Industrial Deal adopted recently is the EU-wide business plan to accelerate decarbonisation and competitiveness for the European industrial sectors by boosting clean tech innovation and reinforcing regional resilience. The EU-wide Clean Industrial Deal is supported by the European €100 billion investment package.  

Global Biodiversity Framework: the EU’s view on financial framework

Views: 10In December 2022 about two hundred states around the world agreed to mobilise $200 billion per year by 2030 for biodiversity from all sources, including $30 billion through international finance. The EU-27 is the biggest international donor; it has even pledged to double its share of biodiversity funding to live up to the commitments. 

Managing financial risks in the European Union

Views: 28During last five years, the EU’s budget has been increasingly relying on different financial instruments to leverage on the EU-wide budget power to assure more efficient use of public resources. Borrowing and lending operations and budgetary guarantees have supported investments and economic recovery in the member states, while providing support for the EU international […]

Environmental law and justice in Europe: Commission launches a discussion

Views: 102The European Commission has launched a consultation concerning the draft amendments to the State aid Implementing Regulation 794/2004 and to the State aid Best Practices Code (BPC) in preparation to new rules on access to environmental justice following the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee’s findings revealed in several cases. 

European circular economy: strategy and policy-making

Views: 28Circular economy (CE) has been for long regarded as a vital component of the EU-wide economic security, competitiveness and sustainability. The CE in European political guidance occupies an important place combining such sectors as environment and water resilience, renewables and economic development, to name a few. 

Transposing the EU directives: infringement decisions in January 2025

Views: 20In eleven socio-economic spheres, i.e. in the field of environment, financial stability and services, capital markets union, justice, taxation and VAT, mobility and transport the EU-27 member states have not transposed the EU directives. The Commission’s decisions acknowledge, on one side the EU institutions intention to streamline the Union-wide legal framework; on another, is […]

Boosting growth: competitiveness compass as the message to the EU states’ governance

Views: 264For decades the EU-wide corporate growth models were based generally on cheap goods (presumably from China) as well as affordable energy with favorable prices (from Russia) and “partially outsourcing security and investment”, as the Commission President noted recently. Thus, the Commission calls on the member states’ leaders to “help turn around the region’s sluggish […]