Views: 109The European Commission intends to strengthen the EU’s digital sovereignty by awarding a tender that allows EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to procure sovereign cloud services for up to €180 million over 6 years. The four awarded providers are from the European digital companies in Germany, France, Luxembourg and Belgium.
Category: Sustainability
covering main UN SDGs implementation in the EU states, European “green deal”, as well as circular economy’s aspects and “green growth” in the national development
Political economy at a cross-road: facing polycrisis’ instability and AI models
Views: 52Modern instabilities in national and global political economy’s perspectives require urgent measures to mitigate complex and mounting challenges. Most vital remedies are grounded in modernised education policies, particularly, by introducing some new courses dealing with the crises’ prediction, better content’s understanding and means to mitigate crises; as well as in new approaches to decision-making.
European energy and renewables: ambitions vs. realities
Views: 41Fossil fuels, such as coal, gas and oil are rapidly declining in the EU energy mix, dropping below 39% of electricity production in early 2026, with wind and solar reaching roughly 30% and becoming the primary power source in some states. Despite this shift, fossil fuels still make up significant portions of energy in […]
Facilitating competitiveness: EU’s additional efforts
Views: 42At the informal meeting of Heads of State and/or Government in Greece this April, the President of the Republic of Cyprus as the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Presidents of the European Parliament and the European Commission, signed the “One Europe, One Market Roadmap”. The agreement on the roadmap […]
Regional dimension in European research and innovation
Views: 34The 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 […]
Digital technology perspectives: AIs roles in economics and decision-making
Views: 46The AIs are reshaping and revolutionising political economy’s patterns by driving efficiency, innovative decision-making, as well as facilitating new business models in growth sectors and industries. There are already apparent positive shifts in AIs deployment through such technologies as the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and big data analytics. Besides, new and exciting […]
Globalisation and European integration: facing realities
Views: 55Globalisation process is a complicated issue: there are those who benefit from globalization and those who face its direct costs. Fraying social safety nets in wealthy countries, not to mention technological advances that allowed manufacturing firms to reduce their labor forces, added to workers’ woes. If managed effectively, the “new globalization” can still live […]
Economic aspects in the EU’s approach to modern energy crisis
Views: 38The Commission is discussing presently a proposal rendering additional public support for the economic development in the member states. Since the beginning of the military conflict in the Middle East (already about two months ago), the EU-wide bill for fossil fuel’s imports has reached €22 billion. The disruptions to energy supplies will persist for […]
Facilitating European strategic technologies: four priority sectoral development
Views: 62The EU-wide Strategic Technologies Platform, STEP has celebrated its second anniversary with the record achievements for the development and manufacturing of critical technologies. Since its inception in March 2024, STEP managed to mobilise about €29 billion of funding across the EU-wide financial programs to support technologies in four priority sectors and associated skills: a) […]
European nuclear energy option: the case of France
Views: 46The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether public support that France plans to grant for the construction and operation of six new nuclear reactors is in line with EU State aid rules. Under the EU Treaties, the member states are free to determine their energy mix; hence, France has chosen […]