Views: 103The EU’s approach to artificial intelligence centers on excellence and trust, aiming to boost research and industrial capacity while ensuring safety and fundamental rights. The EU’s path to AI deployment is aimed at “defining the way” the European integration proceeds and helping to create a “digital Europe” for the people and businesses able to […]
The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice to assist users
Views: 81The code of practice represents a voluntary tool prepared by independent experts designed to help various users and industrial community to comply with the AI Act’s rules on general-purpose AI. The AI Act rules on general-purpose AI apply from 2 August 2025; the AI Office has been facilitating the drawing-up of a Code of […]
Shortening settlement cycle: making the EU capital market more effective
Views: 56According 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 […]
Danish Presidency in the Council: some aspects in the work-plan
Views: 68As 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: 151The 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…
Responsible AI in education: European approach
Views: 44The Council of Europe approved last September the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, which is regarded as a valuable addition to the already partially-functioning EU-wide AI legislation. Taking into consideration recent Commission’s “Future of Jobs Report-2025”, the combination of structural digital transformations in national political economies and the digital transition in education seems quite […]
Advancing EU-wide circular economy’s patterns: new Commission’s initiatives
Views: 132In 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: 127Technological 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: 64In 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 […]
European AI platform for the science and industry facilities
Views: 94The Commission unveiled new features for using artificial intelligence (AI) for researchers and industry on its “AI-on-Demand platform”, including an AI marketplace and AI development; both are supposed to require minimal coding, and introducing the EU-wide secure solutions for generative AI and large language models.