“Data is a catalyst that transforms and strengthens our economies”, declared Eva Maydell MEP, the EPP Group’s negotiator of the European Strategy for Data, ahead of today’s European Parliament plenary debate on the subject. “Data analytics has had a massive impact on the way we live, consume, and work. Over the past year, with the […]
Health Technology Assessment: “Once adopted, will be a major step forward” says Portuguese Minister of Health
Member states agreed today on a mandate to start negotiations with the European Parliament on a legislative proposal concerning joint work on health technology assessment for the benefit of patients. The proposed legislation foresees, for instance, the establishment of a Coordination Group comprising national health authorities. This group will work on joint clinical assessments and […]
Taxation: Council adopts new rules to the digital platform economy starting from 2023
The Council adopted new rules to improve administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and address the challenges posed by the digital platform economy. A large and growing number of individuals and businesses use digital platforms to sell goods or provide services. However, income earned through digital platforms is often unreported and tax is not […]
Renew Europe supports a Digital Green Certificate based on European values and accessible to all citizens
Renew Europe has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal for a ‘Digital Green Certificate’, because we want all Europeans to be able to move, work, travel and reside freely across the whole of Europe again as soon as possible. ‘A coordinated European approach to movement within our Union is vital to provide certainty for businesses and […]
“Russia must immediately stop intimidating Lithuanian judges”, insisted EPP MEPs
End Russian intimidation of Lithuanian judges. “Russia must immediately stop intimidating Lithuanian judges and the EU should establish a mechanism to protect its citizens from being transferred to third countries on the basis of illegal or politically-motivated extradition requests”, insisted MEPs Jeroen Lenaers and Rasa Juknevičienė. Their comments come as MEPs debate the situation of […]
Six European Regions awarded for their entrepreneurial vision of a sustainable recovery
Awarded by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), this label of excellence goes to regions who have demonstrated outstanding entrepreneurial foresight and an intelligent growth strategy, taking into account larger societal challenges. Deeply affected by the crisis, the 2021-22 EER winning regions have shown the capacity to seize the crisis as a window of […]
EP Culture and Education Committee: “AI technologies must prevent discrimination and protect diversity”
Reducing gender, social or cultural bias in AI technologies is key, said the Culture and Education Committee in a resolution adopted on Tuesday. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in education, culture and the audiovisual sector could have an impact on “the backbone of fundamental rights and values of our society”, says the Culture […]
Digital Europe Programme will boost digital transformation on artificial intelligence, supercomputing and cybersecurity
Digital Europe Programme gets green light from Council. The EU’s new Digital Europe Programme will boost the digital transformation by providing funding for rolling out cutting-edge technology in crucial areas such as artificial intelligence, supercomputing and cybersecurity. With a sizeable budget of €7 588 million, the programme will run for the period 2021-2027, starting retroactively […]
“EU4Health will make a significant contribution to the gradual return to a new reality”, says ECR Group
EU4Health will make a significant contribution to the process of gradual return to the “new reality” after the pandemic The ECR Group in the European Parliament believes that the new stand-alone EU4Health Programme for 2021-2027 will make a sizeable contribution to the process of a post-pandemic “new reality”. ECR Group Shadow Rapporteur Joanna Kopcińska believes […]
Survey: Only 29% of European’s count on technological innovation for climate change
The third release of the 2020-2021 EIB Climate Survey explores people’s expectations in terms of public policies to tackle climate change. The results focus on what measures people believe can help the shift to a green economy. Views on priorities for limiting climate change vary around the world. People in China (35%) and the United […]