“This is how businesses become innovative and provide a more useful service to us, the citizens”, said Pilar del Castillo MEP, EPP Group Spokeswoman on the Digital Europe Programme. The European Parliament will approve the first funding programme for Digital Europe, which is a novelty. It is intended to make digital technology much more accessible […]
Time to act on digital taxation and a global minimum effective tax rate, say S&Ds urging EU leaders to back Biden’s push
The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are pushing for the fair taxation of digital giants and an ambitious minimum effective tax rate ahead of a crucial G20 meeting in June this year. For many years, the S&D Group has led the drive in the European Parliament for an effective minimum tax rate and […]
Renew Europe welcomes Horizon Europe. “It will help to engage with more European industries and SMEs than ever before”
Renew Europe welcomes Tuesday’s plenary adoption of Horizon Europe, the Union’s future-oriented research and innovation programme, which succeeds Horizon 2020 and spans from 2021 until 2027. With an ambitious €95.5 billion secured for the programme, Horizon Europe is the world’s largest investment programme in R&I. Renew Europe is convinced that the programme will help generate […]
“No Big Brother in Europe! AI rules must defend citizens’ private lives and data”, say S&Ds
Reacting to the European Commission’s proposal for new regulations in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Socialists and Democrats demand legislation that is at least as groundbreaking as the regulation on Data Protection (GDPR). While the current proposal is a good start, the S&D Group will work hard to defend fundamental rights, such as privacy […]
EPP Group: “Rules for Artificial Intelligence must be human centric, risk-based and balanced”
To set such rules for global standard, Europe must be the frontrunner. This is proposed in the Report on shaping Europe’s Digital Future, authored by Deirdre Clune MEP and voted on this week in the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee. “Artificial Intelligence can be positive and transformative. It can be an answer […]
Rule of Law: the Polish government taken to the European Court again over lack of independence of the judiciary
Renew Europe Group welcomes the European Commission’s announcement that it will launch an infringement procedure against Poland over the “muzzle law”. The Renew Europe Group has called for this many times and we are thankful that Commissioners, Didier Reynders and Vera Jourova, continue to fight tirelessly to uphold the rule of law in Poland and […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]