At its meeting on Wednesday, the Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe continued preparations to get the Conference started. The Executive Board endorsed the multilingual digital platform that will allow citizens from across the EU to contribute to the Conference. It also agreed on its working methods and advanced preparations for […]
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 […]
Commissioner Gabriel welcomes CEOs of successful European unicorns
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, met the founders and CEOs of 35 EU unicorns (start-up companies with a value of over $1 billion). The meeting comes upon the invitation of the Commissioner to listen to the experiences of these unicorns of their growth process from a small start-up to a […]
MEPs ready to take Commission to court for failing to protect EU budget
Parliament is prepared to take legal action should the Commission delay the application of the budget’s Rule of Law conditionality mechanism any further. In a resolution adopted on Thursday by 529 votes in favour, 148 against and 10 abstentions, MEPs recall that the failure of member states to respect the rule of law may affect […]
European Strategy for Data: “We must tap into the data gold mine”, says EPP
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]