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 […]
The Future is in your hands: launch of the multilingual digital platform gives voice to the European citizens
The Conference’s central hub, unveiled today by the Co-Chairs of the Executive Board, will allow citizens to help shape the Union’s future. The Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe, comprising representatives from the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission, is launching the multilingual digital platform […]
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 […]
Invitation to EU citizens: “The future is in your hands”
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 […]
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 […]