(original in English, select your language) Increasing pressure from the US is pushing Europe to join the semiconductor war and reconsider all Chinese investments in critical sectors in Europe. The objective is to achieve technological sovereignty over China as soon as possible. It is believed that the United States’ efforts to stifle the Chinese chip
Over past centuries, humanity has used an increasing number of known elements, in particular metals, to foster technological innovation. Critical raw materials act
Pharmaceutical companies are on a war footing as the Commission proposes to shorten the duration of patents for some medicines so that new companies can enter the pharmaceutical market, to address the growing shortage of medicines, insufficient research on new antimicrobial and to lower selling prices of pharmaceutical products. In addition, the Commission justifies the
Brussels, 24 April 2023 Written by Mario Damen. That the EU imports almost 60 % of its energy shows that real EU strategic autonomy in energy is far from achieved. The current energy crisis poses a risk to all four EU energy policy objectives. Crisis in the energy market is causing public and private debt
Do you want to buy a drone? Do you want to produce drones? For what use? The EU has decided on common rules and the member states have added their own legislation. Now, EU is launching a special operation to improve drone safety in view of a full use of these aircraft in Europe, even
The Commission decided to review the Directive on the European Works Council, the standing bodies that facilitate the information and consultation of employees in European companies and European groups of companies. The European Parliament has called for a review after a 2018 assessment by the Commission on the effectiveness of the existing directive found shortcomings.
Manuel Macron, presidente della Francia e Ursula von der Leyen, presidente della Commissione europea, sono arrivati oggi a Pechino per una visita di tre giorni a Xi Jinping, presidente della Repubblica popolare cinese. La visita è un passo fondamentale per rafforzare le relazioni UE-Cina e dare il tono per future collaborazioni. Il viaggio dei
Demographic factors, difficult to find employment and few skills. What the EU suggests. But unemployment is at a lower level than ever.. Today we have two conflicting data: the lowest level of unemployment but many difficulties in finding employment. Why?The situation where there is a low unemployment rate but a shortage of available workforce can
Agreement made between Germany and the Commission on e-fuels. Yesterday, despite a blocking minority who had threatened not to adopt the new rules, the Council of the EU adopted a regulation setting stricter CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans from 2035. The new rules aim to reduce emissions from road transport that has the
The EU hydrogen strategy adopted in 2020 has 5 action areas: investment support, support production and demand creation of a hydrogen market and infrastructure; research and cooperation and international cooperation. Now the Commission has set out new plans to stimulate and support investment in sustainable hydrogen production through a European Hydrogen Bank (EHB). An EU
