AI factories
Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced remarkably in recent years, transforming industries and societies worldwide.
Briefings
Implementing the EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act
The Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) (Regulation (EU) 2024/1735, hereafter ‘the regulation’) entered into force on 29 June 2024 (Figure 1) and is now due to be implemented.
Time to lift the international sanctions on Syria?
The lightning offensive launched in late November 2024 by armed rebel groups spearheaded by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a jihadi group ruling Idlib in northwest Syria since 2017, led to the toppling of Syria’s six decade-long Baathist regime in less than two weeks.
Future of EU long-term financing: Post-2027 needs and how to finance them
The European Commission in expected to present a proposal for the next multiannual financial framework (MFF), starting in 2028, before 1 July 2025, although many observers expect a delay towards autumn.
Powering the EU’s future: Strengthening the battery industry
Battery technologies are at the heart of the global energy system. Electrification – the process of replacing technologies and systems that rely on fossil fuels with those powered by electricity, often sourced from renewable energy – has enhanced their importance.
Financing the European defence industry
Even though the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB) is generally competitive, years of underinvestment have kept it from reaching its full potential.
Hate speech and hate crime: Time to act?
Hate speech and hate crime have proliferated over the past two decades.
Priority dossiers under the Hungarian EU Council Presidency
Hungary assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July, and will stay in office until 31 December 2024.
EU competitiveness: Issues and challenges
Strengthening the European Union’s economy in the face of rising global economic and political competition and managing the ‘twin transitions’ of the digital and green transformation is a key challenge for the 2024-2029 legislative term.
Enforcing EU climate legislation
On 30 June 2021, the European Union adopted the European Climate Law (Regulation (EU) 2021/1119). Mandated by the 2019 European Green Deal, the Regulation sets an EU-wide, legally binding target of ‘climate neutrality’ or net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 (Article 2(1)).