Europe’s leading digital companies are calling for a strategic change of direction from the EU Commission. In an open letter, more than 200 technology companies are calling for support for a complete European digital supply chain – Euro Stack for short – by 2030. “We are at a turning point – Europe’s status as a […]
TikTok plans to take legal action against the decision of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which fined the company €530 million on Friday. The authority accuses TikTok of violating EU law when transferring data internationally. More specifically, the transfer of personal data of European users to China.The DPC sees TikTok’s actions as a violation […]
The EU Court of Auditors doubts that the Commission will be able to achieve its target of 20 percent of the value of global production of advanced and sustainable semiconductors by 2030. The Court concludes that the Chips Act has provided new impetus. “The Commission has already made acceptable progress in implementing its strategy,” the […]
The structural dependence on US providers of digital services – be it for software, cloud and computing infrastructure or networks – has long been the subject of controversy in Europe. In 2020, the estimated turnover of US digital service providers in the EU was more than €160 billion, while European providers only generated around €20 […]
Herald Ruijters becomes head of the new Task Force for Security Actions for Europe (SAFE). It is part of the Directorate-General for Defense, Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). This Directorate-General leads the European Commission’s activities in the European defense industry and space sector, implements the Union’s space program and ensures an innovative and competitive defense […]
With the Trump administration imposing “insane” tariffs on the rest of the world, many commentators are worried about the problem of “sane-washing”: imputing cogent rationales to policies that have none. Such naive punditry, they argue, distracts from the grift that is unfolding before our eyes. The Trump family’s moves into the crypto sphere – where […]
Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen presented the new AI Continent Action Plan on Wednesday (Europe.Table reported on this). With this plan, the Commission wants to position Europe as a leading location for artificial intelligence. The plan bundles five central fields of action: powerful computing infrastructures (including up to five new AI gigafactories), access to high-quality data, […]
Digital Commissioner Henna Virkkunen’s AI Continent Action Plan is on the agenda of the Commission meeting on Wednesday. The plan ranges from investments in infrastructure to education programs and regulatory relief. This is according to a draft published by Contexte. Europe must play to its strengths to play a role in the global AI race, […]
The Center for European Policy (cep) sees quantum technology as an opportunity to make up for Europe’s digital backlog and regain sovereignty. This is what the cep writes in a recent study. While US tech companies have already developed their own quantum chips and China is investing massively, Europe is facing a strategic shift from […]
The European Court of Auditors believes that a key objective of the Corona Recovery Fund has been missed. The member states had not used the resources of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (ARF) in a targeted manner to meet the most urgent digitalization needs. This has diminished the potential of the ARF to “effectively contribute […]