The EU Commission plans to deepen the youth policy dimension in a number of EU policy areas and take greater account of young people’s interests in legislation. To this end, it has announced several actions that build on initiatives that emerged in the Year of Youth 2022. Instruments from the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 will […]
The EU’s competition authority is scrutinizing US software company Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar investment in OpenAI. The European Commission is investigating whether Microsoft’s investment in the developer of ChatGPT can be examined based on the EU Merger Regulation. This was announced by the Commission on Tuesday.The Commission has also invited submissions on competition in the areas of […]
A political agreement has been reached, but the fine-tuning of the AI Act is continuing. According to current plans, the trilogue parties want to complete the technical work by the beginning of February 2024. Companies are eagerly awaiting the results. “The biggest disadvantage is that we still don’t know the exact content of the AI […]
The ECB’s series of interest rate hikes and the sluggish economy are dampening bank lending to companies in the eurozone. According to the European Central Bank (ECB) on Tuesday, lending by financial institutions to companies in November was only at the previous year’s level. In October, lending had even shrunk by 0.3 percent over the […]
You have probably heard and read about it several times over the past year: Artificial intelligence will change our economy and society more dramatically than probably any other technology before. If this is true, then you can be sure to also hear and read a lot about AI and working and living with AI in […]
The border-free Schengen area in Europe is growing. The EU countries agreed to extend the area to Romania and Bulgaria, as the outgoing Spanish Council Presidency announced on Saturday on the short message service X. Accordingly, checks on people at internal air and sea borders are to be lifted from the end of March 2024. […]
Happy New Year! As we usher in 2024, it’s with great excitement that we present the 600th issue of Europe.Table. This milestone fills us with immense pride, and we hope you’ll continue to join us on this journey, perhaps even sharing our insights with friends and colleagues.As we bid farewell to 2023, we reflect on […]
Europe has gained another supercomputer: On Thursday, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center inaugurated the Mare Nostrum 5 supercomputer. The machine is currently one of the ten most powerful high-performance computers in the world. From March 2024, the supercomputer will be accessible to users from science and industry.Mare Nostrum 5 can perform 314 quadrillion computing operations per […]
Do you still receive mail at Christmas – i.e. real paper postcards with Christmas motifs and good wishes for the festive season? If so, you can rejoice because most people now prefer to send an electronic message rather than going to the trouble and expense of doing so.Of course, it’s a shame that writing real […]
On Thursday, the Commission approved the amendments to the Digital Europe work programs for 2024 and is providing funding of €762.7 million for digital solutions. This will benefit citizens, public administrations, and businesses.The revised main work program, with a budget of almost €549 million, aims to implement projects that use digital technologies such as data, […]