Ten years ago, the European Commission proposed an EU-wide quota for women on supervisory boards, and now the path seems clear for the directive. The German government agreed yesterday to support the project. This means that the necessary qualified majority should be reached at the EPSCO Council meeting on March 14th, after which the trilogue […]
Pat Gelsinger did not spare with big words: “The EU Chips Act is a historic opportunity to make up for lost ground,” praised the Intel boss. The plan, presented last week by the European Commission, facilitates the US chip company’s plans to significantly expand its presence in Europe. Intel is currently looking for sites for […]
As everyone knows, during the pandemic, a safe distance should be maintained from others. Vladimir Putin took this very seriously when he received Emmanuel Macron in the Kremlin last Monday: A table with a length of about four meters separated the two presidents. As Reuters now reported, citing French government officials, Putin had given his […]
For Thierry Breton, it is “one of the most important industrial policy projects in many years“: The European Chips Act, announced by the Commission with much fanfare and now presented yesterday. The legislative proposal, which was drawn up under great time pressure, is intended not only to protect Europe’s industry from supply bottlenecks like the […]
The EU Commission wants to have the supply chains in the semiconductor industry monitored more closely. According to informed circles, the European Chips Act, which the authority will present today, provides for establishing a new task force composed of representatives from the Commission, member states, and industry. The committee is to monitor market developments to […]
The EU Commission wants to help data-driven business models in Europe get off the ground. The Data Act as a new legal framework is intended to make it easier for start-ups and smaller companies in particular to access valuable data. The authority plans to present its legislative proposal on February 23th. A draft of the […]
For decades, experts from industry and research have been negotiating technical specifications and procedures in Europe’s standardization bodies, away from the public eye and largely unbothered by politics. The EU Commission now wants to change that: Politics and industry in Europe are to address the issue at a high level.Technical standards are of strategic importance, […]
The European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission have been negotiating the Digital Markets Act for three weeks, and the first compromises could now be finalized today at the second trilogue. According to reports, this includes including web browsers and virtual assistants in the scope of the regulations. Negotiators also say that there has already […]
EU countries want to reduce dependence on other countries for critical raw materials. “We need to prepare for future supply chain disruptions,” said Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič after the informal Competitiveness Council in Lens, France. These were “not a question of if, but when“. Europe is currently heavily dependent on a small number of […]
Above all, natural gas had to be cheap and not too harmful to the climate. The argument of supply security has not carried too much weight so far – at least not in Germany. After all, Russia, by far the most important gas supplier, has always been reliable, so the common argument goes – even […]