[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Climate and Energy framework The Council held a policy debate on the 2030 Climate and Energy framework, in the follow-up to the October European Council conclusions. It focused on the new governance process, which will underpin the implementation of the framework and help ensure that the...
The transport commissioner considers that the sector could be the main beneficiary...
Investment fund to leverage €16 billion from the European Commission and €5bn from the European Investment Bank to invest in infrastructure projects, education and renewable energy...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Representing more than 99% of EU businesses and providing two out of three private sector jobs, small and medium-sized firms are rightly known as the backbone of Europe's economy. But things are not always easy for them. That´s why the European Commission has launched the...
[vc_row][vc_column][custom_font font_size="16" line_height="26" font_style="normal" text_align="left" font_weight="300" text_decoration="none" text_shadow="no" padding="0" margin="0" color="#adadad"] “We are drowning in proposals,” explains Robert-Jan Smits, director-general of DG Research and Innovation [/custom_font][vc_empty_space height="20px" background_image="" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] Almost one year to the day after the European Parliament gave its green light to Horizon 2020, the €80...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged European nations on Sunday (16 November) to speed up their negotiations with the United States over a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement between the US and EU. Speaking at a news conference in Sydney following the Group of 20...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for transport, has called for further action in making transport data, such as real-time information about traffic jams and transport timetables or delays, more easily accessible. This is a crucial step in building a connected transport system spanning all modes...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Brussels - A week before the start of a Brussels summit on climate goals, member states disagree on various points of the so-called climate and energy policy framework for 2030. During the summit, government leaders will try to agree how the bloc's 28 countries will counter...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jean-Claude Juncker, the president-elect of the European Commission, confirmed last night that he is shuffling the portfolio allocation for the nominees to be in the next Commission college. Maroš Šefčovič, the Slovakian commissioner, will replace Slovenia’s Alenka Bratušek as the nominee to be vice-president for...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The European Commission and Europe's data industry have committed to invest €2.5 billion in a public-private partnership (PPP) that aims to strengthen the data sector and put Europe at the forefront of the global data race. Mastering big data could mean: up to 30% of the global...