Digital Day takes place in Rome on March 23 it will put Europe's future in the spotlight. It will explore the increasing role that digital plays in the daily life of Europeans and the European economy. It will focus on how the EU can make...
Industrialised countries and emerging economies have come together for a G20 consumer summit. Germany has declared the development of the digital economy and its consequences for a wide variety of fields one of the priority issues of its G20 Presidency. At the opening ceremony of...
The European Parliament has adopted by an overwhelming majority the proposal to stop trade in conflict minerals. Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström said: "I'm very glad we now have an ambitious, workable solution to eliminate conflict minerals from supply chains. Trade needs to take account of...
The Committee on Legal Affairs has launched a public consultation on civil law rules on robotics, following its recently adopted report on the subject. The consultation aims to encourage citizens and stakeholders alike to have a say on the future political thinking and legislation in...
The Horizon 2020-funded GHOST project is bringing Galileo's robust positioning capabilities to smart transport systems. All across Europe, the number of smart cities is multiplying. To tackle their growing needs and to guarantee efficient city planning and maintenance, many cities are engaged in massive investments in...
Today, European Parliament's Plenary adopted four reports on waste proposals. The adopted reports are now referred to the ENVI Committee in order to start the inter-institutional negotiations with the Council and the Commission. As the Council is close to reaching a common understanding on the...
Big Data: Parliament calls for better protection of fundamental rights and privacy Strengthened transparency of algorithms, special attention to data used for law enforcement and more investment in digital literacy needed to safeguard fundamental rights in the digital era, MEPs say in a non-legislative resolution passed...
Japan is not yet ready to open duty-free quotas on imports of dairy to the EU, nor is it happy with what it has gathered of the EU's e-commerce chapter plans related to digital data flows. One week ahead of a bilateral meeting between...
These are amongst the main messages of the EESC opinion on the "Decarbonisation of transport", adopted at the EESC Plenary session on 23 February 2017. The EESC has endorsed the European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility (the strategy), including its aims and methods, which are in line with the...
On 9 March 2017，SESEC was invited by the Exciting Project (EU-China Collaboration on 5G and IoT Research Project) to participate in the Conference of EU-China Collaboration on 5G and IoT Research. The conference presented and showcased some of the latest development of 5G and IoT...