• Posted 15-Dec-2020

Artificial Intelligence: guidelines for military and non-military use

The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament adopted guidelines on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for military purposes and in the health and justice sectors.

  • Posted 15-Dec-2020

Agreement reached on the 2021-2027 EU regional and cohesion funding

A provisional agreement, between the Parliament and the Council, was reached on the future regional and cohesion funds, aimed at strengthening the EU’s economic, social and territorial cohesion.

  • Posted 08-Dec-2020

Statement by the ERC Scientific Council on the Horizon Europe budget

After the shocking cut to the Horizon Europe budget at the European Summit last July (€13.5 billion taken out, representing more than 15% of its budget) a lot of efforts have been made by many in the scientific community to argue why it was so critical to repair the damage done in order to make credible the political ambitions stated in terms of societal transitions (climate change, digitalisation, new health perspectives) that all rely on key contributions from research and innovation.

  • Posted 08-Dec-2020

New European Research Area: Council adopts conclusions

The Council adopted a set of conclusions on a major overhaul of the European Research Area (ERA) in the years to come. These conclusions, together with the Commission communication entitled "A new ERA for research and innovation", are two key milestones in efforts to build a common research area that is more tangible and impactful for researchers, innovators and citizens throughout Europe.

  • Posted 08-Dec-2020

Modernising EU justice systems: New package to speed up digitalisation of justice systems and boost training of justice professionals

The European Commission adopted a package of initiatives to modernise the EU justice systems. The two main pillars of the new package are the Communication on the digitalisation of justice in the EU, and the new Strategy on European judicial training.

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