Due to delays in agreeing the legal framework for the European Solidarity Corps a transition period was put in place before this new initiative will be adopted later this year.
On 12 March 2018 the European Commission with eight partners - innovators and national and regional authorities presented took a concrete step to address regulatory barriers to innovation in the area of electric vehicles.
Service providers such as railway companies regularly have to face extreme weather conditions, which can disrupt operational service and create considerable damage.
On 20-21 March 2018 the European Commission hosted a conference on Addressing Societal Challenges Through Advancing the Medical, Industrial and Research Applications of Nuclear and Radiation Technology.
The European Commission presented οn 23 March 2018 the consortium European Processor Initiative (EPI) to co-design, develop and bring to the market a European low-power microprocessor, one of the core elements needed for the development of the European supercomputers with exascale capacity.