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Precision Agriculture - What do EU farmers want?
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- Precision Agriculture - What do EU farmers want?
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- 1:19:26
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- 4 years ago
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- Many of society’s most important activities, such as the production of food, constitute some of the globe’s most carbon-intensive industries. In the European context, there are the compounded strains of feeding an aging and growing population, the rise of food prices, and the EU resolve to implement the Green Deal and make Europe a climate neutral continent. Retailers are also experiencing a greater demand from consumers for sustainability and traceability. This presents several challenges for an already complex industry. Furthermore, an increase in global climate variations is making farming less predictable.
Many commercial farmers have identified ways to leverage digital technologies to make existing agricultural practices more precise. Precision farming techniques are expanding within the sector. They also vary and range from simple, low-cost practices (such as replacing sprayer nozzles to avoid overuse of pesticides) to employing sensors and meters that help conse...
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- The EU struggle for state aid
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- 0:42
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- 4 years ago
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- The wood-energy sector - An ally for the sustainable management of EU forests?
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- 1:26:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In its effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the European Union has been looking at ways to raise the share of renewables in the EU’s final energy consumption.
A first Renewable Energy Directive (RED I) adopted in 2009, followed by a second (RED II) in 2018, have led to the implementation of increasingly stringent sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements for certain bioenergy sectors.
In July 2021, the European Commission submitted a new proposal for the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) to the European Parliament and the Council, strengthening the sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction criteria, especially for forest biomass, following a study by the JRC. The Council and the Parliament adopted their positions which will be the basis for the ongoing trilogue negotiations.
The position adopted by the European Parliament introduces a new definition ...
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- EU School Scheme
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Urban farming: Feeding Brussels from supermarket rooftops
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- 5:09
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- 4 years ago
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- In the heart of Brussels, just five minutes away from European Parliament, you can find an urban farm tucked away on the rooftop of a supermarket.
L[ag]UM is an experimental and educational research project exploring the best ways to grow vegetables on rooftops. EURACTIV’s AgriFood team went to visit the project to learn more.
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- Front-of-pack labelling reform - Is it fit for the future?
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- 1:24:16
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- 4 years ago
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- One aspect of the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy, aimed at a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, is to combat negative health impacts. As part of this, new technologies and scientific discoveries, combined with increasing public awareness and demand for sustainable food, are employed to put food systems on a sustainable path and strengthen citizen access to nutritious and sustainable food.
Technological advances and digital tools can also provide support when it comes to consumer choice. Algorithms could suggest tailored options to consumers based on health profiling and consumer history, genetic research and health data. To facilitate this, and prepare our societies for the future, some stakeholders argue that the front-of-pack nutritional label currently being reviewed by the European Commission needs to take a different, more progressive approach.
They claim that the current use of different front-of-pack schemes in the in...
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- Kazakhstan in 2022 – A seismic year of change and unprecedented regional geopolitics
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- 1:23:41
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- 4 years ago
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- 2022 is arguably the most eventful year in the history of Kazakhstan since it gained its independence.
The tragic turmoil of early January 2022 led to extensive changes in the Kazakh government and society. President Tokayev proposed a series of reforms aimed at building what he has termed as ‘New Kazakhstan’ or ‘Just and Fair Kazakhstan’. This included amendments to the country’s laws, including the Constitution, as approved by the nationwide referendum of June 5th.
Additionally, in his address at the opening of the Parliament session on September 1st, Tokayev proposed limiting the presidential mandate to a single term of seven years without the right of re-election, a practice in use for popularly elected heads of state in a handful of states in Asia and Latin America, but so far unknown in Central Asia. The relevant amendment to the Constitution was later approved by the parliament.
To finalise the re-boot of the country’s political...
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- Veggie burgers produced by ethanol industry?
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- 4:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Empowering consumers to make healthy food choices
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- 1:21:41
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- 4 years ago
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- As part of the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy, at the end of the year the European Commission will propose a harmonised mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling system. This is designed to help consumers make informed, sustainable and health-conscious food choices across Member States. The Commission’s proposal will also include setting up nutrient profiles to restrict the promotion of foods high in fat, sugars and/or salt with the aim of facilitating a shift to healthier diets and to drive food reformulation.
There is a lot at stake for consumer choice. According to the wider food and beverage industry, the upcoming proposal should be easy to interpret and, based on dietary guidelines, ensure that consumers are well informed about the nutritional benefits of food and drink products. But some industry stakeholders are concerned that the focus of EU policymakers on specific nutrients risks entrenching negative perceptions around certain food products, despite scientific ...
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- East Africa food crisis - Breaking the cycle of drought, hunger and famine
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- 1:15:00
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- 4 years ago
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- The world today faces an unprecedented hunger crisis that requires a bold international response. There are currently six countries at immediate risk of famine - half of which are in East Africa: Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan. In Somalia, more than 50% of the population need emergency food aid. These emergencies risk recurring in the future as the region is exposed to further climate and conflict shocks.
The European Union has so far shown global leadership in this crisis. However, it is clear that much greater efforts will be needed to save lives and livelihoods in the region. Many non-governmental organisations claim that if humanitarian assistance is not scaled up significantly and rapidly, the lives of millions of people are at stake - more people will die of hunger, more livelihoods will be at risk, more will become displaced, and more will face protection risks.
Join this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to discuss how the EU can better address the food cr...
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- The AI Act - What costs for SMEs?
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- 1:22:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act is the first legal framework on AI. It aims to provide developers, deployers and users with clear guidelines on the development and use of AI. It also aims to reduce administrative and financial costs for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and encourage investment and innovation in AI. But for cost-conscious SMEs, there is a fine line striking the right balance between regulation and innovation.
European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) could play a role in reducing the cost of adoption of the AI Act for SMEs. EDIHs aim to support companies to respond to digital challenges and become more competitive. They can provide technical expertise and testing, and stir digital transformation, while supporting conformity assessment. This can in turn create a network of EDIHs with their own specialisations in certain markets and areas of application and lead to achieving economies of scale and scope.
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- EU sanctions- if the EU was Santa Claus
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Ban unpaid internship: the protest of the associations, unions and activists
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- 3:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- 10th of November is the International Interns Day, and the European Youth Forum and the European Trade Federation, activists and MEPs gathered in front of the European Parliament in Brussels to protest.
The goal of the event was to highlight the value young people’s work and to ask for more consistent rights and fair working conditions for interns. Unpaid and unfairly paid internships are a common practice in different EU countries, and several attendees to the event denounced to have witnessed such practices themselves during their career.
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- Public health and disease prevention - What benefits for an adult immunisation policy in Europe?
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- 1:18:51
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- 4 years ago
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- Disease prevention is one of the fundamental functions of public health. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the devastating impact of infectious diseases on adult health, quality of life, mortality and resilience, and importantly, the functioning of our healthcare systems and the global economy. These devastating impacts on our society reinforced the importance of adult immunisation as a key path to return to a “new normal”.
It is argued that we need a more robust adult vaccination strategy in Europe, particularly for adults aged over 50, who experience a steeper decline in their immune systems from that age as well as chronic diseases. OECD data across 26 countries show that more than one third of people aged 16 and over live with a longstanding illness or health problem. As populations age, the prevalence of chronic conditions, including multimorbidity, rises, leading to a higher risk of complications, including cardiovascular diseases, from Vaccine-preventable disea...
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- COP27 is here, what to expect?
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- What is behind the EU’s fertiliser crisis?
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- 4:27
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent the price of fertilisers skyrocketing in Europe. With prices for some types of fertilisers up by almost 150%, farmers are struggling to cover the costs of this crucial input for food production.
What has caused this fertiliser crisis the EU food sector is facing and what do Russia’s war and the sanctions taken in response to it have to do with it?
In this video explainer, EURACTIV takes a closer look at this key agricultural policy challenge.
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- How to ramp up hydrogen production & speed up the steel industry’s transition'?
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- 1:16:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The current geopolitical context has exposed several shortcomings of the EU energy system, leaving households and industry to face sharp energy price increases. The role of natural gas as a transitional energy carrier is now uncertain. Industries relying on a mix of natural gas and hydrogen for their GHG emissions reduction are having to reconsider their investment plans.
We are witnessing the beginning of major changes in industrial value chains and the energy sector, induced by heightened climate change policy targets. Industry and citizens are looking for a vigorous EU hydrogen market, one that will be able to deliver renewable and low carbon hydrogen in large volumes and in the shortest time-frame possible, bringing us closer to a climate neutral society.
However, this has to be created from the very beginning, with currently no hydrogen economy in place, nor the basic infrastructure to deliver it to end-consumers. The Commission proposals on an EU framewo...
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- Integration von GAP und Green Deal - Die Zukunft nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft?
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- 1:19:31
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- 4 years ago
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- Die neue Gemeinsame EU-Agrarpolitik (GAP) tritt nächstes Jahr in Kraft. Ab 2023 sollen die Reformen - unter anderem in den Bereichen Fairness, Nachhaltigkeit und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit - wirksam gemacht werden. GAP und Green Deal gehen Hand in Hand, das ist eines der großen Versprechen der EU-Agrarreform.
Begünstigte erhalten zum Beispiel nur dann Zahlungen, wenn sie sich an bestimmte ökologische Bedingungen halten. Damit trägt Landwirtschaft einen bedeutenden Teil zum Europäischen Green Deal bei, dem Ziel, bis 2050 emissionsfrei zu sein.
Auch Deutschland hat Anfang des Jahres seine Pläne zur neuen GAP vorgelegt, doch der Beginn des Krieges in der Ukraine hat die Debatte neu aufleben lassen. Aufgrund der globalen Getreideknappheit hat die Kommission als Ausnahmeregelung erlaubt, die Umweltauflagen zu lockern. Das bedeutet, es ist den Mitgliedstaaten selbst überlassen, ob sie die Möglichkeit annehmen.
Landwirtschaftsminister Cem Özdemir ha...
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- How to reconcile Europe’s digital ambitions with its transatlantic agenda?
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- 1:25:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Hardly a day goes by in Brussels without a reference being made to Europe’s digital sovereignty, although interpretations of this concept tend to vary. At the same time, Europe finds itself in the midst of a geopolitical world where security, economic stability, and the protection of democratic values are increasingly dependent upon cooperation among democratic states.
Against this background, the EU started the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in June 2021, which aims to deepen transatlantic cooperation, particularly in trade, investment and digital matters.
Some observers see deviations between on the one hand the TTC ambitions and some of the EU’s sovereignty-inspired regulatory proposals in the EU, such as the EUCS draft on cybersecurity, or the EU’s Standardisation Strategy. Aligning Europe’s digital sovereignty with its transatlantic agenda will be key to achieve Europe’s digital ambitions.
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- What is the future of the EU’s energy sector?
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- 1:21:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- As part of the European Green Deal, the EU has set itself a binding target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieving climate neutrality by 2050. In light of this, the EU is working to achieve the ambitious goal of transforming its energy sector into a system based on renewables and low-emission energy sources.
This transformation means a complete reform, not only in how energy is produced in the EU but also in how it is used by consumers. 'Nobody should be left behind' is a phrase often quoted when discussing the energy transition.
Achieving climate neutrality is a great challenge for both the European Union as a whole and individual Member States. Some industry stakeholders express views that the cost is not just economic, but also social, as energy poverty is on the rise. They also say that when designing ambitious goals, EU institutions should take into account the economic and social circumstances of different Member States as well as the ...
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- Germany to try the universal travel ticket again (for 49€/month)
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- 0:51
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- 4 years ago
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- District heating in the EU - What lies ahead?
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- 1:19:31
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- District heating supplies millions of homes in cities across Europe, representing about 10% of heat supply in the EU. However, most of that runs on fossil fuels, mainly natural gas and coal.
According to a study carried out by the European Commission, district heating and cooling (DHC) is one of the main infrastructures allowing decarbonisation by integrating renewable and carbon neutral energy sources and technologies, and participating in energy system integration.
Acknowledging the potential system benefits of a higher deployment of efficient DHC, the Renewable Energy Directive and its recast, the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive all include explicit and implicit provisions and implications on the future use and extension of district heating and cooling.
However, the war in Ukraine and its geopolitical implications have shifted the economic fundamentals behind the choice of fuel supplying district he...
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- The new EU-China relations
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- EU to sanction Iran over drones sale
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A conversation about self-regulation in advertising with Lucas Boudet, EASA
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- 19:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, the European Advertising Standard Alliance(EASA) commemorated the occasion by publishing a formal declaration looking for a more proactive and socially responsible advertising self-regulation able to keep up with the constant changes in the media. It covers areas such as ensuring investments of all big tech platforms in ad SR systems, furthering the use of technology to monitor at scale the compliance of ads with standards, and supporting the ad industry in its efforts to promote advertising as a force for good tackling issues such as sustainability or diversity.
On this occasion, EURACTIV’s journalist Mariam Zaidi discusses with Lucas Boudet, Director General of EASA, matters such as how self-regulation combats manipulative content, how self-regulatory rules apply to the many actors within the ad chain like influencers and big tech companies, how it aims to protect consumers from misleading advertising and even the future place of adver...
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- How to ensure fair industrial data-sharing terms in the framework of the EU Data Act?
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- 1:18:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Data Act, presented in 2022, is a legislative proposal that intends to complement the Commission’s data strategy. The proposed law aims to regulate access conditions for data produced by the Internet of Things (IoT) devices, requiring manufacturers to provide access and introducing the right for device users to access and port their data. Furthermore, it lays down the right to share data with third parties. Overall, the proposal defines who can use what data and under what conditions.
Unlocking industrial data is a great challenge for the EU as 80% of it remains unused. With this new legislative proposal, the Commission wants to unlock the potential data-sharing offers to businesses, consumers or public services and boost innovation by using the potential of data as a non-rival good.
However, there are not only opportunities, but also risks associated with the Data Act as proposed by the European Commission. In particular for manufacturing SMEs, the mand...
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- Reducing industrial fossil gas demand in Europe - What are the next steps?
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- 1:20:05
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- 4 years ago
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- Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global energy market disruption has caused a sharp increase in EU energy prices. This is seen in European countries that were particularly reliant on Russian gas supply for residential heating and industrial production.
In the run-up to winter, the European Commission is working on its newly released REPowerEU strategy. While Member States plan for a shortfall in gas during the colder months, the industrial sector is already reviewing which supplies will be available throughout the coming winter.
Industrial processes requiring fossil gas, especially for heating and cooling, could experience increasing supply issues as provision of gas to the power sector or private households is prioritised. According to new data gathered by the research institute “Climact”, there is potential for reducing fossil gas consumption in many industrial processes, such as low and medium heat provision.
The study shows th...
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- How can the European Democracy Action Plan empower citizens and build more resilient democracies?
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- 1:20:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In a healthy and thriving democracy, citizens should be able to freely express their views, choose their political leaders, and have a say about their future. Democracy in the EU faces challenges from rising extremism, election interference, the spread of manipulative information, and threats against journalists. The European Democracy Action Plan is designed to empower citizens and build more resilient democracies across the EU by promoting free and fair elections, strengthening media freedom, and countering disinformation.
When presenting the plan in December 2020, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “With the digital revolution under way, citizens must be able to make choices where views can be expressed freely. Facts have to be distinguished from fiction, and free media and civil society must be able to participate in an open debate, free from malign interference. Therefore the EU is taking action to make our democracies in the EU more resilient....
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- Sustainable, inclusive and beautiful buildings - The New Bauhaus
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The future of 5G Connectivity in the EU - Next steps
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- 1:21:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- This is a hybrid event. Instructions on how to join in-person or remotely will be provided upon registration.
Two years into the European Commission’s Digital Decade, the EU’s vision of pursuing a human-centric, sustainable vision for a digital society, the connectivity target of “Gigabit for everyone, 5G everywhere” has never felt more urgent. Mobile networks are vital to economic recovery and future crisis resilience and can support a green and digital transformation across Europe. As economies and societies around the world digitalise, the acceleration of 5G in Europe is essential to maintain and amplify Europe’s industrial and manufacturing strengths.
Industry stakeholders claim that the current regulatory environment is creating an investment gap, stifling innovation, and that market conditions in Europe mean investment capital for telecom operators is hard to come by. As a result, they say that over the past decade, Europe has invested 40% less...
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- The New European Bauhaus, "soul" of the Green Deal
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Two years after its introduction, the New European Bauhaus continues to be largely ignored by people and the media, although it is quietly making headways in specialist circles and raising interest from companies involved in the building and construction sector.
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- EU Cybersecurity and Resilience – What challenges to create a common framework?
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- 1:16:53
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- First announced by President von der Leyen in her State of the Union Address in September 2021, the European Commission is expected to unveil, in September 2022, a Cyber Resilience Act that aims to establish common cybersecurity rules for digital products and associated services such as software that are placed on the European single market.
Although Internet of Things (IoT) products create a wide range of opportunities by connecting people, information, and places, they also increase the risk of cybersecurity incidents affecting entire systems. Indeed, the infinite number of heterogeneous digital connected products, each with their own vulnerabilities, expand the potential attack surface and leave users open to theft of sensitive data and malfunctioning networks, if not worse, as large scale cyberattacks on European critical infrastructure has shown in the past months.
Under a common legal framework requiring digital products to be designed and operated more ...
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- EFFE Seal for Festival Cities and Regions
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- 3:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- EURACTIV is part of the Creative Europe project Festivalfinder.eu, in collaboration with the European Festivals Association. Festivalfinder.eu has created the EFFE Seal for Festival Cities and Regions as an invitation to cities (and regions) that wish to associate and integrate their development and image with a strong festival, cultural - and European - commitment. Initiated by 7 cities - Belgrade, Bergen, Edinburgh, Ghent, Krakow, Leeuwarden and Ljubljana – the EFFE Seal for Festival Cities and Regions was launched in September 2022 in Yerevan.
Interested to join the process? Your city region can also show its support to its festivals by signing the EFFE Seal. Contact: info@efa-aef.eu
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- The Italian snap elections: what you need to know
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- 4:39
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Italy is heading to parliamentary elections
on 25 September. EURACTIV tries to guide through the current political
dynamics, the electoral rules and most likely scenarios in one of Europe’s most
complicated countries.
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- Polish Participatory Budgeting: a closer look
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- 6:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In Poland, participatory budgeting is an established democratic tool allowing citizens to decide which initiatives to fund through the local budget.
As part of H2020 DEMOTEC, EURACTIV travelled to Wroclaw, in Western Poland, to speak with local decision-makers and citizens and take a closer look at how the process evolved over the years and what inhabitants think of it.
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- Participatory Budgeting in Wrocław, Poland
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- 3:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Participatory budgeting is the process that allows citizens to decide how to spend part of the city's budget and is quite well-known to most of the residents of Wrocław, Poland.
EURACTIV travelled the south-west of the country to learn more about the Poles taking part in participatory budgeting. Here, citizens explained what they think about this tool.
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- State of the Union: Reaction from EP President Roberta Metsola
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen endorsed the call for the Convention the European Parliament launched last June to open EU treaties. Here you can see EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola brief reaction on Von der Leyen speech.
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- The State of the European Union speech in full
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- 57:54
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Rewatch Ursula von der Leyen give her State of the European Union speech on the 14th of September 2022
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- European Leaders (Tweets of the Week)
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- 3:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Some are feared, some revered and Sanna Marin is finally cleared.
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- Accelerating energy independence and emission reductions: The role of advanced biofuels in transport
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- 1:22:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In July, the European Commission tabled a proposal for the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII), with the overall objective of achieving an increase in the use of energy from renewable sources by 2030, to foster better energy system integration and to contribute to climate and environmental objectives. The proposal sets a framework for the deployment of renewable energy sources across all sectors of the economy with a particular focus on sectors where progress has been slow. Among those sectors is transport.
In the context of transport, advanced biofuels have been identified in the REDII as one of the key solutions for the deployment of renewable energy sources as their role can be increased to support the reduction of emissions in all transport modes, from road to maritime and aviation.
According to the biofuels industry, to achieve these goals ambitious mandates are needed to trigger investments in production installations. Regulation is also c...
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- Accelerating energy independence and emission reductions: The role of advanced biofuels in transport
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- 1:03:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In July 2021, the European Commission tabled a proposal for the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII), with the overall objective of achieving an increase in the use of energy from renewable sources by 2030, to foster better energy system integration and to contribute to climate and environmental objectives. The proposal sets a framework for the deployment of renewable energy sources across all sectors of the economy with a particular focus on sectors where progress has been slow. Among those sectors is transport.
In the context of transport, advanced biofuels have been identified in the REDII as one of the key solutions for the deployment of renewable energy sources as their role can be increased to support the reduction of emissions in all transport modes, from road to maritime and aviation.
According to the biofuels industry, to achieve these goals ambitious mandates are needed to trigger investments in production installations. Regulation is a...
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- A conversation about FitFor55 with Philippe Delorme, Schneider Electric, and Ciarán Cuffe, MEP
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- 22:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The EU's minimum wage directive explained
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- 6:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- What is the EU's minimum wage directive about?
Our economy editor János Allenbach-Ammann explains how the directive aims to increase minimum wages and collective bargaining across the EU.
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- Cypriots call for vital citizen participation in municipal spending
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- 4:10
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Participatory budgeting, the process allowing citizens to decide how to spend a part of the city budget, is not yet common in Cyprus. However, residents on the island agree that citizen participation is vital when it comes to allocating municipal funds.
To learn more about the Cypriot take on participatory budgeting, EURACTIV travelled to Limassol, in the south of the country. Here, citizens explained what they think about this tool and what inhabitants need to participate in local decision-making actively.
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- Title
- Over a Coffee with Mónica Andrés Enríquez, Yara International ASA
- Runtime
- 11:55
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Over A Coffee with Mónica Andrés Enríquez, Executive Vice President for Europe, at leading crop nutrition company, Yara International ASA.
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- Title
- Season Finale (Tweets of the Week S5 E39)
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- This season saw war and a sanction haul,
Finland and Sweden got the NATO call,
and a downing street downfall
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- Title
- Boosting civic engagement - The role of participatory budgeting
- Runtime
- 1:20:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Citizens’ participation remains a great challenge to democracies across Europe, especially given the rise of populism and voter disillusionment in recent years. Hence, many cities have developed new tools to boost citizen engagement, such as 'participatory budgeting'.
Participatory budgeting aims to involve citizens in decision-making around the uses of municipal budgets. It is a process whereby local authorities give residents the opportunity to voice their opinions and propose ideas about the allocation of funds within their cities. The tool aims to bring democracy closer to citizens, helping them become actors of change.
However, critics argue that although participatory budgeting across Europe has boosted civic engagement, it has not yet brought much diversity nor a wider range of views to the pool of participants. A major challenge lies in ensuring maximum inclusivity and encouraging all citizens to engage in local political processes.
In t...
- Title
- Boris' Finale (Tweets of the Week S5 E38)
- Runtime
- 3:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- It’s a special this week: He kept us hanging on like a yoyo, in the end it happened in slo-mo but eventually BoJo had to go, go.
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- Title
- Trust and citizen participation in Cyprus
- Runtime
- 6:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Civic engagement in Cyprus has long been influenced by the tensions between the Turk-Cypriots and Greek-Cypriots and by the strained relations with the European Union, which has impacted citizen’s trust in decision-making.
If empowering citizens is no longer seen as a ‘zero-sum game’ for the Cypriot government, trust still plays a crucial role in ensuring civic participation leads to concrete results.
As part of the H2020 DEMOTEC, EURACTIV travelled to Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, to talk with experts, government officials and civil society representatives about the current state of play of civic participation and its future on the Cypriot island.
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- Title
- New NATO, No-vaping and USA vs Europe (tweets of the Weeks, S5 E37)
- Runtime
- 4:40
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- At NATO the Scandis are sure on a roll, vapers left horrified at Commission' goal, and European twitter reacts to an internet troll
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