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The Commission is allocating 123 million euros from Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation programme, for urgent research on coronavirus variants. This first emergency funding under Horizon Europe is in addition to a number of EU-funded research and innovation actions to combat coronavirus and contributes to the Commission’s [...]

The Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe yesterday launched the multilingual digital platform for the Conference on the Future of Europe, inviting all EU citizens to contribute to shaping their own future and that of Europe. The platform, available in 24 languages, will allow the sharing [...]

222.1 billion euros to restart the Italian economy, heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the treasure of the Recovery Plan approved by the Council of Ministers and that, after the passage in Parliament, will be sent to the European Commission by 30 April 2021. The intervention program developed [...]

The European Council paves the way for the European Single Market Programme for 2021-2027, funded with 4.2 billion euros. The Council recently adopted its position at first reading on the proposal for a regulation establishing the EU Single Market Programme for the period 2021-2027, following an agreement reached last December [...]

A step forward for the definition of a European climate law: yesterday the negotiators of the Council and the European Parliament reached an interim political agreement that introduces into the legislation two objectives to be achieved: EU climate neutrality for 2050: the reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions net [...]

The Commission is now proposing new rules and actions to turn Europe into the world pole for reliable artificial intelligence (AI). The combination of the first ever AI legal framework and a new plan coordinated with Member States will ensure the security and fundamental rights of individuals and businesses, while [...]

The European Commission has launched "Women TechEU", a support measure aimed at supporting 50 women-led start-ups through mentoring and mentoring to accompany female entrepreneurs on a path of training and business development. The first call for proposals will be launched in June 2021 with the support of the European Innovation [...]

The European Commission has launched "Horizon IP Scan", a free advice service for SMEs to help them manage and enhance intellectual property in collaborative R&I projects. The new service is designed for start-ups and SMEs involved in collaborative research projects under one of the EU’s research programmes, Horizon 2020 or [...]

The European Council approved the new Digital Europe 2021-2027 programme which, with a budget of 7,588 billion euros will stimulate digital transformation by providing funding for the introduction of state-of-the-art technologies in key areas such as artificial intelligence, supercomputing, and cyber security. Digital Europe will finance projects in five areas, [...]

The European Union and the United States have concluded negotiations to adjust the agricultural quotas of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of the European Union, following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. This is the culmination of two years of negotiations within the WTO to divide these [...]