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La Corte dei conti
La Corte dei conti europea ha la responsabilità del controllo delle finanze dell'UE. Quale revisore esterno dell'UE, contribuisce a migliorarne la gestione finanziaria e agisce in veste di custode indipendente degli interessi finanziari dei cittadini dell'Unione.
AI investment: EU and global indicators
Economic indicators show that the United States (US) is the front-runner for both private investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and venture capital in generative AI, followed by China. US companies are also developing most of the large languages models (LLMs) underpinning AI innovation. EU starts-up are beginning to scale up.
Artificial intelligence [What Think Tanks are thinking]
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act moved close to final adoption when the European Parliament voted in favour of the text on 13 March. It will become law after the final endorsement of the Council of the European Union, making the Union the first major world power to adopt horizontal legislation governing AI. The act defines the rules for using and selling artificial intelligence systems in the EU, and regulates general-purpose AI tools such as ChatGPT and AI-based biometric surveillance. It also ...
Recent threats in the Red Sea: Economic impact on the region and on the EU
Since mid-November 2023, the Iran-backed Houthi militia, which controls large parts of Yemen, has attacked numerous Western commercial ships near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea. In response, major shipping companies have temporarily suspended Suez transits and diverted their trade. This diversion coincides with decreasing freight in another maritime chokepoint, the Panama Canal, provoked by lowered water levels. Rounding South Africa via the Cape of Good Hope is the shortest alternative ...
The European Parliament and the origins of environmental policy
Drawing on a wide array of sources and literature, this study examines the role of the European Parliament in the establishment of the European Community's environmental policy. It argues that Parliament played a key role in placing this nascent policy issue on the agenda. It influenced the definition of what the policy should include, what it should focus on, and which instruments should be used to address environmental problems. In this process, Parliament filtered ideas, issues and political objectives ...
The European Parliament and the origins of consumer policy
Drawing on a wide array of sources and literature, this study examines the role of the European Parliament in the establishment of the European Community's consumer policy. It argues that Parliament played a key role in placing this nascent policy issue on the agenda. It influenced the definition of what the policy should include, what it should focus on, and which instruments should be used to address the problems facing European consumers. In this process, Parliament filtered ideas, issues and ...
The European Parliament and the origins of social policy
Drawing on a wide array of sources and literature, this study examines the role of the European Parliament in the establishment of the European Community's social policy. It argues that Parliament played a key role in placing this nascent policy issue on the agenda. It influenced the definition of what the policy should include, what it should focus on, and which instruments should be used to address social problems. In this process, Parliament filtered ideas, issues and political objectives from ...
Le procedure decisionali di natura intergovernativa
Nella politica estera e di sicurezza comune (PESC), come in vari altri settori quali la cooperazione rafforzata, determinate nomine e la revisione dei trattati, la procedura decisionale è diversa da quella generalmente applicata nella procedura legislativa ordinaria. La nota dominante in tali settori è una maggiore componente di cooperazione intergovernativa. La crisi del debito pubblico ha fatto aumentare il ricorso a questi meccanismi decisionali, in particolare nel quadro della governance economica ...
Il principio di sussidiarietà
Nel quadro delle competenze non esclusive dell'Unione, il principio di sussidiarietà, sancito dal trattato sull'Unione europea, definisce le condizioni in cui l'Unione ha una priorità di azione rispetto agli Stati membri.
A Union certification framework for carbon removals
On 30 November 2022, as part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission presented the legislative proposal for a Union certification framework for carbon removals. The initiative was first announced in the March 2020 new circular economy action plan and again highlighted in the climate target plan, as well as in the 'fit for 55' revision of the Regulation on land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), as an essential tool to drive progress towards the 2050 climate neutrality target. ...