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May 29, 2017
From June 5th – 9th, coinciding with World Oceans Day, the United Nations will host at its headquarters in New York a high-level conference to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. The Ocean Conference aims to be the… » read more
Posted by Europa Media
May 23, 2017
The recent global ransomware attack ones more showed the world how dependent we are on digital infrastructure and how vulnerable this infrastructure is to the outside world. Anywhere in the world viruses, malware, etc. can be developed from a computer and start a chain reaction. Good reason to protect data from getting blocked, stolen or… » read more
Posted by Antonius Voluptarius
Right now, Europe’s auto makers are preparing for the introduction of the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure, better known by its acronym WLTP. WLTP is a more rigorous laboratory test for measuring pollutant and CO2 emissions from passenger cars that will come into force later this year. From September 2017, WLTP will officially apply… » read more
Posted by Secretary General of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA)
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking, Transport |
Guest blog post by Emma Woodford, Satu Lipponen and Tanja Gohlert, Lights for Rights All around the world scientists jumped into action last Saturday to march for science. In the face of its declining influence around the world, they hoped to inspire support for science itself, to gain recognition for scientific methods and to mobilise… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking, Science & Research, Social Europe |
by Johannes Hendrik Fahner The year 2016 was not a good one for Philip Morris. On 4 May 2016, the CJEU rendered its judgment in case C-547/14, in which it upheld the validity of the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU. On the same date, the CJEU also delivered its judgment in case C-477/14, in which it… » read more
Posted by RSIEAblog
April 5, 2017
I was thinking of calling this piece ‘In defence of internationalism’ but I decided that praise is the best form of defence. And we need to speak up in favour of internationalism. After decades of increasing openness, nationalism and xenophobia are on the rise in the West. We hear politicians coming out with statements such… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
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blogactiv, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking, UK in Europe |
March 30, 2017
Why it is time to start talking about eugenics He hugged me. Tight. He always noticed when someone was sad. He’d look at me with his blue almond-shaped eyes, and it felt as though I was the only person in the world. Danny is special. He even has his own special day. On March 21st… » read more
Posted by The Freedom Blog
As ACEA we believe that vehicle producers, policymakers and consumers alike need a robust process to ensure that motor vehicles meet relevant standards before they are brought on the market. That’s why the automobile industry supports the core objectives of the European Commission’s proposal for a new type approval framework. This proposal seeks to strengthen… » read more
Posted by Secretary General of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA)
All industrial sectors need qualified professionals in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) to boost the pace of innovation, employment and productivity, and consequently Europe’s ability to compete globally. The outcomes of the 2015 PISA study indicate that there is room for improvement in STEM education to boost students’ performance and motivation, while demand for… » read more
Posted by European Schoolnet
February 20, 2017
Political responsibility of Member States for sensitive EU executive action will be hard to get, but it is worth trying. On 14 February 2017, the European Commission submitted a proposal to reform the EU comitology system. It aims at enhancing the transparency and accountability of implementation of EU law in certain highly contentious policy areas,… » read more
Posted by ACELG
February 17, 2017
The creation of real-world Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications is dependent on leveraging a large volume of commonsense knowledge. Simple semantic interpretation tasks such as understanding that if ‘A is married to B’ then ‘A is the spouse of B’ or that ‘car, vehicle, auto’ have very similar meanings are examples of semantic approximation operations/inferences that… » read more
February 6, 2017
The upset was massive. The result of the referendum divided the country between cities, typically voting No, and periphery which voted Yes. Whilst all polls and experts predicted No would win, a tiny majority voted to exclude EU immigrants from moving in. All major world newspapers predicted the economy would be much affected by skills… » read more
Posted by TAXI: Europa
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blogactiv, Global Europe, Innovation & Enterprise, Science & Policymaking |
January 17, 2017
In my previous piece, posted on 22nd November 2016, I argued that direct democracy, where the electorate is asked to decide or approve policy, is dangerous. I suggested that representative democracy is a better alternative. One of the reasons I advanced is that a majority of people in an electorate are remarkably ill-informed, making rational… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
January 12, 2017
2017 begins under a busy schedule for the newly appointed Maltese presidency of the Council of the European Union. For the next six months, the smallest member of the European Union, in the heart of the Mediterranean, is undertaking an ambitious leadership for the first time. Maritime affairs, with its potential for growth, competitiveness and… » read more
Posted by Oceana Europe
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Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Fisheries, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev. |
January 5, 2017
What if #Brexit, that supposedly fatal – for the EU – event, were to eventually help an old Eurofederalist dream to become true? It is now more than 70 years that European Federalist groups and associations ask for a Parliament elected by all Europeans on European lists. Pse play Vous êtes lents (A.Souchon – 1985… » read more
Posted by TAXI: Europa
