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One of the main concerns is the discrimination AI can generate. AI can be biased if the training data used to develop AI algorithms contains imbalances, reflects healthcare disparities, or mirrors existing biases in diagnoses and treatment decisions.

Ethics in AI needs to be advanced to better protect patients’ health

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds the potential to transform healthcare by enhancing various aspects of patient care, diagnostics, and administrative tasks

“Cloud credits” are the practice whereby a cloud provider offers its services to its new customers at a preferential rate for a set period.

France set to regulate cloud market more than EU

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 3, 2023

A comprehensive bill aiming to secure and regulate the internet in France aims to strictly respect the new digital European regulations and, when it comes to cloud regulation, will go even further

Smer’s decisive victory gave Fico a path to government with Hlas led by former prime minister Peter Pellegrini, who could also be persuaded to seek a pro-Western coalition with runner-up progressives as it may include an offer of the prime minister’s seat.

Slovak elections: Hungary celebrates, EU switches to alert mode

By: EBR | Monday, October 2, 2023

The victory of pro-Putin Robert Fico in Slovakia’s elections pleased Budapest, which saw an ally coming to power but caused concern among pro-EU forces

Owing to the freedom-oriented aspirations of former Warsaw Pact countries, there was also the expansion of membership of the European Union and NATO. It led to an unprecedented enlargement of the “geopolitical West.”

Why Europe Is Yesterday’s Hero

By: EBR | Friday, September 29, 2023

The three decades preceding 2008 saw an extraordinary upward curve in the enlargement of freedom in Europe, starting with democratization in Greece

The OSCE is the “only organisation that has an open dialogue with Russia”, said Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon, while her Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky added that it is “one of the pillars of the European security architecture”.

Keep channels open with Russia, say five EU states

By: EBR | Thursday, September 28, 2023

Foreign ministers of five central European states met in Vienna and urged that lines of communication with Russia be kept open through the OSCE to facilitate a path to peace in Ukraine

The EIB chief underlined the necessity of ambitious climate action as a driving force for development in the coming years, and the role of renewables towards energy independence.

EU bank chief warns against ‘Colonialism 2.0’ as green transition progresses

By: EBR | Monday, September 25, 2023

European Investment Bank (EIB) president Werner Hoyer highlighted the importance of climate action but warned of the risks of exploitation of the Global South during his speech

The aim is to amend and “expand” the 2016 agreement “with Greece’s initiative, because we have the more immediate interest” as a frontline migration state, the minister said.

Greece seeks EU-Turkey migration deal expansion

By: EBR | Monday, September 25, 2023

Greece in December will seek the renewal of a 2016 migration deal between the EU and Turkey, the Greek migration minister said

Firstly, Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen raised the topic in her State of the Union speech on 13 September. To reform the EU and make it better, she said, that means going through a European Convention and treaty change if and where it is needed.

Lets talk about… treaty change

By: EBR | Friday, September 22, 2023

For a long time, there had been no mention of EU treaty change. And then, all of a sudden

Zelenskyy discussed Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary’s refusal to drop the grain import ban despite the European Commission not prolonging it. The countries argue that they defend their own grain growers against falling demand and prices that harmed the domestic markets over the last year.

Poland-Ukraine ‘grain war’ escalates dangerously

By: EBR | Thursday, September 21, 2023

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has decided to stop supplying Ukraine with weapons in its war against Russia in reaction to escalating tensions between the two countries over grain imports

Improving and designing public policies to combat gender-based violence is one of the priorities of Spain’s term at the helm of the rotating presidency of the EU Council, which it will hold until the end of 2023.

Spanish minister affirms support for EU directive to stop violence against women

By: EBR | Thursday, September 21, 2023

As EU institutions continue negotiations on the directive to combat violence against women, Irene Montero, Spain’s acting Minister for Equality, affirmed her commitment to addressing gender-based violence

The report shows the progress made with the RRF to increase Member States’ economic and social resilience and deliver on REPowerEU, the EU’s response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

NextGenerationEU: Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility firmly underway

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 20, 2023

The Commission has adopted its second annual report on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility

In four years von der Leyen has transformed herself from a little-known German politician into the instantly recognisable figurehead of a more outgoing Europe.

How upbeat should the EU’s messaging be?

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Is Ursula von der Leyen sending the right messages to public opinion?

EU fiscal rules underpin the value of the euro used by 20 countries and set a limit on budget deficits of 3% of GDP and a public debt limit of 60% of GDP.

EU ministers agree on fiscal reform ‘camino’, aim for year-end deal

By: EBR | Monday, September 18, 2023

European Union finance ministers backed a timeline calling for the reform of the bloc’s fiscal rules by the end of the year as they look to balance debt cuts with investing in an individually tailored yet equal way

On the defence budget hikes, he said there would be “a unanimous agreement between the three institutions to support this proposal because everyone understands after the Russian invasion in Ukraine that this is important”.

European Parliament supports increase in 2024 defence budgets

By: EBR | Monday, September 18, 2023

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the European Parliament has backed the Commission’s proposal to spend more money on defence in next year’s EU budget even though financial resources are scarce

First-quarter emissions fell in 21 of the 27 EU member states. Bulgaria achieved the biggest fall in greenhouse gases of any EU state, with year-on-year emissions down 15.2%, followed by Estonia (-14.7%) and Slovenia (-9.6%).

Which EU countries are making the most progress with their emissions reductions?

By: EBR | Monday, September 18, 2023

European Union greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.9% in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period a year earlier

Ahead of the meeting, analysts had been sharply divided over whether the ECB would lift rates again or finally take a pause due to mounting signs of the economic strain on the 20 countries that use the euro.

ECB hikes key rate to record high, defying calls for pause

By: EBR | Friday, September 15, 2023

The European Central Bank hiked a key interest rate to a record high as it battles soaring inflation, defying calls for a pause to take pressure off the faltering eurozone economy

In practice, the EPP’s statute requires it to hold a primary to select a Spitzenkandidat ahead of next June. And von der Leyen, therefore, needs to formally decide whether she wants a second term in the coming weeks.

SOTEU is over, what next?

By: EBR | Thursday, September 14, 2023

Short of spelling it out in technicolour behind her podium, Ursula von der Leyen could hardly have been clearer about her intention to seek a second term as European Commission president

Observers believed she would trumpet the successes of her team, from driving the digital and green transition to handling two major challenges for Europe – the war and the COVID pandemic – but remained vague on the big question of whether she plans to run for a second mandate.

SOTEU: Von der Leyen addresses Europe as elections approach

By: Euractiv | Thursday, September 14, 2023

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined her policy priorities to EU lawmakers in Strasbourg

Even with the EU’s significant sanctions on Russia, Czechia recorded its highest Russian oil imports since 2012.

Czechia’s growing dependence on Russian oil raises concerns

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Czechia has dramatically increased its reliance on Russian oil, with imports via the Druzhba pipeline reaching 65% this year, up from 56% in the previous year

“We’re better off working hand in hand [to develop] a much more proactive [and] innovative industrial strategy” and agree to an EU-wide policy that “better protects our industrial interests relative to China and the US”, Le Maire told

Paris pushes to bring Berlin onboard with more ‘innovative’ EU industrial policy

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 13, 2023

There is no time to lose for Germany and France to finally sit down and build an ambitious EU industrial policy which will protect European industries vis-a-vis the US and China