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We have been invited by the European Parliament on 13 February 2024 to take part in this meeting on the theme of "The importance of dialogue under Article 17 to raise awareness of disinformation and foreign interference". Programme here /...
The "Artificial Intelligence ACT" or "Artificial Intelligence Regulation" will soon be in force, protecting EU citizens from the potential excesses of AI while giving the EU a major role in the global AI industry. After several months of...
As you know, Belgium will hold the rotating Presidency of the Council from 1 January to 30 June 2024. The Spain-Belgium-Hungary "trio" has drawn up the "Eighteen-month programme (1 July 2023 - 31 December 2024)" referred to [1].....
In the 1970s, the major demand of women was their reproductive freedom, which refers to their bodily autonomy and their right to decide on their sexuality and procreation. These feminist ideas emerged in those years with the...
Indeed, more than ever since Charles Michel's speech in Bled (Slovenia) on 28 August, in which he declared, to everyone's surprise, "Enlargement is no longer a dream. It is time to move forward. We must...
In the run-up to the European elections, most populist parties are focusing on the fight against immigration in the hope of scoring electoral success. This poses a real challenge to our democracies, which are struggling to find...
As it enters the final year of its term of office, the European Commission has recently stirred up a controversy that may be fraught with consequences but is also full of questions, by imposing the appointment on 11 July of Fiona Scott Morton, a renowned economist from...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE BRUSSELS EFFECT One of AEPL's most important actions at the moment is the recognition of our "Artificial Intelligence" working group, led by our friend Joël De Decker, which has been accredited, consulted and...
Dear Friends " The European decision to stop producing internal combustion engine cars from 2035 affects a huge number of key areas: the environment, climate, energy, transport, industry, sovereignty, domestic policy, international competition, etc.
End of internal combustion engines in 2035: Germany signs, but subject to conditions After the exasperation caused to its partners by its procrastination, Germany has finally signed the European agreement on the end of internal combustion engines from 2035. But only after...
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