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De Rekenkamer

Infopagina's over de EU 27-03-2024

De Europese Rekenkamer (de Rekenkamer) is belast met het controleren van de financiën van de EU. In haar hoedanigheid van externe auditor van de EU draagt de Rekenkamer bij aan het verbeteren van het financieel beheer van de EU en treedt zij op als onafhankelijk hoedster van de financiële belangen van de burgers van de Unie.

AI investment: EU and global indicators

Kort overzicht 27-03-2024

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Intergouvernementele besluitvormingsprocedures

Infopagina's over de EU 26-03-2024

Op het gebied van het gemeenschappelijk buitenlands en veiligheidsbeleid (GBVB) en op een aantal andere gebieden, zoals nauwere samenwerking, bepaalde benoemingen en verdragsherzieningen, worden besluitvormingsprocedures gehanteerd die afwijken van de gewone wetgevingsprocedure. Op deze gebieden speelt intergouvernementele samenwerking een grotere rol. Sinds de staatsschuldencrisis wordt vaker gebruik gemaakt van deze besluitvormingsmechanismen, met name in het kader van de Europese economische governance ...

Het subsidiariteitsbeginsel

Infopagina's over de EU 26-03-2024

In het Verdrag betreffende de Europese Unie is het subsidiariteitsbeginsel vastgelegd. Dit beginsel heeft betrekking op de gedeelde bevoegdheden van de Unie en de lidstaten. Het bepaalt onder welke omstandigheden de Unie in de plaats van de lidstaten mag optreden.

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. ...