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Congratulations to the winners of the EU 2024 Prize for Citizen Science ↓
🥇 INCREASE - for seed preservation
🥈 CoAct - for mental health
🥉 SeaPaCS - against marine pollution
Discover more about their projects here: https//europa.eu/!3bkW9M
Today, we are presenting the 2024 #EuropeanSemester Spring Package, which provides country-specific recommendations for each #EU country to:
📂 boost our overall economic resilience
📂 strengthen fiscal sustainability
📂 improve the EU’s competitiveness and resilience for all
💬 The history of the European Union is the history of its citizens.
Here are four things we learned in 50 years of understanding the opinions and perceptions of Europeans:
💙 Life satisfaction of EU citizens rose from 79% in 1973 to 86% today.
👍 Positive views on EU membership grew from 46% in 1984 to 71%.
🇪🇺 In 2024 71% of Europeans believe their country benefits from #EU membership – up from 46% in 1984.
€ Support for the #euro climbed from 52% in 1992 to 70%.
Can you hear the bells of progress? 🎵
We just launched Destination Earth, a digital replica of the Earth, powered by EU supercomputers and Al.
This cutting-edge technology will allow us to:
🌍 Monitor our planet in real time
🌡️ Adapt to climate change
🚨 Predict severe weather events
📉 Mitigate socio-economic risks
🎯 Design adaptation strategies for a more resilient future
Destination Earth is already operational.
Our goal is to create a complete digital twin of the Earth by 2030.
We have sent Amazon a request for information under the Digital Services Act.
We are seeking more information on the measures taken to comply with the DSA obligations related to:
🔹 the transparency of recommender systems and their parameters;
🔹 the provisions on maintaining an ad repository;
🔹 its risk assessment report.
Based on the assessment of the replies – to be provided by 26 July 2024, we will assess the next steps.
Read more: https://europa.eu/!T7f8QM
#DSA #EU
The EU is withdrawing from the unmodernised Energy Charter Treaty, mostly due to concerns over the protection of fossil fuels investments.
This treaty for the energy sector is not compatible with the #EU's climate and energy goals under the #EUGreenDeal and the Paris Agreement.
Apple’s new slogan should be “act different.”
Today, we informed Apple of our preliminary view that its App Store rules are in breach of the Digital Markets Act, as they prevent app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative channels for offers and content.
We also opened a new non-compliance procedure over concerns that its new contractual requirements for third-party app developers and app stores fall short of ensuring effective #DMA compliance.
Preserving competition is essential to foster innovation.
Today we have informed Microsoft of our preliminary view that it has breached EU antitrust rules by tying Teams to its popular productivity applications included in its suites for businesses, Office 365 and Microsoft 365.
Our preliminary findings indicate that the changes made by Microsoft since July 2023 are insufficient to address our concerns and more changes are necessary to restore competition.
More: https://europa.eu/!VB8t7t
#EU
What do Europeans think about the impact of digitalisation on their lives?
Our latest survey explores whether, and to what extent, EU citizens’ attitudes have evolved over the past year, in areas such as:
🧑🤝🧑 connecting with friends
⚖️ public services
🩺 healthcare
🛒 online shopping
🗳️ democratic life
Check it out ➡ https://europa.eu/!Qqjvrh
I love the idea there's a debate about whether we/UK should rejoin the EU Customs Union; its the same old entitled nonsense.
Sure we can express an interest or even desire to rejoin, but expressing that in the face of the EU's pretty obvious position that it treats the UK with suspicion & would only welcome the UK back with very serious conditions, is just political stupidity.
If we want to rejoin step one is building back trust & goodwill, something we've not really been doing!
The European Commission on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a group of four countries to establish a common organisation for building #opensource alternatives to much-used software.
France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands will work to develop open, European alternatives in “key areas” such as AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and – curiously – social networks.
https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-country-grouping-cleared-to-build-sovereign-digital-infrastructure/
⚠️⛔️More proof western ‘partners’ are unreliable and uncommitted: President Zelensky notes that 14 AFU brigades are formed, but not equipped due to delay in arms supplies by allies (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3881874-zelensky-14-brigades-of-afu-are-not-equipped-due-to-delay-in-arms-supplies.html #Ukraine #Mastodon #USA #UK #EU #NATO #EuropeanUnion #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #Germany #Press #News #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#FreeEUfromFascistAltRight
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#1936EuropeIn2024
#BidenLost2024ScrewinUkraine
✅✅ More clean tech. Fewer emissions.
Our Emissions Trading System ensures polluters pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.
Today, we are investing €4.8 billion from emission trading revenues into innovative net-zero projects.
⚠️⛔️Russian war criminals target babies - third kindergarten in a week hit, as public school in Mykolaiv region damaged (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4052234-russian-artillery-damages-kindergarten-school-in-mykolaiv-region.html #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Mastodon #Hague #Netherlands #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #ICC #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #US #UN #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia #Romania
⚠️⛔️Russia systematically commits war crimes against civilians in Ukraine – UN officially announced (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/4052356-russia-systematically-commits-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-ukraine-un.html #Ukraine #Hague #Poland #Netherlands #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #ICC #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #US #UN #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia #Romania #11yrInvasionOfUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
because i’ve seen some people posting clips from the lex fridmann interview with #Telegram CEO #PavelDurov where Durov explains why he thinks the #EU is falling apart i thought I would take a moment to remind everyone who Pavel Durov is
#eupol #socialmedia #uspol #lexFridmann #CSAM #Russia #kompromat #putin
EU innovation performance keeps growing. 🚀
From 2023 to 2024, 15 EU countries have boosted their innovation performance.
Here's the 2024 #EUInnovation scoreboard:
🥇 Innovation leaders 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇳🇱
🥈 Strong innovators 🇧🇪 🇦🇹 🇮🇪 🇱🇺 🇩🇪 🇨🇾 🇪🇪 🇫🇷
🥉 Moderate innovators 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 🇨🇿 🇮🇹 🇲🇹 🇱🇹 🇵🇹 🇬🇷 🇭🇺
🏅 Emerging innovators 🇭🇷 🇵🇱 🇸🇰 🇱🇻 🇧🇬 🇷🇴
What makes the #EU a leading industrial and research powerhouse?
Check it out: https://europa.eu/!bggdDf
Maybe you remembered how I was exited to start with my #cut some time ago announced in this post: https://mastodon.social/@TheGymNerd/112398702432080250
This is how it's going.
* Multiple new projects at work
* #cat needed surgery
* #EU election & Mass surveillance almost happened in EU
So you didn't saw much #gym and #fitness content from me and maybe more #political stuff... I'm sorry if that annoyed you. But I felt this was important.
But I have a new #workout plan. I could imagine talking about in future.
Today, we have designated XNXX as a Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act.
By mid-November 2024, XNXX will have to comply with the most stringent rules under the #DSA, including:
➡ Protect users online
➡ Prevent minors from accessing pornographic content online
➡ Provide access to publicly available data to researchers
➡ Publish a repository of ads
We will keep closely monitoring market developments and ensure full compliance.
Read more: https://europa.eu/!JcxxmP
Apple has committed to allowing rivals to access the 'tap and go’ technology of iPhones.
Today’s decision opens up competition.
From now on, competitors will be able to effectively compete with Apple Pay for mobile payments using iPhone in shops.
Read more: https://europa.eu/!tmg37y
AI is becoming a game-changer for businesses of all sizes and sectors.
In fact, in 2023, 8% of EU companies have already adopted AI technologies, with top-performing countries being:
🇩🇰 15,2%
🇫🇮 15,1%
🇱🇺 14,4%.
What's most exciting is that we're going to give SMEs and startups access to AI factories in the #EU and dedicated AI supercomputers, so they can use AI and stay competitive on a global scale.
AI factories are expected to be deployed in 2025.
🔗 More: https://europa.eu/!HXyQtH
Today, we celebrate the birthday of the remarkable Marie Skłodowska-Curie – a true inspiration for researchers worldwide. 🎉
As the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only individual to receive it twice, her contributions to science are unparalleled.
The MSCActions fellowship bears her name and helps early career scientists to thrive.
We will keep building a brighter future for generations to come.
⚠️⛔️Child, 13, killed in Russian terrorist’s missile strike on Mykolaiv, was a dancer (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/20/7466621/ #Ukraine #Press #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#Article7 #Article7HungaryNow