Fittex

For the European Union to compete globally while continuing to ensure progress in environmental, social and fundamental rights, more strategic and collective action is imperative. In a world where some leading global businesses have a market capitalisation of more than €3 trillion, an integrated economic, financial and fiscal policy framework is needed to encourage innovation and growth, including for successful SMEs. As the recent Letta and Draghi reports highlight, this requires clear political ...

Sustainable finance refers to the process of taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making investment decisions in the financial sector. This could lead to investors channelling more investment into the transition to a climate-neutral, climate-resilient, resource-efficient and fair economy with a high level of quality governance requirements. Sustainable finance therefore has a key role to play in delivering on the policy objectives under the European Green ...

Progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been insufficient, not least because of shocks such as the COVID 19 pandemic and recent wars. The cost of this lack of progress is borne by 'least developed countries' – low-income countries with low indicators of socio-economic development, as defined by the UN. This study reviews the European Union's role in policies that affect poverty in these contexts. It identifies 12 challenges that could be addressed to some extent by further ...

L-isfidi globali inklużi t-tibdil fil-klima, il-kunflitti ġeopolitiċi, l-erożjoni tal-prinċipji demokratiċi u l-inugwaljanzi soċjali jaffettwaw il-ħajja ta’ kuljum u l-prospetti futuri tan-nies. Rispons Ewropew kollettiv matul l-10 snin li ġejjin jista’ jgħin biex jiġu indirizzati dawn l-isfidi – u joffri benefiċċji li jistgħu jilħqu sa €3 triljun fis-sena. Dan jirrappreżenta madwar 18% tal-prodott gross domestiku (PDG) tal-UE, ekwivalenti għal €6,700 għal kull ċittadin kull sena. Abbażi tal-ħidma ...

This European added value assessment (EAVA) seeks to inform the European Parliament's legislative initiative 2023/2184(INL) entitled 'Promotion of the freedom of scientific research in the EU'. Freedom of scientific research forms an integral part of academic freedom, and this study confirms the de facto erosion of academic freedom, including its underlying conditions, across the EU. It also identifies new forms of threat, such as the role of new technologies, use of strategic lawsuits, increasing ...

This study has been drawn up by the European Added Value Unit within the European Parliament's Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services. It is part of a research project to better define the concepts of the cost of non-Europe and of European added value. The study recounts the development of these concepts and specifically how they have been used to support the European Parliament's work in setting the legislative agenda. It also presents their theoretical underpinnings and the main ...

Stress-testing is a promising foresight policy tool that can support the design of EU policies able to withstand the shocks and challenges of both the present day and the years to come. This study explores how the European Parliament could use stress-tests to identify weak points in EU legislation and avenues for further EU action. The study draws on the findings of a stress-test of EU rail transport policy and recommendations from an expert practitioner of foresight and regulatory policy. It finds ...

Għalkemm l-integrazzjoni Ewropea hija mutur ewlieni tat-tkabbir, tal-paċi, tal-ħarsien ambjentali u tal-prosperità soċjali, għad hemm sfidi persistenti u jistgħu jiġu antiċipati kriżijiet potenzjali. B'ħarsa 'l quddiem, huma miftuħa għadd ta' mogħdijiet possibbli għall-Ewropa. Il-Parlament Ewropew jiffavorixxi t-triq ta' azzjoni ambizzjuża u kollettiva tal-UE, fejn jistgħu jintlaħqu kisbiet potenzjali sinifikanti, mhux biss għal-lum, iżda wkoll għal diversi xenarji futuri possibbli. Dan huwa estratt ...

This 'cost of non-Europe' report looks at the potential benefits of efficient, ambitious and united EU-level action in the space sector. The report finds that to enable the European space sector to benefit from open strategic autonomy, and to ensure EU access to and use of space, including for its security, the EU must act decisively. Moving away from fragmentation could bring large benefits, amounting to at least €140 billion per year by 2050.

According to a recent European Parliamentary Research Service Cost of Non-Europe (CONE) report, ambitious and united European Union (EU) action in climate and energy policy could be very beneficial, bringing gains of up to 5.6 % of gross domestic product (GDP), equal to €1 trillion additional GDP per year in 2050, compared to a continuation of the status quo (see Figure 1). However, failure to arrive at a common approach, in particular by collectively addressing volatile energy prices and systemic ...