The European automotive industry is striving to adapt to market changes driven by the dual green and digital transition. Electrification has become the main strategy for reducing CO2 emissions, especially in urban traffic. At the same time, the average size and weight of cars have greatly increased. Big electric cars are the trend, but are they really the solution? Could better planning and optimisation of resources help?

EPSRS Science and Technology Podcast - What if the problem with cars was not their method of propulsion?

Robot applications, including 'collaborative robots' – cobots – designed to collaborate with humans, are in high demand, with sales and installation figures constantly on the rise. However, it is necessary to analyse the risks and opportunities of this technology and its possible social, economic, and ethical impacts. The following study presents the current state of collaborative robotics, its benefits, and its disadvantages, with a special emphasis on key aspects such as safety. It presents possible policy options to enable the EU to remain at the forefront of this technology by taking advantage of the opportunities and avoiding the potential risks.

EPRS Science and Technology Podcast: Analysis exploring risks and opportunities linked to the use of collaborative industrial robots in Europe

Wereldwijd is een wedloop aan de gang om technologische dominantie te bereiken. Ook de EU wil haar industrie versterken en heeft daarom in 2020 een nieuwe strategie aangenomen. Die heeft geleid tot een voorstel om een platform voor strategische technologieën voor Europa (STEP) op te richten. Het doel daarvan is om te voldoen aan grote investeringsbehoeften. Via STEP zouden bestaande EU-middelen worden benut om de EU innovatiever, duurzamer en meer zelfvoorzienend te maken. Het platform is een voorloper van het Europees Soevereiniteitsfonds, dat moet helpen de industriële vermogens van de EU verder te vergroten.

STEP: het platform voor strategische technologieën voor Europa

The EU depends on imported fossil fuels (gas, oil and coal) for about 56 % of its energy needs (gross energy consumption), which in 2021 represented an energy bill of around EUR 300 billion. The domestic production of renewable energy sources has increased significantly in recent years to 22 % of total demand. The European Union can aspire to achieve energy independence through the deployment of existing and emerging technologies, thus reducing reliance on conventional fossil fuels. What are the developments and societal implications associated with these technologies?

EPRS Science and Technology Podcast - What if the EU were energy independent?

Droughts and water scarcity are no longer rare or extreme events in Europe. About 20 % of the European territory and 30 % of Europeans are affected by water stress, especially in Southern Europe but also around some river basins in Western and Central Europe. And climate change will only make matters worse, increasing the frequency of extreme events and making the south even drier.

EPRS Science and Technology Podcast - Science and Technology Podcast

Recent events have multiplied concerns about potential fragmentation of the internet into a multitude of non-interoperable and disconnected 'splinternets'. Composed of thousands of compatible autonomous systems, the internet is by definition technically divided. Yet, the internet was also designed to be an open and global technical infrastructure. The unity and openness of the internet appear to be under great pressure from political, commercial and technological developments. This report explores the implications of the EU's recent policies in this field as well as the opportunities and challenges for EU Member States and institutions in addressing internet fragmentation. It underlines how recent EU legislative proposals – on the digital services act, digital markets act, artificial intelligence act, and NIS 2 Directive – could help to address patterns of fragmentation, but also have limitations and potentially unintended consequences.

EPRS Science and Technology Podcast - 'Splinternets': Addressing the renewed debate on internet fragmentation

Diets tailored to our individual characteristics could bring about health benefits but require data on our most personal features, such as our DNA. The promises are many, but so are open questions about the interactions between genes, nutrients, environment and health, and the role of socioeconomic factors behind our food choices. Governance of precision nutrition advice, services and products will include various legislation and policies because of its position between lifestyle and health, or food and medicine.

EPRS Science and Technology Podcast Podcast - What if algorithms decided what we should eat by looking at our DNA?

To reach the Paris Agreement objective of keeping the global temperature increase well below 2°C, the EU must consider every possible technology to decarbonise its energy production. Nuclear fusion is the process that powers our sun and we can recreate it on Earth. However, even if we overcome the considerable engineering challenges of designing a fusion power plant, there are hard constraints to upscaling fusion power.

EPRS Science and Technology podcast - What if we could make nuclear fusion work?

Over the past 3.8 billion years, nature has been engineering itself to survive. It has also developed efficient and sustainable adaptation mechanisms against changing environmental conditions. To further the EU's political ambitions, could we employ biomimicry to mitigate climate change and achieve climate neutrality?

Science and Technology Podcast : What if nature taught us to adapt to climate change?

In this podcast we explore the potential ecological benefits of increasing our capacity to store energy, especially from renewable sources. As the availability of some renewable energy sources is variable and intermittent, devising new energy storage capacities could ensure energy security and reliability and help the EU in its efforts to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

EPRS Science and Technology Podcast - What if increased energy storage could help fix climate change?

Quantum technologies could be a game changer in the digital transformation of healthcare. By enabling much faster and more complex data analysis, they could open the door to accelerated discovery and development of novel therapeutics, improved diagnostics and treatments including for rare and complex diseases, true personalised medicine, and better data-driven health policy planning.

EPRS Science and Technology podcast - What if quantum technologies revolutionised healthcare?

‘Innovation’ is often used as a shorthand for improved technical, economic and social processes. However, any specific innovation involves the redistribution of costs and benefits, creating winners and losers. For some, regulation of technology should be avoided in case it hinders innovation, while, for others, regulation is an essential measure to mitigate risks. However, regulation and innovation are not a zero-sum game. Debates about regulatory (in)action and its impact on innovation would benefit from greater specificity about which innovation paths are considered desirable, for whom, and how policy choices would help to achieve them.

EPRS STOA podcast - What if AI regulation promoted innovation?

In December 2020, the European Commission proposed the creation of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), to facilitate trade, expand investment, develop compatible standards, boost innovation and strengthen the partners' technological and industrial leadership.The 2021 change of administration in Washington reinvigorated the relationship between the EU and USA. The TTC was formally launched during the EU-US Summit on 15 June 2021. The first meeting took place on 29 September 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this episode, we'll look at TTC's purpose, objectives and its role in the context of the wider trade and tech relations between the EU and the USA.

EPRS policy podcast - The EU-US Trade and Technology Council

Efforts to curb carbon emissions are falling short. As climate change impacts become all too clear, geoengineering is again in the spotlight. Some see it as a last-resort option to fight climate change. Detractors highlight the risks and uncertainties. Will governments end up ‘tinkering with Earth's thermostat’?

EPRS STOA podcast - What if we could engineer the planet to help fight climate change?

With its recent European Green Deal framework, the EU is striving to achieve climate neutrality in its economy by 2050 and, simultaneously, bring itself on the path of recovery from the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Technology will inevitably play a significant part in this process. However, historical experience tells us that culture and aesthetic have too had significant roles in recovery from a crises, be it war, economic recession, or an epidemic.

EPRS STOA podcast - What If Technology And Culture Combined To Boost A Green Recovery?

The coronavirus pandemic forced most of the world’s population into lockdown… But thanks to digital technologies, we were mostly able to keep on working, studying, shopping and chatting with our loved ones without leaving our homes! But the crisis has also highlighted some painful truths about our digital world…

EPRS policy podcast - How digital technology is easing the burden of confinement

EP Plenary session - Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act)

STOA Workshop ' Knowledge and innovation community on water, marine and maritime  '

STOA workshop ' Strategic autonomy and the future of nuclear energy in the EU: use and availability of HALEU '

STOA Academic Freedom Roundtable ‘ Research Integrity in Open Science for Europe ’

INTA committee meeting EU-US Trade and Technology Council - Exchange of views with Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-Presidents of the Commission

STOA Annual Lecture 2024 -  Making democracy work for everyone

STOA high level conference ‘ Academic Freedom - The state of a fundamental value for Europe ’

EP Plenary session - Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s netzero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act)

Stoa workshop ‘Neurotechnology and neurorights - Privacy's last frontier’

President Metsola meets with students at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology

STOA workshop ‘ Future of Space - the sustainable path ’

EPRS Book Talk ' Digital Empires: The global battle to regulate technology '

STOA workshop ' Human-computer confluence in education ’

STOA Workshop ' EU collaborative models to tackle childhood cancer '

STOA event

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Mykhailo FEDOROV, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology

STOA Workshop - Making climate-friendly choices: Towards simplified, harmonised, horizontal framework for a European climate label

Panel for the Future of Science and Technology

ERC & the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology - Science-driven solutions for sustainable food - Closing Plenary

ERC & the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology - Science-driven solutions for sustainable food - Thematic session 3: The impact of food systems on health, society and the planet

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, attends the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology for meeting with students during her official visit to Malta.

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Msida (Malta): extracts from the meeting with students at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is a temporary instrument that is the centrepiece of the NextGenerationEU, the EU’s plan to emerge stronger and more resilient from the current crisis. This program of interventions included in the Italian National RRF for the part under the Ministry of Education's responsibility. Thanks to a total investment of 17.59 billion schools have the opportunity to be able to really play that strategic educational role for the country's growth. It is at school that student accompanied in building competencies and acquiring skills, prepare for the future. This infoclip shows educational robotics, augmented reality and virtual reality, STEM/STEAM disciplines design thinking, modelling and craft 4.0, use of artificial intelligence in education, innovative teaching methodologies, solar-powered system and electrolysis of the last classroom, and pathway to study water cycle.

Infoclip: laboratories to enhance students' skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) – Recovery and Resilience Facility - Brindisi (Italy)

Holiday plans ruined by a strict lockdown, social relationships at a total standstill, and two teenagers at home – the Diaconescu family’s resilience was tested to the limit. What did they rely on to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic? Watch the Diaconescu family tell their story in the interview they gave for ‘Together apart’ in July 2021.

Together apart | The Diaconescu Family’s story: ‘The only way our kids could connect with friends was with the help of digital technology’

The report debated and voted on by MEPs addresses key points for the safety of toys in the EU’s market. It tackles issues such as the need to protect children from dangerous chemicals, the challenges posed by new technologies embedded in toys, and measures to strengthen market surveillance. Closing statement by Brando BENIFEI (S&D, IT), rapporteur and by Margaritis SCHINAS, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of promoting our European Way of Life.

Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive: closing statement by Brando BENIFEI (S&D, IT), rapporteur and by Margaritis SCHINAS, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of promoting our European Way of Life

The report by Brando BENIFEI (S&D, IT), debated and voted on by MEPs addresses key points for the safety of toys in the EU’s market. It tackles issues such as the need to protect children from dangerous chemicals, the challenges posed by new technologies embedded in toys, and measures to strengthen market surveillance. Opening statement by Brando BENIFEI (S&D, IT), rapporteur, and by Margaritis SCHINAS, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of promoting our European Way of Life.

Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive: opening statement by Brando BENIFEI (S&D, IT), rapporteur, and by Margaritis SCHINAS, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of promoting our European Way of Life

The debate focuses on key points for the safety of toys in the EU’s market. It tackles issues such as the need to protect children from dangerous chemicals, the challenges posed by new technologies embedded in toys, and measures to strengthen market surveillance.

Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on the first meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC). TTC's objectives is to coordinate approaches to key global technology, economic, and trade issues; and to deepen transatlantic trade and economic relations, basing policies on shared democratic values. Closing statement by Margrethe VESTAGER, European Commission Vice-president for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age.

EP Plenary session The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC): closing statement by Margrethe VESTAGER, European Commission Vice-president for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age

MEPs debate on the first meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) which held in Pittsburgh on 29 September 2021. TTC's objectives is to coordinate approaches to key global technology, economic, and trade issues; and to deepen transatlantic trade and economic relations, basing policies on shared democratic values.

The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC): MEPs Debate

MEPs debate on the first meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) which held in Pittsburgh on 29 September 2021. TTC's objectives is to coordinate approaches to key global technology, economic, and trade issues; and to deepen transatlantic trade and economic relations, basing policies on shared democratic values. Opening statements by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS European Commission Vice-president ofr Trade and by Margrethe VESTAGER, European Commission Vice-president for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC): opening statements by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS European Commission Vice-president ofr Trade and by Margrethe VESTAGER, European Commission Vice-president for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age

The Committee on International Trade debate with the Commission's Executive Vice-Presidents Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) on 26 October, following its inaugural meeting in Pittsburgh (USA) at the end of September. The TTC is a new forum for deepening transatlantic relations and coordinating approaches not only on trade and economic issues but also on technology.

Exchange of views on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council with Margrethe VESTAGER, Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive EC Vice-President - INTA Committee

The transatlantic relationship witnessed a significant injection of renewed enthusiasm and policy activity following Joe Biden's inauguration as President of the United States in January 2021. Despite recent transatlantic misalignments in political developments, the geopolitical dimensions of technology, and vulnerabilities stemming from interdependence, continue to head the political agenda on both sides of the Atlantic. There is fertile ground to deepen transatlantic cooperation in countering disinformation and tackling corruption by defining joint standards and coordinating on independent fact-checking and countering money-laundering. First-line practitioners on both sides could systematically share expertise on preventing, detecting and combating violent extremism, while funding could be targeted at joint transatlantic research projects to provide the evidence needed for sound policy-making.

EPRS - EU-USA: a transatlantic technology alliance

During the plenary session (7-10 June 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers.

Promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers: MEPs debate

During the plenary session (7-10 June 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers: opening statement by Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ (Renew, ES), rapporteur and by Helena DALLI, European Commissioner for Equality. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers: opening statements by Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ (Renew, ES), rapporteur and by Helena DALLI, European Commissioner for Equality

During the plenary session (7-10 June 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers: opening statement by Helena DALLI, European Commissioner for Equality.

Promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers: closing statement by Helena DALLI, European Commissioner for Equality

This infoclip illustrates the tests of the world's 1st hydrogen powered train. The Coradia iLint trains will be operated on nearly 100 kilometers of line running between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervorde and Buxtehude in Germany: views inside the train, passengers compartment, Hydrogen station, production factory of the train.

Infoclip: Railway - EU technology - Hydrogen train

The 'Hall 2' in Munich (Germany) offers used goods at reasonable prices. The objects come from the Munich recycling yards. This infoclip illustrates the repairing, selling and reuse of computers and other modern and technological equipment by ConJob, a Recycling association in Munich and views of the second-hand department store of the city of Munich.

Infoclip: The right to repair

Technological development has long been considered as a disruptive force, provoking change at many levels, from the routine daily activities of individuals to dramatic competition between global superpowers. This analysis examines disruption caused by technologies in a series of key areas of politics, economics and society. It focuses on seven fields: the economic system, the military and defence, democratic debates and the 'infosphere', social norms, values and identities, international relations, and the legal and regulatory system. It also presents surveillance as an example of how technological disruption across these domains can converge to propel other phenomena. The key disruptive force of 2020 is non-technological, namely coronavirus. The pandemic is used here as an opportunity to examine how technological disruption interacts with other forms of disruption. Restrictions: ©The material may not be edited and must be shown entirely.

EPRS - Disruption by technology

Precisielandbouw heeft betrekking op het gebruiken van satellieten, robots en het Internet of Things om meer opbrengst te realiseren met minder hulpbronnen en minder verspilling, om een groeiende wereldbevolking te voeden.

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EP Plenary session - Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act)

STOA Workshop ' Knowledge and innovation community on water, marine and maritime '

STOA workshop ' Strategic autonomy and the future of nuclear energy in the EU: use and availability of HALEU '

STOA Academic Freedom Roundtable ‘ Research Integrity in Open Science for Europe ’

INTA committee meeting EU-US Trade and Technology Council - Exchange of views with Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-Presidents of the Commission

STOA Annual Lecture 2024 - Making democracy work for everyone

STOA high level conference ‘ Academic Freedom - The state of a fundamental value for Europe ’

EP Plenary session - Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s netzero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act)

Stoa workshop ‘Neurotechnology and neurorights - Privacy's last frontier’

President Metsola meets with students at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology

STOA workshop ‘ Future of Space - the sustainable path ’

EPRS Book Talk ' Digital Empires: The global battle to regulate technology '

STOA workshop ' Human-computer confluence in education ’

STOA Workshop ' EU collaborative models to tackle childhood cancer '

STOA event

STOA event

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Mykhailo FEDOROV, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology

STOA Workshop - Making climate-friendly choices: Towards simplified, harmonised, horizontal framework for a European climate label