Future of Europe Policy Archives - EAVI Information and Democracy Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:01:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://eavi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Untitled-design-32x32.webp Future of Europe Policy Archives - EAVI 32 32 Media Policy in Focus: Unpacking the EU’s Competences https://eavi.eu/eu-competences-media-policies/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:06:02 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=16769 What the EU is doing? The European Union’s role in shaping media policy across its member states continues to evolve, balancing cultural diversity with economic interests in an increasingly digital world. Recent developments have highlighted the complexities and controversies surrounding the EU’s competencies in this area while also underscoring the growing importance of [...]

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]]> Digital Services Act from a Media Literacy Perspective https://eavi.eu/dsa-ml/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:03:30 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=16748 22/11/2024 Digital Services Act and Media Literacy The Digital Services Act claims to be marking a new era of digital regulation in Europe, aiming to create a safe digital environment for users while keeping the platforms accountable. DSA: A new era As of August 25th, 2023, especially "very large online platforms" (VLOP) such [...]

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]]> MINDS & TRUST https://eavi.eu/minds-trust/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:31:07 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=16498 As we look at the campaign for the US elections, an alarming trend is clear: the infantilisation of voters. Instead of meaningful discussions, we see debates reduced to catchy slogans and personal stories designed to trigger emotions rather than encourage evaluation and thinking. In Europe, we see a similar pattern with the far right [...]

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]]> AI in the EU https://eavi.eu/ai-in-the-eu/ Fri, 14 Jun 2019 10:23:18 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?p=9101 ‘’The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race’’  – Stephen Hawking This opening quote does not exactly instill a positive outlook, but it’s a perfect setting for exploring why this argument exists. AI is the buzzword of the moment, and while we may all be using it, do we [...]

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]]> The Future of Work in Europe https://eavi.eu/the-future-of-work-in-europe/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:43:59 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?p=9064 ‘’Human want’s and human needs are infinite, and so there will always be new industries, there will always be new professions’’ – Milton Friedman This is an ambiguous title, because this is an ambiguous question that is growing in relevance. What IS clear is that our world is changing. Economic and technical changes are restructuring [...]

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]]> ICTs supremacy to save the environment https://eavi.eu/icts-supremacy-to-save-the-environment/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:13:39 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?p=8864 Have you ever heard people saying “the European Union is too focused on the market and economic returns of different policies”? People tend to think it’s all black and white when they utter these kinds of words, being worried about the market when it comes to jobs and unemployment, while neglecting it when it comes [...]

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]]> Brought into the future: ageing well thanks to robots https://eavi.eu/brought-into-the-future-ageing-well-thanks-to-robots/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:53:16 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?p=8846 We are watching a futurist movie, representing Europe in 2060. Everyone wonders how the situation in our countries is going to be in the future, if we own cars able to fly, if we can go on holidays on the moon, whether we have discovered the potion of eternal youth or not. Unfortunately, if we keep [...]

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]]> Guaranteeing justice online: the role of e-evidence https://eavi.eu/guaranteeing-justice-online-the-role-of-e-evidence/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:39:16 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?p=8842 Nowadays, protecting privacy and online data is undoubtedly a top-priority for the European Union and the single digital market, but if there is law enforcement on one side, there should also be corresponding rules on the other side providing for the sourcing and use of data as evidence. Using data for judicial purposes in criminal [...]

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]]> Europe’s eye on Earth https://eavi.eu/europes-eye-on-earth/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 09:15:51 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?p=8817 Usually when people think about environmental policy, they see before their eyes nature or trees and, all of a sudden, the thought goes straight to climate change and pollution. This idea of environment and, consequently, of environmental policies is surely right, but we should be able to see beyond this and conceive environmental protection, sustainability [...]

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]]> How European education keeps up nowadays: e-learning and e-education https://eavi.eu/how-european-education-keeps-up-nowadays-e-learning-and-e-education/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 09:06:15 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?p=8798 JUST SOME FACTS: According to the Eurobarometer and European statistics: only 20-25% of students in European schools are taught by teachers who are confident with technology use; 43% of Europeans lack basic digital skills; 71 million students attending schools in Europe need to develop their skills for the digital society. European education needs to keep [...]

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