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These days, the most challenging debates cover the EU-US support to Ukraine, with the SG of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, of NATO visiting Kyiv at this precise moment, and the transformational impact of the ongoing war on the EU project as a whole.
In Harvest's spotlight: the EU enlargement as an investment for peace in Europe and the migration reform, also called the crisis regulation. We also ask for your attention on two more futuristic, yet paramount topics, which will define how we'll work together in the months and years to come!
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Home affairs ministers from the 27 EU countries meet in Brussels today to hash out a compromise on one of the most controversial laws in the EU’s migration package: the crisis regulation.
The Spanish Council presidency had not initially put the controversial law on the agenda for today, as there wasn’t enough support to reach a deal (55 percent of countries representing 65 percent of the EU population are needed for a qualified majority). But Germany moved at the 11th hour: Berlin will stop blocking the regulation — meaning there’s a pretty good chance a deal will be struck today. More with POLITICO.
EU ENLARGEMENT & COHESION - A PEACE SUPPORTING INVESTMENT
On 28-29 September, the informal ministerial meeting on general affairs and cohesion policy take place in Murcia to discuss issues such as the enlargement of the EU, and issues related to Open Strategic Autonomy (OSA) and Cohesion Policy after 2027, the so-called Cohesion 2.0.
Also, members of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER) of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted on Tuesday 26 September a draft opinion on the future of Cohesion Policy after 2027, when the current seven-year EU long-term budget ends. More here, on the CoR's website.
The Commission published on Wednesday 27 September the Communication 'Towards a more resilient, competitive and sustainable Europe' in which, 18 months after the Versailles Declaration, it illustrates how the EU adjusted its policy to better protect its economic, security and strategic interests.
The main points are:
- Strengthen EU's defence capabilities as security provider
- Enhancing Europe's energy security and tackling the climate crisis
- Building a robust an sustainable economic base
- Fostering public and private investment
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EXPERIMENTING WITH GENERATIVE INTELLIGENCE (AI) in the EU institutions/bodies
The European Central Bank (ECB)' unit called "Infinity Team" is experimenting with generative artificial intelligence across its operations to speed up basic activities, from drafting briefings and summarising banking data to writing software code and translating documents.
The move comes as the central banks cautiously explore how to harness the latest advances in AI, though they stress it is a long way before it could be trusted to help set interest rates and other monetary policies.
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OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, an artificial-intelligence chatbot, said the service could now surf the web, allowing paying subscribers to access up-to-date information. Previously it only trawled data up to September 2021. This week, OpenAI said ChatGPT would soon be able to have voice conversations with users. Meanwhile, Meta launched its own AI-driven chatbots that will answer users’ questions on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. - The Economist
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