Digital Europe Programme gets green light from Council
The EU s
new Digital Europe Programme will
boost the digital transformation by providing funding for rolling out cutting-edge technology in crucial areas such as artificial intelligence, supercomputing and cybersecurity. With a sizeable budget of €7 588 million, the programme will run for the period 2021-2027, starting retroactively from 1 January. The Council adopted the programme today; adoption by the European Parliament is to follow.
The Digital Europe Programme is part of the EU s strong push to make the most of digitalisation for the benefit of its societies and economies, increase its autonomy in key technologies and bolster its competitiveness. It will help us build high-performing and secure state-of-the-art digital services for all citizens and businesses across the Union.
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The EU is revising its
road charging rules (
greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts, congestion and road infrastructure financing.
The member states ambassadors today agreed on a negotiating mandate for the reform, which will include a new system of
varying charges for heavy-duty vehicles based on CO
2 emissions. The new scheme will promote the entry into the market of vehicles with lower emissions and help combat climate change in line with the European Green Deal.
With today s mandate, the Council has shown its ambition in terms of reaching the sustainability and environmental targets in road transport. This revision of road pricing will cover not just air and noise pollution but also CO2 emissions, which will incentivise cleaner and more efficient transport operations. This will help to bring down transport emissions and effectively address global warming.
The EU is revising its
road charging rules (
greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts, congestion and road infrastructure financing.
The member states ambassadors today agreed on a negotiating mandate for the reform, which will include a new system of
varying charges for heavy-duty vehicles based on CO
2 emissions. The new scheme will promote the entry into the market of vehicles with lower emissions and help combat climate change in line with the European Green Deal.
With today s mandate, the Council has shown its ambition in terms of reaching the sustainability and environmental targets in road transport. This revision of road pricing will cover not just air and noise pollution but also CO2 emissions, which will incentivise cleaner and more efficient transport operations. This will help to bring down transport emissions and effectively address global warming.
Road charging reform – Council agrees its stance
The EU is revising its
road charging rules (
greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts, congestion and road infrastructure financing.
The member states ambassadors today agreed on a negotiating mandate for the reform, which will include a new system of
varying charges for heavy-duty vehicles based on CO
2 emissions. The new scheme will promote the entry into the market of vehicles with lower emissions and help combat climate change in line with the European Green Deal.
With today s mandate, the Council has shown its ambition in terms of reaching the sustainability and environmental targets in road transport. This revision of road pricing will cover not just air and noise pollution but also CO2 emissions, which will incentivise cleaner and more efficient transport operations. This will help to bring down transport emissions and effectively address global warming.