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The European Commission has presented a green and digital transition path to the chemical industry, proposing a joint plan prepared with key representatives of the chemical industry, NGOs and other stakeholders. The pathway helps to prepare an economic justification and a roadmap for investments in safe and sustainable chemicals. The [...]

The European Commission has launched the Italian framework scheme SA.105191 (2022/N) as notified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry; this will provide 2 billion euros in support of the agricultural, forestry, fisheries, and aquaculture sectors to reduce the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the [...]

A bright future awaits the EU economy , since it has entered in 2023 in better condition than previously expected. According to the European Commission’s interim winter forecast, the growth prospects for this year are rising to 0.8% in the EU and 0.9% in the euro area . For both [...]

The European Commission today adopted the main work programme of Horizon Europe 2023-24, with 13.5 billion euros to support researchers and innovators in Europe to find innovative solutions to environmental, energetic, digital and geopolitical challenges. Together with the 95.5 billion euros from the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, this [...]

Sace has launched "Together 2025", the 2023-2025 business plan of the insurance-financial group, directly controlled by the MEF and specialized in supporting the competitiveness of companies. With Together 2025, SACE provides Italian companies with 111 billion euros to support investments and projects and guarantee liquidity, with an expected annual increase [...]

The EU is moving towards the adoption of a new law on renewable energy that will have three effects: Accelerate the authorisation procedure for renewable energy plants Promoting the EU domestic production during the energy crisis Reducing dependence on fossil fuels imported from Russia The text of the new rules [...]

The European Commission has formally adopted the agreement on the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP), thus giving the green light to Italy’s National Strategic Plan on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); this will guarantee farmers and rural areas of the country a support of over 35 billion euros [...]

The EU will promote high-quality and sustainable agri-food products. The European Commission has recently adopted a work programme for 2023, allocating 185.9 million euros to finance activities to promote sustainable and high-quality EU agri-food products in the Union and worldwide. The promotion projects selected for 2023 should highlight and promote [...]

The European regulation on foreign subsidies came into force yesterday. The new rules to combat distortions caused by foreign subsidies will allow the EU to remain open to trade and investment, while ensuring a level playing field for all companies operating in the single market. The regulation applies to all [...]

The European Union aims to double its global market share of chips from 10% to at least 20% by 2030 with specific legislation, in order to guarantee the future technological sovereignty of the Member States, thus reducing over-reliance on global leaders of semiconductor sector, like Asian countries and the USA [...]