Opinions

Adaptation to climate change, protection of the seas, 100 climateneutral cities, soil deal: the EU deals with global warming also through a novel approach based on research and innovation

Economic incentives and disincentives are at the heart of the EU's environmental strategy, with measures ranging from the Green Deal to the revision of the Emission Trading System and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

The EU Code of Practice on Disinformation presented last year raises the level of security of digital platforms and strengthens the position of users with a coregulation model. But in homeland of selfregulation, the US, such model could fail to take root

Among the innovations of the latest reform in civil procedure, there is the art. 363bis which regulates the reference to the Court of Cassation in case of serious interpretative difficulties. A mechanism similar to the one existing in EU law which aims to ensure clarity and uniformity in legal interpretation throughout the territory of the Union

The Union has withstood crises when many predicted its demise. However, there is no denying this is a difficult moment. Among the issues to be addressed, in addition to migration, there is the form of EU government expressed by the Treaty of Lisbon

A study highlights how research funded by the European Research Council is more likely to inspire inventions than unfunded research of comparable quality. However, to dispel the myth of an EU incapable of transforming research into innovation, a more favorable environment is needed