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The European Union needs high-performing digital connectivity infrastructure to give all citizens the best access to digital services and to maintain prosperity. As the 2030s approach, the groundwork for the next frontier in mobile communications is being laid – the era of 6G. However, with the promise of unprecedented capabilities comes a host of challenges. Countries and companies that lead in 6G development and deployment are expected to gain a competitive edge in terms of technological innovation, economic growth, and influence in shaping global standards. The global race to 6G has already begun.
🔎 See the paper publication behind this podcast: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2024)757633
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#6G
The European Union needs high-performing digital connectivity infrastructure to give all citizens the best access to digital services and to maintain prosperity. As the 2030s approach, the groundwork for the next frontier in mobile communications is being laid – the era of 6G. However, with the promise of unprecedented capabilities comes a host of challenges. Countries and companies that lead in 6G development and deployment are expected to gain a competitive edge in terms of technological innovation, economic growth, and influence in shaping global standards. The global race to 6G has already begun.
🔎 See the paper publication behind this podcast: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2024)757633
🎧Listen to our podcasts reporting on the latest EU policy developments, looking into the impact they will have on our lives and capturing their policy implications:
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#6G
![The path to 6G [Policy podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/URNnUY-ScX4/mqdefault.jpg "The path to 6G [Policy podcast]
The European Union needs high-performing digital connectivity infrastructure to give all citizens the best access to digital services and to maintain prosperity. As the 2030s approach, the groundwork for the next frontier in mobile communications is being laid – the era of 6G. However, with the promise of unprecedented capabilities comes a host of challenges. Countries and companies that lead in 6G development and deployment are expected to gain a competitive edge in terms of technological innovation, economic growth, and influence in shaping global standards. The global race to 6G has already begun.
🔎 See the paper publication behind this podcast: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2024)757633
🎧Listen to our podcasts reporting on the latest EU policy developments, looking into the impact they will have on our lives and capturing their policy implications:
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![Setting the European political priorities for 2024-2029 [Policy podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/US4Hr6pMgLY/mqdefault.jpg "Setting the European political priorities for 2024-2029 [Policy podcast]
The EUs priorities for the 5-year institutional cycle are outlined in the European Councils Strategic Agenda. Subsequently, the European Commission sets its priorities in the presidents political guidelines, which are a first step in operationalising the EU priorities outlined in the Strategic Agenda. These priorities will then be translated into concrete initiatives included in the Commissions annual work programmes, before being submitted to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU in the form of legislative (and non-legislative) proposals. This briefing outlines the main policy priorities for the EU in the coming years, and analyses the differences inviews of the European Council and the European Commission.
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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/762863/EPRS_BRI(2024)762863_EN.pdf
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![Young Europeans go to the polls: Issues to watch in 2024 [Policy Podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Uc7C2bZtmqc/mqdefault.jpg "Young Europeans go to the polls: Issues to watch in 2024 [Policy Podcast]
🗳️ European elections represent a crucial moment: they give EU citizens a say in the political direction of the European Union. After declining ever since the first European direct elections in 1979, electoral turn out increased in the 2019 elections to reach 50.6 % largely due to youth participation (according to a post-election Eurobarometer survey).
Echoing the 2019 motto This time Im voting, the 2024 one might be: I did it again! The 2024 European elections could be a turning point for youth engagement for several reasons.
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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_IDA(2024)757592")
![Financing the European defence industry [Policy Podcast]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WXvo9S2SBgA/mqdefault.jpg "Financing the European defence industry [Policy Podcast]
Although the European defence industry is generally competitive, more than a decade of underinvestment has kept it from reaching its full potential. The significant under-investment in European defence is demonstrated by the severe difficulties the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB) has in obtaining finance. Member States defence budgets will continue to be the EDTIBs main source of funding; however, more collaborative actions and spending would enhance output and efficiency.
See the publication behind this podcast:
Financing the European defence industry
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2024)762383
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