All posts tagged "European Union"

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  EU ‘on course to achieve 2030 emissions target’

  The European Union is “well on track” to meet its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by the end of the decade. The European Commission’s assessment of National

  • Posted June 5, 2025
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  Estonia exceeds Trump’s defence spending target with 5.4% GDP pledge

  The Estonian government has approved a defence investment programme that is expected to raise its annual defence budget to an average of 5.4% of GDP from 2026 to 2029. The

  • Posted May 1, 2025
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  EU advisory body calls for transparent approach to AI in public services

  A European Union (EU) advisory body has published a set of recommendations on how to integrate AI into the public sector, highlighting the technology’s potential to “revolutionise” public services as

  • Posted November 7, 2024
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  EU parliament election sees shaken centre hold – but far right now has chances to show its strength

  After the four-day, 27-state democratic marathon that is the European parliamentary election, a picture has emerged of a fragile centre just holding amid a shift to the right that carries

  • Posted June 10, 2024
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  Fraud fighters: public authorities look to fuse technology with data to battle criminals

  Government agencies and law enforcement bodies are looking to combine the latest technology with digital data to combat fraud. Ian Hall reports on a Global Government Fintech webinar exploring the

  • Posted December 3, 2023
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  European e-government analysis: digital growth ‘remarkable’ in four nations

  A European Commission-backed ‘mystery shopper’-style research exercise that culminates in an annual ranking of the digitalisation of public services across Europe has highlighted ‘remarkable’ recent growth in four countries. Turkey,

  • Posted November 8, 2023
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  ‘It harms taxpayer compliance to see a lot of tax evasion and avoidance going on’: how governments can reshape obsolete tax systems

  The digital economy, advanced tax avoidance techniques, organised fraud and the demands of net zero has rendered our international tax architecture increasingly obsolete. At the Global Government Finance Summit, finance

  • Posted October 15, 2023
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  Migration governance in flux. What can Africa learn from the rest of the world?

  African governments have long looked to work together to free movement of people across the continent. As they work to make further progress, what are the lessons that can be

  • Posted August 27, 2023
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  Citizens sue EU governments over failure to deliver on climate change pledges

  Citizens of European Union member states have sued their respective national governments over failure to tackle climate change in a first for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Three

  • Posted April 6, 2023
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  Finding your identity: how three governments are developing digital ID

  Digital ID is an essential building block for rapid progress on transforming public services – but only a handful of governments have launched effective, popular systems. At the Global Government

  • Posted March 23, 2023
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