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@tepsa.bsky.socialOn Spain's National Day, we ask: how does the country view the EU's efforts to strengthen its security & defence? 📚 Find out more about 🇪🇸's 360 approach to security in our book!
Written by Pablo del Amo, Raquel Garcia Llorente & Ignacio Molina from @rielcano.bsky.social✍️
@tepsa.bsky.socialOur #EuropeChats discussion on the EU's digital future with Jim Cloos and Seamus Allen is wrapping up. Stay tuned for more in the coming weeks, including 📽️ highlight clips from the discussion.
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@tepsa.bsky.social"What we want to focus on is building better AI systems. Ones that don't need as much data or as much electricity or as much computational power. And that's actually what building intelligence is about," concludes Seamus Allen.
@tepsa.bsky.socialOn Artificial Intelligence: "I have a lot of concerns about the EU's Apply AI Strategy. So I think AI is incredibly important for the future, but in today's conversations, the focus is on a tiny sliver of what AI means."
- Seamus Allen during our #EuropeChats 👇
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@tepsa.bsky.social"So sometimes if you have a couple of very big companies or big champions, it can pose other problems. A country could become too dependent on them. They could crowd out other businesses or competitors," replies IIEA's Seamus Allen.
Follow the #EuropeChats 👇
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@tepsa.bsky.social"If you look at all the big players in IT, there are no Europeans left or very few," points out TEPSA's Jim Cloos. So, do we need European digital champions?
Listen to Seamus Allen's response in our #EuropeChats episode on the EU's digital future 👇
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@tepsa.bsky.social"Regulation is often seen as the big problem for competitiveness. I'm worried we'll spend excessive energy on simplifying regulation when it's maybe not the right solution to competitiveness. What matters a lot is having quality regulation," says Seamus Allen.
@tepsa.bsky.social"I think there's a variety of areas where the Single Market should be more complete. But there is also a risk where we think having a single integrated market is the most important thing, and that'll make us innovative."
- Seamus Allen on the EU's digital future.
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@tepsa.bsky.social"We spend too much time talking about the US & China when they're not the most relevant countries to be looking at. We should also look at Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan. They're all ahead of us in digital technology."
- Seamus Allen during our #EuropeChats
@tepsa.bsky.socialThe discussion will delve deeper into the challenges of Europe's digital future, from regulating Big Tech to ensuring competitiveness in AI.
Does Europe need European digital champions? Learn more in our video👇
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@tepsa.bsky.social📢 New EuropeChats 👉 IIEA's Seamus Allen sat down with TEPSA’s Jim Cloos to discuss regulations on tech, digital platforms, and the EU's AI policy 🤖
Watch the live premiere on YouTube ⤵️
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Or follow our thread for quotes 👇
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@tepsa.bsky.socialNew TEPSA Brief 📚 We end this busy week with a new publication by 4️⃣ CIFE graduates, which identifies the priorities to make Europe more resilient and successful.
Read Alec Vida, Giulia Tagliento, Karlien Deleu and Benjamin Gambs' perspectives on security, energy & more👉 tepsa.eu/analysis/fro...
@tepsa.bsky.social📣 We're launching "EU Insights Challenge", the adventure that will prepare you for life as an EU trainee 🥳
This interactive series will bring you inside the EU institutions, where you'll learn about history, meet with experts & collect information 👏
Ready to press PLAY? ▶️ youtu.be/ghq1Pw9dxJ8
@tepsa.bsky.socialA new episode of #InvigoratEU Talks is out now! 🤩🎤
@mariam-k.bsky.social speaks with Ambassador of Moldova, Daniela Morari, @iep-berlin.de's Funda Tekin and @unioslo-arena.bsky.social's @prieker.bsky.social about the changes needed to make enlargement a success.
@tepsa.bsky.socialOur panel discussion on the future of European security and defence is about to end‼️
Why is enlargement fundamental for Europe's future? What are the public perceptions on European defence?
Watch it until the end 🔗 www.youtube.com/live/Y0gWd2o...
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@tepsa.bsky.social"For many years, we have been in a grey zone, in the middle between great powers. Now, Moldova is working to build a resilient, transparent, democratic system, resisting Russia's aggression & interference", says IPRE's Iulian Groza about 🇲🇩's perspective.
@tepsa.bsky.social"Estonia has looked for ways to strengthen defence, like the "Active Defence" strategy. It is based on border fortifications & buying longer-range weapons, but it also costs a lot of money."
- Tony Lawrence @icds-tallinn.bsky.social shares 🇪🇪's views 👇
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@tepsa.bsky.social"The UK now understands that European partners are much more important for security than the US. America has the luxury to say that it doesn't care about European security or Ukraine, but no one in Europe can say that," says @chathamhouse.org's Marion Messmer.
@tepsa.bsky.social"Merz has committed to building up Germany's security efforts, but this positive commitment is met with mixed reactions from the Member States, including suspicion from France."
- @iep-berlin.de's Funda Tekin shares 🇩🇪's perspective on European security🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0gW...
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@tepsa.bsky.socialThe book "Security, Defence and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals" compiles 4️⃣2️⃣ national perspectives on the future of European security.
✍️ Authored by members of the TEPSA network.
Find out more 🔗 tepsa.eu/analysis/sec...
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