The new Emergency Macro-Financial Assistance programme will provide €1.2 billion to help Ukraine strengthen its economic stability and resilience, directly benefiting Ukrainian citizens.
We have shown our support in the fight against the COVID -19 pandemic — 3.7 million doses of vaccines shared by Team Europe on top of 8.4 million doses from the COVAX Facility.
What if the next big AI breakthrough came from Europe?
Today we announced an ambitious AI Continent Action Plan to make this happen ↓
Our plan includes:
🏭 13 AI Factories to drive innovation, connecting universities, startups, industry, and policymakers. These hubs will bring together top talent, high-quality data, and powerful computing.
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🚀 The EU will also set up AI Gigafactories with 100,000 state-of-the-art AI chips – four times more than current AI factories.
📊 Data Labs will curate large, high-quality data.
🎯 We are launching the Apply AI Strategy to boost industrial use in EU sectors.
We want technologies and products to be created, manufactured and marketed in Europe.
And we must act now.
Our new Competitiveness Compass is the plan for Europe’s productivity and growth. ↓🧵
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In the next five years, we’ll work on aligning all European, national and local efforts to supercharge sustainable prosperity and growth.
First, we will drive productivity through innovation.
How?
✅ Supporting start-ups and conditions for scaling up
✅ Building a deeper, more efficient venture capital market
✅ Easing talent mobility and retention
✅ Investing in state-of-the-art infrastructure
✅ Boosting research & innovation