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Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 established the European Digital Identity Framework and requires every Member State to make at least one European Digital Identity Wallet available. The deadline depends on the entry into force of the European Commission’s implementing acts and falls at the end of December 2026. In July 2026 the Commission updated the applicable standards…

On 7 August 2026 the European Commission and the SpaceRISE consortium signed the implementation agreement for IRIS², the European Union satellite constellation for secure connectivity. The agreement brings the main constellation to 348 satellites, brings the first launches forward to 2029 and marks the move from planning to full-scale deployment. This note sets out its…

The health sector is one of the sectors of high criticality listed in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2022/2555 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, known as the NIS2 Directive. On 22 July 2026 the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) delivered the first implementing measures of the 2025…

The growth of data centres, driven by artificial intelligence, is increasing the consumption of energy and of water for cooling. Among the solutions being tested are underwater data centres, which place servers on the seabed and use seawater to cool them. This overview gathers data on the sector’s consumption, on the facilities built and on…

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is the European Union regulation that introduces cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements, both hardware and software. On 13 July 2026 the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published a maturity self-assessment model designed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This briefing gathers the content of the model, the…

Public attention on innovation often settles on a single field, yet the landscape of emerging technologies is broader. This contribution offers a neutral overview of several sectors and of the European policies that accompany them towards 2030. Quantum computing and the Quantum Europe Strategy Quantum computing draws on the properties of quantum mechanics to process…