Wouter Beke MEP

The EU is a global leader in biotechnology, with the sector having expanded more than twice as fast as the overall economy in recent years. Yet, it faces significant challenges when it comes to scaling up EU-based production. Despite rapid advancements in biotech R&D, critical health products...

Biotechnology is becoming a decisive capability for Europe’s competitiveness, industrial resilience and strategic autonomy. But Europe enters the next institutional cycle with a fragmented policy landscape, uneven regulatory capacity, and persistent scale-up barriers. The Commission’s Biotech Communication I and Biotech...

The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries and societies across Europe. As AI continues to evolve, datacentres have emerged as the critical infrastructure enabling this transformation.    The EU’s Competitiveness Compass aims to create and guide the right...