Lagging Behind in Artificial Intelligence: Lagarde and Van der Bellen Call for a European Capital Markets Union
Yesterday 22:41 · People - Politicians
At the “Hofburg im Dialog” discussion event in Vienna, ECB President Christine Lagarde and Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen issued an urgent appeal to policymakers and the business community in the European Union. To secure Europe’s technological sovereignty—particularly in the future-oriented field of artificial intelligence (AI)—a genuine European capital markets union must be established without delay.
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