The Digital Agenda Scoreboard published today by the Commission confirms that despite the demand for high speed broadband services, investments in ultra-fast networks are too slow or they are not happening at all. ECTA’s chairman, Tom Ruhan, said “the data published today make it clear that more efforts are need to achieve the 2020 targets set by the Digital Agenda for but in order to deliver we need to tackle the problem at its root. Competitors are currently leading fibre roll-out in Europe, but are being starved of the cash they need to invest.

ROME, June 15, 2012 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and SELEX Sistemi Integrati, S.p.A - a Finmeccanica company- have entered into a collaboration agreement in support of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program's development phase -- the European air traffic modernization program.

Boeing will cooperate with SELEX Sistemi Integrati with research in flight data modeling and data link communications for all phases of flight, and system-wide information management (SWIM) - an internet-like system that enables information-sharing across all stakeholders.

 Brussels 15 June 2012: Glass for Europe takes note of the trilogue agreement on the Energy Efficiency Directive endorsed yesterday by the Council in COREPER. No agreement on such a piece of legislation would have sent a terribly wrong signal to market actors and in particular to the construction industry.

 COGEN Europe takes note of the agreement reached yesterday during
the trialogue on the adoption of the Directive on Energy Efficiency
while highlighting the mixed outcome for the transformation sector. 

After almost one year of intense negotiations, the cogeneration sector takes note of
the informal agreement reached on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) by Council
and Parliament. COGEN Europe questions the end result of the proposed European

The final round of negotiations around the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) have yielded a considerably weakened piece of legislation. The crucial role that energy efficiency in buildings represents in terms of job creation, reducing Europe’s crippling dependence on foreign oil imports and achieving the EU’s 2020 climate protection goals has  been acknowledged, however,  through the inclusion of national long-term strategies.