🌍 #Europe’s digital currency moment

The digital euro could give the #EU:
💶 More global weight for the #euro
🧭 New tools for monetary #policy
🔒 Stronger autonomy from the #dollar

Cyril Monnet (@unibern): “We shouldn’t be shy with the design.”
🎧 Full episode 👉 https://www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-europe-cash-in-on-the-digital-euro/

🤔 Digital euro—what's in it for citizens?

The #digitaleuro aims to boost #Europe’s autonomy and competitiveness—but what about citizens?

Cyril Monnet (@unibern) argues that the current design brings few direct benefits for individuals: for instance, no interest and no real innovation in #payments.

Without visible advantages, will people switch?

Listen to the entire episode 👉 https://www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-europe-cash-in-on-the-digital-euro/

💶 Can Europe cash in on the digital euro?

The ECB is designing a new kind of money - a digital euro.
💡 Wake-up call: Facebook’s Libra
⚠️ Lesson: China’s struggling CBDC
🎯 Goal: European autonomy and innovation

Cyril Monnet (Professor @unibern & Study Center Gerzensee) argues that “the digital euro has the potential to change the monetary system, and we have to seize this opportunity.”

Listen to the episode 👉 https://www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-europe-cash-in-on-the-digital-euro/

🌍 What connects Champagne 🥂, Roquefort 🧀, and Parma Ham 🐷?
They're all protected by EU geographical indications (GIs)! 🏷️✨

Andrea Zappalaglio, Professor at the University of Leeds, explains that GIs
📜 safeguard traditions & know-how
💶 support rural communities
🌟 ensure quality & authenticity.

What's YOUR favorite GI product? 😋

https://www.untangled-podcast.eu/tastes-like-europe-how-the-eu-protects-its-most-famous-products/

🍾 Why can't sparkling wine from California be called "Champagne"?
Because in the EU 🇪🇺, names aren't just words - they're heritage, tradition & know-how. 🌍
🧀 #Feta, 🐷 Prosciutto di Parma, 🥂 #Champagne… they're all protected geographical indications (GIs)!

Andrea Zappalaglio of the University of Leeds helps us untangle Geographical Indications - the EU's most flavorful rules.

🎧 Links below 👇
#GeographicalIndications #EUheritage #Trade #Food

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨

Andrea Zappalaglio, Associate Professor in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Leeds, helps us untangle the EU's most flavorful rules: Geographical Indications (GI).

But how exactly do GIs work? Who decides what makes the cut? Can GIs become barriers to entry? And what happens when climate change shakes up age-old traditions?

https://www.untangled-podcast.eu/tastes-like-europe-how-the-eu-protects-its-most-famous-products/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49j7AYEFpPtlKmT2GV9nR8?si=8371a9e3ea994fc8
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/eu-untangled/id1441882478?i=1000723835193

Why doesn’t the EU have big digital companies?

Over the past 50 years, the EU has fallen behind in software development. Unlike the US and China, Europe hasn’t invested at the same scale in software startups.

“We missed digitalization. We missed the internet boom, the big data wave, and now, we’re missing the AI revolution”, says Nicolas Moës.

More on this topic in our last episode 👇

https://www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-the-eu-regulate-ai-intelligently-with-nicolas-moes-the-future-society/

“It is not in the interest of American providers to allow small EU startups to actually develop the technology - the incentives are just not aligned.

It must be extremely difficult for European startups that have American investors with shares in US companies, to actually feel free”, claims Nicholas Moës.

More on this topic in our last episode 👇

https://www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-the-eu-regulate-ai-intelligently-with-nicolas-moes-the-future-society/

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨

Nick Moës, Executive Director of The Future Society, joins us for a timely discussion on the promises and risks of #AI.

❓ Why the #EU is stepping in to regulate AI, does the #AIAct go far enough, and what is at stake if it doesn’t?
❓ Is Europe’s strict regulatory approach holding back innovation - or could smarter rules actually drive it?

🔗 https://www.untangled-podcast.eu/can-the-eu-regulate-ai-intelligently-with-nicolas-moes-the-future-society/