“Europe’s ‘deep tech’ companies are worth a combined €700 billion today,” says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “And they are growing at incredible speed. Europe is a rising digital power.” Deep tech is high on the policy agenda. But how can Europe nurture and build an effective ecosystem that delivers societal benefits and growth?

As a new unity government led by Mario Draghi starts its mandate in Italy, Chief Economist Alessandro Leipold, publishes a forward-looking commentary on The Forum.

The European Commission has called for a “climate change competency framework” as part of the European Green Deal. Now, Peter Gluckman, director of Koi Tū: the Centre for Informed Futures in New Zealand, weighs in with Getting to Net Zero: Why Education and Analytical Skills are Key to Reaching Europe’s Goals, a new blog post.

In The Forum, Radek Sikorski, member of the European Parliament (Poland – European People’s Party), looks at the outlook for improving transatlantic relations under the Joseph R. Biden administration – and the rising challenge of China’s “wolf-warrior diplomacy.”

Paul Hofheinz, president and co-founder of the Lisbon Council, publishes Gatekeepers or Market Makers? What the Evidence Tells Us, the latest addition to The Forum, a collection of weekly on-the-news blogs published by the Lisbon Council.