JOINSTM Chapter | Europe
The STM Europe group closely monitors developments in European Union legislation, sharing intelligence and coordinating activity of STM and its members specifically in Brussels. It is made up of STM staff and representatives of STM members who actively have presence in Brussels, ideally with expertise in lobbying and government relations. Meetings take place once per month.
The activity of the STM Europe group is in support of and complementary to that of the standing STM Committees and Forums. Learn more about how we are structured.
STM Europe provides recommendations on how to best broadcast the work of STM, discusses advocacy activities to implement in Brussels and creates opportunities for STM and its members to communicate on their key messages.
The latest policy updates from the EU
VIEW ALL NEWSEU COM launches consultation on European Research Area (ERA) Act
Stakeholders are invited to respond to a questionnaire about key aspects that the ERA Act (planned Q3 2026) should cover. The most relevant section for STM is 3.2. on “Ensuring the free circulation of researchers and scientific knowledge”, which includes questions about barriers to access and re-use of scientific publications and (both legislative and non-legislative) ways to…
STM responds to AI labelling consultation
Article 50 of the AI Act establishes obligations for transparent labelling of AI-operated systems and AI-generated content. Publishers’ use of AI in the publishing process is very likely to fall under exemptions from such obligations, but translations remain a grey area and good practices are encouraged.
EU adopts strategy for AI in science
The EU will establish a Resource for AI in Europe (RAISE), a virtual institute/network that coordinates key elements of the strategy: talent, compute/infrastructure, data, and funding. This will be complemented by the Data Union Strategy, expected by October/November, which aims to “ensure the availability of high-quality, large-scale datasets essential for training AI models.” | Access the…
EU launches consultation on science diplomacy
STM will make a submission, drawing also from discussions at our Annual Conference in Frankfurt this week. The deadline for submissions is 3 November. | Read more about this initiative here