Belgium Moves to Accelerate EU Blockchain Infrastructure Project The Belgian government
has unveiled plans to accelerate the development of a blockchain infrastructure project in Europe during its Council of the European Union presidency in early 2024. Mathieu Michel, Belgium’s Minister of State for Digitalization, shared with Science|Business media on November 21
the four key objectives the country aims to accomplish during its upcoming presidency. These goals include establishing
a public blockchain for pan-European Union infrastructure and initiatives to address challenges related to the digital economy, online anonymity, and artificial intelligence (AI). Michel
highlighted the idea of building innovative blockchain applications on a common infrastructure overseen by the government, considering the growing number of countries exploring
blockchain-based applications. The Minister of Digitalization
also proposed a strategic overhaul of the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) project, which was established by the European Commission i
n 2018. The project collaborated
with the European Blockchain partnership of 27 EU member states, including Liechtenstein and Norway.
