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The Scientific Advice Mechanism to the European Commission is also working on advice on this topic.
In response, the European Commission has tasked its Ethics Advice Mechanism (EthAM) and Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) to examine how scientific evidence, expertise, infrastructures and ethical frameworks can support democratic resilience in the European Union. Their work will inform the Commission’s forthcoming “Recommendation on supporting scientific evidence and its use in public policymaking”, announced under the European Democracy Shield.
As part of this joint work, the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) will examine how principles such as transparency, accountability, equity and proportionality should be put into practice in areas such as research, the media and public policymaking. It will also propose criteria and standards that should guide the assessment of evidence that inform policy under conditions of time pressure and scientific uncertainty. Finally, it will assess to what extent policymakers can prevent threats to democratic integrity, without undermining civil liberties such as freedom of expression.
The scientific and ethics advice will be delivered in March 2027.
Read previous EGE Opinion and Statements on Democracy:
Values for the future: the role of ethics in European and global governance
The scoping paper defines the questions to be answered by this advice.