Deutsche Bank is reorganizing its communication with politics and situating its new Global Head of Political Affairs worldwide in Brussels and London. The future Global Head of Political Affairs, Stephen Fisher, will assume his position on Oct. 1 and report directly to Ben Alka, Global Head of Corporate Affairs & Strategy.Fisher comes from the US […]
The EU is providing funding to the Chinese company Huawei. Units of the company based in Europe are said to be participating in 13 grant agreements, including one based in the UK. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager made the announcement on Friday in response to a parliamentary question. Huawei entities based in China were not involved, […]
Moderate Democrats in the US House of Representatives have formed a working group on artificial intelligence (AI). It will look at whether and how the technology should be regulated. The New Democrat Coalition (NDC) said it will work with US President Joe Biden’s administration, businesses and other lawmakers to “develop sensible, bipartisan strategies for the […]
Is it a security risk when European network operators work with Chinese components in their mobile networks? The Federal Ministry of the Interior is currently arguing about this question with the companies concerned. According to information from the Handelsblatt, a compromise is now emerging, at least in Germany. According to this, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and […]
China’s response will likely not be long in coming. The first comments on Joe Biden’s decree are already emerging from Beijing. The US President has directed his Treasury Department to prohibit certain American investments in Chinese companies. While Europe’s economy is not directly affected, the German industry remains skeptical about the establishment of this “very […]
The meeting of the eight riparian states in Belém, Brazil, was unable to live up to the high expectations and high hopes that the Amazon Summit had aroused among climate and environmental activists. Nevertheless, the final declaration can be a basis for far-reaching cooperation to protect the forests. In doing so, it sends a clear […]
Which data can I trust? To make this easier to recognize, the Commission has now introduced common logos. Using the protected trademarks, users in the EU can better identify recognized providers of data brokering services and data altruistic organizations. Data altruism means that an organization shares data voluntarily and without remuneration.The Commission’s aim is to […]
Disasters know no borders, so it’s good when solidarity doesn’t either. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is traveling to Slovenia today, accompanied by Janez Lenarčič, the Commissioner for Crisis Management. She wants to learn how the EU can help with reconstruction.The people in the flooded areas probably have other things to worry about at […]
Europe is more than the EU. Much more. For us, Europe is also an attitude towards life. And how could we express that more beautifully and emotionally than with music? That’s why members of the Europe.Table editorial team have put together a playlist to mark our 500th issue, with our soundtrack for Europe.Role models: Breton […]
What exactly is LULUCF, CBAM, CSAM, KARL and OLAF? The first thing everyone who deals with the European Union (EU) professionally needs to learn is the overwhelming flood of names and abbreviations. The Commission (COM) seems to take a real delight in inventing names and creating abbreviations for its acts, programs and institutions.Actually, names help […]