Things are moving: “We will accelerate the smart meter rollout, remove red tape from the Metering Point Operation Act, stimulate the market and competition and, of course, focus on sustainability in the long term,” announced Patrick Graichen, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, recently at the Digital Energy Conference […]
The EU Commission wants to drive forward the digitization of the energy system with an action plan. The aim is to make Europe independent of fossil fuels from Russia and tackle the climate crisis. Last but not least, the accelerated digitization of the sector should help reduce consumers’ energy bills. The Commission plans to radically […]
Competitors of Google have again sent a letter of complaint to EU Commissioners Margrethe Vestager and Thierry Breton. In it, 43 price comparison services (CSS) from across Europe renew their demand that the Alphabet subsidiary comply with a 2017 EU order to provide more competition on its search site. The letter, signed by German companies […]
It should not be like this again: On April 21, 2021, the EU Commission presented its proposal for AI regulation (AI Act). Afterward, it took the bodies until December 1 to agree on the lead committees and for them to begin their work. That’s just one example.Time and again, jurisdictional disputes arise over the assignment […]
With the Chips Act, the EU intends to create a strong European semiconductor ecosystem and secure Europe’s technological sovereignty in the future. JURI rapporteur Tiemo Wölken (S&D) proposes a new technological path to achieve this, in his opinion for the Legal Affairs Committee: Europe should promote open source to create a foundation on which the […]
Germany prepares a new space strategy. In the digital age and in light of the geopolitical situation, capabilities in space are essential building blocks of German and European sovereignty, according to an impulse paper for German space policy presented by Anna Christmann (Greens) on Thursday. The German government’s aerospace coordinator invited members of the aerospace […]
Today, the European Parliament will hold a final vote on the introduction of standardized charging cables in the EU. This should lead to more frequent reuse of charging cables for smartphones, tablets and cameras. What sounds like a small measure has a significant impact. Consumers can save up to €250 million a year, according to […]
A self-steering sweeping robot drives down the street and rams into a baby carriage. The infant inside is injured in the accident. It is clear that a human being was injured and that the autonomously driving robot caused it. But who will pay for the damage? The manufacturer of the artificial intelligence (AI) integrated into […]
The European party families are not in a particularly good financial position. Additionally, their chairmanship has always been an honorary office. This has always been the case when the party leader was also a European Parliament member and thus had tenure security. With Manfred Weber from Lower Bavaria, elected head of the EPP in May, […]
Europe becomes more and more innovative – Germany, on the other hand, falls behind in comparison. This is one of the findings of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) 2022, which the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has recently presented. The EIS shows how important it is to create a pan-European innovation strategy, said Mariya Gabriel, […]