It has become quiet in Brussels. Now at the start of August, it is peak vacation season. Nevertheless, there are some issues that won’t give us a break over the summer (or long beyond for that matter). The climate crisis is one of them. The EU wants to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) so […]
The EU wants to better combat Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) on the Internet. To this end, it also wants to be able to read private chats. Concerns have now been expressed by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), which have submitted a joint opinion. There had previously […]
On Thursday, the EU Commission announced the results of the 2022 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI). The DESI measures the progress of EU member states in the digital sphere. Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden continue to lead the way. Germany only makes it to 13th place among the 27 member states – after […]
The digital association Bitkom called on German policymakers to ensure a level playing field for data centers in the EU. “We would like to see a level playing field within the EU so that companies do not outsource their new data centers to neighboring countries for cost reasons,” Bitkom CEO Bernhard Rohleder said on Wednesday […]
The US company Wish has agreed to become more transparent about its pricing in order to comply with relevant EU consumer regulations. This was announced by the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). ACM cooperates closely with the European Commission and the European network of national consumer protection authorities.Consumers can order fashion, home textiles […]
Many German companies are willing to employ IT specialists from Russia and Belarus. This was the finding of a (non-representative) trend survey by Bitkom. According to the digital association, more than 100,000 IT professionals have already left Russia and Belarus in recent months, and many more could follow. 84 percent of the German companies surveyed […]
A turning point for the European Central Bank: In its first interest rate hike in eleven years, the ECB is taking an unexpectedly strong step to combat ever-rising inflation. The monetary guardians around ECB President Christine Lagarde decided on Thursday to raise the key interest rate by half a percentage point to 0.50 percent. The […]