In the interregnum between the old and new governments, negotiations on digital projects will continue in the EU. For the time being, the executing federal government will define which priorities will be pursued. An overview of which ministries are particularly focusing on which dossiers and what they are emphasizing in terms of content – part […]
A false instead of a fresh start: France and the EU view the collapsed submarine deal as an unfriendly act by the USA. The maneuver of the Biden administration and its allies is hardly understandable. How can one affront a supposedly important ally in world politics like this?The US is weakening the very thing it […]
Between legal action and illegal spying lies a case that concerns the problem of secure IT on the one hand and access for law enforcement and security on the other. And it shows how big the system and action gaps in European data protection law really are: The Israeli manufacturer NSO Group licenses law enforcement […]
The German election is unhackable. As those responsible emphasize time and again. Most recently, for example, the spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior: “In Germany, we have an analog election process; so influence with technical aids is impossible in any way.” This sets Germany apart from other countries: no voting machines, no online […]
A few days before the federal election, Facebook deleted a network on its platforms that the company classifies as so-called lateral thinkers. This is said to involve fewer than 150 accounts, pages and groups that are said to have conspired to spread false information about the measures for the Covid pandemic. Although there were duplicate […]
In a LinkedIn post, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton explained how he envisions future improvements in cybersecurity in Europe. The Internal Market Commissioner with explicit responsibility for the defense sector explains, among other things, the interlocking of existing initiatives.However, Breton’s specifics on the Cyber Resilience Act announced Wednesday by Ursula von der Leyen, remained […]
The Irish Data Protection Commission DPC has initiated two proceedings against the short video platform TikTok. The subject of the investigations is the processing of the personal data of minors and the transfer of data to China.The Irish authority is responsible for the proceedings under the General Data Protection Regulation, as TikTok has its European […]
Policy junkies currently have a full agenda – Sunday Triell, Monday Quadrennial, Wednesday #SOTEU: Starting at 9 a.m., Europeans can turn on their terminal devices to listen to Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address. Phoenix will broadcast live from Strasbourg as the Commission President speaks of the present and future of the […]
Ursula von der Leyen and her longtime media advisor Jens Flosdorff are famous for their plans to make politics tangible. Hands-on politics means that everyone should be able to understand the project. The best projects are those that no one can actually object to.As the family minister in 2009, she wanted to clean the internet […]
Good news before Ursula von der Leyen’s #SOTEU speech: Europeans love their EU a bit more again. Not all, but most – according to recent Eurobarometer results. Dissatisfied with the EU’s pandemic management (compared to the national government) are mainly the Germans, Slovaks and Greeks. Are the Covid reconstruction funds well spent? Apart from the […]