Tilly Metz considers the preliminary results of the Bundestag elections in Germany a “super win” for the Greens: “The coming government can not pass the Greens and I believe that the Greens will play an important part in the government,” Metz said happily on Sunday evening. The election result, she said, is a clear sign […]
Reality is complicated: until now, there have been three different charging connectors for mobile devices on the European market: the outdated Micro-USB, USB-C and Apple’s “Lightning” connector. The Commission is now proposing USB-C as the standard connector for smartphones, tablets, cameras, headphones, portable speakers and portable video game consoles.The sale of electronic devices and chargers […]
First and foremost, the good news is that the US will lift its ban on vaccinated persons entering the country in November. Foreigners will then be allowed to re-enter via Schengen countries, the UK, China and Brazil, for example. The travel ban had been in place since the start of the Covid pandemic in early […]
The United Kingdom plans to remove digital trade barriers to make exporting services easier for its businesses. “All of us depend on digital trade, yet British businesses face digital barriers in countries who take a protectionist approach,” the new international trade minister, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said yesterday at London Tech Week. The UK now wants to […]
The foreign policy crisis between France, the US, Australia and Great Britain over a botched submarine deal is also shaking up Brussels’s EU agenda. The launch of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) on September 29 is not in immediate jeopardy, according to EU circles in Brussels. But other important projects could suffer from the […]
There is just over a week to go until the federal election. Today, we conclude our short election check series with an analysis of the SPD’s election program. The Social Democrats may be ahead in the polls, but they remain vague on many European policy issues. However, that may be intentional. After all, the candidate […]
Although the European Union is considered one of the safest places for journalists, attacks on media representatives, both offline and online, are on the rise. Last year, the European Commission counted 908 cases. To counteract this development, the authority yesterday adopted a recommendation “on the protection, safety and empowerment of journalists.”In it, the Commission calls […]
Yesterday, MEPs approved the revised Blue Card Directive by a large majority. This would soon make it easier for highly qualified third-country nationals to work in the EU. The original directive from 2009 had not brought about the desired influx of skilled workers because the conditions for issuing them were too unattractive.The main changes concern […]
The goals of the “Digital Decade” through which the Commission wants to accelerate the digital transformation in the EU have been known since March. They cover the areas of digitization of companies and public services, digital skills and digital infrastructures. Missing until now was the governance structure that the Commission has now developed under the […]
The European Parliament has been calling for it for more than ten years – now the European Commission wants to deliver: A proposal for unified charging cable connections for cell phones will be adopted next week, as the Commission confirmed upon request from Europe.Table.It is likely that the Commission will not propose an independent legal […]