The social network TikTok has pledged to strengthen the rights of its predominantly underage users. The Chinese platform thus responds to criticism from the European consumer association BEUC, which had accused TikTok of violating consumer protection regulations. It claimed that minors were not protected from hidden advertising and inappropriate content.The EU Commission and the Network […]
The EU Commission is postponing several legislative initiatives to the fall. The new Single Market Emergency Instrument and the European Media Freedom Act are now to be presented on September 13, as part of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the EU address. At the same time, the proposal to ban imports of […]
The Bulgarian government does not see a quick solution to the dispute over EU accession talks with North Macedonia, despite intensive mediation efforts by Germany and France. “The Bulgarian position hasn’t changed,” Deputy Head of Government and Finance Minister Assen Vassilev told Europe.Table. He does not see an agreement by the EU-Western Balkans summit on […]
It was a message that the Ukrainian president could hardly have expected to be so clear: “The four of us support immediate candidate status,” said French President Emmanuel Macron after the talks with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, for which he had traveled to Kyiv together with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Romanian […]
Emmanuel Macron’s wording was cloistered, yet he conveyed a message: It was time to “send clear political signals to the Ukrainian people,” France’s president said yesterday alongside Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. At the subsequent meeting with his Moldovan counterpart Maia Sandu in Chisinau, he added: “I hope that we can give a clear answer on […]
Whenever a new minister takes office, the great staff shuffling begins. When Robert Habeck took over the Federal Ministry of Economics, it was no different. The Green politician replaced his ministry’s management team almost completely; of the 11 department heads, only three remained.Kirsten Scholl has stayed. Peter Altmaier (CDU) appointed her to Head the Europe […]
Ms. Pornschlegel, the European Parliament has spoken out in favor of a convention to amend the EU treaties. What happens now?A convention would be a first step – but that does not yet mean that EU treaty reform will happen. First of all, the Council must vote in favor of a convention taking up its […]
The EU Commission is expected to publish its recommendations on the issue of Ukraine’s EU accession next Friday. There are many indications that the Brussels-based authority will recommend that member states grant Kyiv the status of an accession candidate. During her visit to Kyiv on Saturday, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen praised Ukraine’s “enormous […]
Yesterday’s election night was not a particularly good one for Emmanuel Macron: France’s president is likely to win the most seats in the National Assembly with his Ensemble alliance, but he is not assured of a majority of his own. The left-wing alliance around the EU and Germany critic Jean-Luc Mélenchon made strong gains in […]
In principle, everyone agrees that the European Union must regain lost ground in the chip industry and reduce the dependence of the domestic industry on suppliers from countries, especially in Asia. For years, the importance of such strategically important products had been neglected, said Portuguese Economy Minister Antonio Costa Silva at the Competitiveness Council in […]