It is not often that US senators or international media are interested in intra-party discussions in Germany. But how representatives of the SPD position themselves in the conflict with Russia has become a real political issue. “Germany is reeling from the first crisis of the post-Merkel era,” wrote the Financial Times.Leading SPD politicians such as […]
The European Commission is investigating possible unjustified advantages of Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Cargo over competitors. The Commission has received a complaint from a competitor and has launched an in-depth investigation, the authority said. Among other things, the investigation is looking into whether the parent company is bearing the losses of freight railroad DB Cargo […]
Europe is still a major power when it comes to setting technical norms and standards (European standards). However, its dominance, which was founded in the industrial age, is visibly crumbling: Within the framework of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Europe has recently “been left out in the cold” when it comes to awarding secretariats […]
Europe is still a major power when it comes to setting technical norms and standards (European standards). However, its dominance, which was founded in the industrial age, is visibly crumbling: Within the framework of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Europe has recently “been left out in the cold” when it comes to awarding secretariats […]
Robert Habeck’s agenda for his first trip to Brussels as a minister was plenty full – the list of interlocutors included Ursula von der Leyen and half a dozen of her commissioners. But the Green Party politician was asked almost exclusively about one topic during his visit: the German government’s position on the supplementary legal […]
The German Electrical and Digital Industry Association (ZVEI) has called for massive state aid for the expansion of the chip industry in Europe. With the subsidies that have been promised, the EU states rank “among the distant second” compared to Japan, the USA, China, or South Korea, said ZVEI President Gunther Kegel on Monday. Therefore, […]
The European Parliament’s rapporteur, Alex Agius Saliba, wants to mandate a uniform charging port for additional devices. The EU Commission had proposed obliging manufacturers of cell phones, tablets, digital cameras, and portable speakers, among others, to install a uniform charging cable connection in USB-C format. In his draft report, Agius Saliba (S&D) now proposes including […]
The EU Commission plans to present its draft legislation to promote the chip industry in Europe at the beginning of February. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced this at the World Economic Forum. Europe.Table had previously reported that the Internal Market Commissioner responsible, Thierry Breton, intended to present the proposal for the European Chips […]
Mr. Buras, the US, and Europe are threatening Russia with massive consequences should it invade Ukraine. Do you think this deterrence scenario is believable?No, at least not from the European side. The Europeans have not done their homework, and Germany is partly to blame for this. The danger of a Russian attack on Ukraine and […]
“Now you’re really taking me quite far into a technical, detailed discussion,” says Christian Lindner. The FDP politician is currently completing his first “doorstep” in Brussels, and the journalists are bombarding him with questions in several languages. They want to know: What does this man, who appeared as a godsend to several EU capitals before […]