No, blackouts, i.e., an uncontrolled and unforeseen failure of network elements, will not occur in France, said Emmanuelle Wargon, president of the regulatory authority CRE. Nevertheless, the situation is tense. Depending on the scenario, France faces the threat of 20 to 70 hours of power outages in winter. In their text, Tanja Kuchenbecker and Manuel […]
Franco-German relations are not the best at the moment, and Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron are still not quite in harmony. A telephone call between the chancellor and the president scheduled for Monday was reportedly canceled by Macron. However, the chancellery does not consider this an affront by the president: Macron had to postpone the […]
China is experiencing the biggest wave of protests in decades – and now, of all times, EU Council President Charles Michel is traveling to Beijing. Members of the EU Parliament are calling on him to send a clear signal in support of freedom of expression, for example, in the form of a white leaf, like […]
Around 28 million Europeans worked for digital platform companies such as Google and Uber in 2020. 5.5 million of them are misclassified as self-employed, according to Commission estimates. Negotiations are currently underway on the Platform Work Directive, which aims to improve people’s working conditions. The deliberations of Parliament and Council are taking an unexpectedly long […]
With its war of aggression against Ukraine and its attempts at blackmail, Russia has caused a severe upheaval in the global energy market. If nothing else, the crisis has highlighted the weaknesses of the previous structure. Geopolitics and energy expert Andreas Goldthau does not expect a return to a fully liberalized energy market. He also […]
There is real trouble in the negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council on the statute for European political parties. In the Parliament, it is believed that the Council has launched a campaign against the European party families – led by France, seconded by Germany. In the capitals, they probably have something against self-confident […]
Yesterday’s attack on the European Parliament’s website impressively demonstrated how necessary the planned and already launched new directives and legislation in the cyber security area (NIS2, Cyber Resilience Act) are. While the EP voted on a resolution calling Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, hackers took down the website. Falk Steiner reports on how parliamentarians […]
In 1952, the Joint Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community met for the first time. Ten years later, the assembly was given the name European Parliament. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the EU institution, Markus Grabitz spoke with Reinhard Bütikofer, Green politician and member of the EP since 2009. “As […]
The Commission presented the draft law on the gas price cap after all. Several member states are said to have threatened to block the next emergency regulation on the energy crisis if a draft is not submitted to energy ministers before their meeting on Thursday. But the Commission wants to impose another condition: If the […]
Nothing stands in the way of Donald Trump’s comeback. Fortunately, we’re not talking about a return to the White House but to the online platform Twitter. In a vote, a majority had spoken out in favor of giving Trump access to his account again. Elon Musk respects the will of the majority. But Trump is […]