Artificial intelligence is dividing society. What is addressed here is not the actual danger posed by deep-fake technologies or the manipulation of opinions. That is a technology-inherent risk that urgently needs answers. What is addressed is the struggle to regulate technology, which calls into question basic social principles such as freedom and equality and the […]
Éric Andrieu will leave the EU Parliament at the beginning of June. This farewell from political life has been prepared “for over a year” and his successor has already been decided, the French MEP tells Table.Media over an orange juice in the European Parliament’s press bar. He will hand over his post to Christophe Clergeau, […]
The French Loi de Vigilance (LdV) is the first law of its kind in the world: It has been in force since 2017 and obliges large French companies to exercise human rights due diligence in their global value chains. Obligated companies must draw up and publish plans for dealing with human rights and environmental risks […]
The Brussels bubble loves acronyms, and today’s topic is no exception: We’re talking about the negotiations to revise the Renewable Energy Directive, or RED for short. But since that would be too simple, the negotiations are divided into five categories, RED 1, 2, 3, and so on.Today, the focus is on RED 3. Although the […]
Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine and the accompanying geopolitical changes have forced Germany and Europe to reduce their dependence on Russian gas in the shortest possible time. However, a variety of questionable political decisions in the past have led to dependencies not only on gas supplies but also on critical raw materials, limiting Europe’s […]
Until now, the qualification of what is to be assessed as a dark pattern and what is still permissible – especially under the GDPR – in terms of the linguistic, structural and visual representation of cookie banners has been fraught with great uncertainty. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has now made a first contouring […]
Europe’s 27 energy ministers will meet today in the Justus Lipsius Building – not far from the famous (but not as good) Maison Antoine, which has already served countless “cornets de frites” to weary diplomats. For the Czech presidency, it will be the third extraordinary Council meeting since July 1. “And I’m not sure it […]
Lawmakers are responding to harmful influences of AI by shifting their focus to a techno-centric solution: addressing bias in datasets. This approach reduces complex social problems to the realm of technical design – putting it in the hands of technology companies.Technical bias mitigation measures have limited effectiveness as a solution to structural discrimination and inequality […]
“Carbon farming” is the new buzzword for a supposedly eco-friendly form of agriculture. As part of the Farm to Fork strategy, the EU Commission also announced an initiative in this area. It was published in the spring of 2022 and is part of the EU’s strategy for sustainable carbon cycles. To achieve the goal of […]
Cordon bleu Parisian style or an anecdote that went down in the annals of political history: During the 2017 presidential campaign, more precisely on the Sunday of the first round of voting, candidate Emmanuel Macron and his team took a lunch break at a highway rest stop. Which meal do they choose? “I like cordon […]