By Michael Bröcker and Malte Kreutzfeldt
The Commission wants to outlaw filter cigarettes internationally. The industry believes that the EU could later use the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to incorporate the measures into EU law in the next Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).
By Markus Grabitz
Next week, the Legal Affairs Committee in the EU Parliament will vote on the compromise reached on Wednesday evening on the sustainability omnibus. The trialogue negotiations will then begin.
By Lukas Knigge
The Commission is awarding funds for projects to promote innovation in the areas of digitalization of companies, digital skills, health, the public sector and the automotive industry. The first projects are online.
By Corinna Visser
The challenge is not only to balance regulation with innovation and market access in a way that also empowers SMEs. It also lies in not believing that Europe can simply sit out this phase of AI development and wait for the next generation.
By Thorsten Jelinek
With a series of new export controls for rare earths, China is playing one of its strongest cards ahead of further trade talks with the USA. European companies are also threatened with high economic damage.
By Leonardo Pape, Amelie Richter and Julia Fiedler
According to the EU Parliament, schnitzel, hamburger or steak should only be called that if they contain meat. The member states will decide whether this will actually happen.
By Julia Dahm
A solution is emerging in the dispute over the first omnibus on sustainability reporting and the EU supply chain law. EPP threats caused the Socialists and Democrats to cave in and the S&D rapporteur to resign.
By Lukas Knigge
The German government is surprisingly united in its rejection of chat control. However, the governing parties have not yet agreed on a common position on the CSA Regulation. But time is pressing.
By Corinna Visser and Helene Bubrowski
For the first time, the EU is tackling the issue of affordable housing with its own strategy. However, the timetable is tight – and has even been brought forward once again by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. It remains to be seen how much the plan can achieve.
By Alina Leimbach
