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Digital decade: There are still deficits

The Digital Decade report shows that the EU is making progress in the digital transformation. However, there are still deficits in digital skills, high-quality connectivity, and the use of AI and cloud technologies.

By Corinna Visser

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Code of conduct for trilogues: Assistants should be excluded

The parliamentary administration wants to subject the meetings of the unofficial mediation procedures of the co-legislators, known as trilogues, to uniform rules. The accredited parliamentary assistants (APAs) are to be excluded.

By Markus Grabitz

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Spain: Why there is no amnesty for Puigdemont

Spain's Supreme Court has expressly upheld the arrest warrant against former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont for embezzlement of funds. The recently passed amnesty law does not apply to him and two other convicts.

By Corinna Visser

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BMWK works on electricity market reform in the EU

In a twelve-page document, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action provides an outlook on the expected regulation of the next EU Commission for the electricity sector. In the area of capacity mechanisms, the BMWK wants to examine one solution in particular.

By Manuel Berkel

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Recognition of professional qualifications: German procedures slow and fragmented

The authorities in Germany are overstretched in terms of personnel because there have been a particularly large number of applications for recognition of professional qualifications since the migration crisis. The European Court of Auditors criticizes the non-existence of a uniform nationwide online system for this.

By Markus Grabitz