AfD top candidate Maximilian Krah is to skip the European election campaign kick-off in Donaueschingen, but is otherwise allowed to stay. It had previously become known that the police had arrested an employee from Krah's Brussels office on suspicion of espionage.
By Franziska Klemenz
On Wednesday, the EU Parliament adopted the new Single Market Emergency and Resilience Act, which aims to prevent supply bottlenecks in crisis situations. The Council will give its approval in the coming days.
By Marc Winkelmann
Three alleged spies are accused of delivering information on militarily applicable technology to China, as announced by the Federal Prosecutor's Office on Monday. They also maintained contacts with German universities. Table.Briefings spoke with the involved universities.
By Markus Weisskopf
This week marks the end of the European Parliament's legislative period. And with the Net-Zero Industry Act, the final piece of the Green Deal puzzle before June's European elections will be voted on this Thursday. Time to take stock and look ahead.
By Lukas Knigge
The EU Commission has launched a 9- to 14-month investigation into the public procurement market for medical products in China. This first-time deployment of the International Procurement Instrument (IPI) could lead to the disadvantage of Chinese medical products in the European procurement market.
By Marc Winkelmann
Due to programmatic overlaps with left and right-wing parties, Sahra Wagenknecht's party is finding it difficult to fit into the European party landscape. Leading candidate Fabio de Masi wants new alliances.
By Vera Weidenbach
TikTok operator ByteDance has temporarily taken offline the most controversial feature of its TikTok Lite app in the EU, thus avoiding an order from the EU Commission. The Commission has announced that it will continue to scrutinize the matter closely.
By Falk Steiner
Despite clear criticism from the Greens and left-wing MEPs, the EU Parliament has given the green light for the relaxation of environmental standards in the Common Agricultural Policy.
By Claire Stam
According to the environmental organization Urgewald, a European import and trade ban on Russian LNG would pose massive logistical problems for Russia's main export terminal Sabetta. This is why the NGO calls for stricter sanctions.
By Manuel Berkel
The conservative party family ECR has adopted its manifesto for the European elections. A lead candidate will not be nominated. This was agreed by leading politicians from Fratelli d'Italia and PIS at a meeting of the party leadership in Strasbourg.
By Markus Grabitz
