Video game developer Epic wants to utilize the opportunities the Digital Markets Act offers to set up an alternative app store. Apple is trying to prevent this. Now the EU Commission is intervening.
By Redaktion Table
EU lawmakers will gather next week in Strasbourg for a plenary session. On the agenda is the vote on the Industrial Emissions Directive. This should have been a formality – but then came the farmer protests in France.
By Claire Stam
France announced a military mission in Moldova as part of a security agreement, reaffirming its "decisive support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity" in the face of a threat from Russia.
By Gabriel Bub
Yesterday, the EU Council decided to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), seen as a costly obstacle to the energy transition. Meanwhile, new details have emerged regarding an investor lawsuit against Germany.
By Alex Veit
Portugal is gearing up for snap elections this Sunday. The Socialist Party and the conservative Democratic Alliance are neck and neck in polls. The third place is likely to go to the far-right Chega party – the conservatives also aim to avoid a coalition with them.
By Isabel Cuesta Camacho
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has deemed the decision of the Belgian Data Protection Authority to be lawful, ruling that the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) is not compatible with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Practically all European cookie banners are based on the TCF.
By Corinna Visser
The EU Trade Committee has voted to extend duty-free and quota-free trade with Ukraine. Members of parliament abstained from making any changes to save time and extend the arrangement on time.
By Julia Dahm
The SPD's lead candidate doubts that Ukraine or individual Western Balkan states will join the EU in the next legislative period. Additionally, she has reservations about a gradual approach to bringing these countries closer to EU standards.
By Till Hoppe
Ursula von der Leyen intends to have the ban on combustion engines, scheduled for 2035, reviewed immediately after the European elections. She announced this to Union politicians at the EPP Congress in Bucharest, where delegates elected her as the lead candidate for the European elections.
By Markus Grabitz
The Luxembourg judges of the ECJ have ruled that four standards must be made freely accessible. If this principle were to apply to all standards, it would undermine the current fee-funded standardization system. Among other concerns, the industry fears greater intervention by the Commission.
By Redaktion Table
