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Data Act: 'So much clarity that no lawyer is needed'

Europe has the opportunity to take a leading role in the Industrial Internet of Things. The Data Act is supposed to provide a legal basis. Can it do that? Experts discussed the issue in the Table.Live briefing.

By Corinna Visser

Andreas Schwab ist Sprecher der EVP im Binnenmarktausschuss und Berichterstatter für den Digital Markets Act.
Opinion

Europe's Single Market – turning 30 and still going strong

This year, the Single Market turns 30. In 1988, Jacques Delors famously remarked that "nobody falls in love with a Common Market". Yet, Europeans wholeheartedly appreciate the comforts this market brought them, such as uniform passenger rights, although they might not always be aware that they have to thank the Single Market for it.

By Experts Table.Briefings

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Spain: Sánchez comes under pressure in election year

His concessions to government partners are weighing heavily on the Socialist leader in the run-up to this year's elections. Tens of thousands of people protested in Madrid against Sánchez and his alliance with the left-wing Podemos, Catalan separatists and regional nationalists.

By Isabel Cuesta Camacho

Feature

Commission consults on electricity market reform

With a month's delay, the Commission has published the consultation on electricity market design. The range of topics is enormous – the ITRE coordinator of the EPP already warns against sky-high expectations.

By Manuel Berkel

Feature

IRA: Scholz demands facts from the EU Commission

At the Franco-German Councils of Ministers, both countries demonstrate unity. But Chancellor Scholz puts the brakes on the EU's response to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

By Till Hoppe