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Klaus Welle war von 2009 bis Ende 2022 Generalsekretär des Europaparlaments.

Klaus Welle: 'EU institutions are largely unprotected'

As Secretary General of the European Parliament, Klaus Welle has been one of the most influential people in Brussels over the past 14 years. In an interview with Markus Grabitz, he talks about the next European elections, the corruption scandal and what it has to do with the secret services.

By Markus Grabitz

Data protection experts: no fundamental concerns about DPF

European data protection regulators have formed an opinion on how they view the draft adequacy decision on the US level of data protection. The Data Privacy Framework (DPF) opinion addresses many points of contention that have caused previous EU-US agreements to fail. The transfer of personal data from the EU to the US could now come faster than expected.

By Falk Steiner