During three hours of talks in Beijing with Xi Jinping, EU Council President Charles Michel addresses the current protests as well as the war in Ukraine but achieves few concrete concessions. Xi, on the other hand, does not want to see any "real strategic conflicts or differences".
By Amelie Richter
The legislative reform on packaging waste presented yesterday imposes high requirements on producers and member states for the reuse of packaging material. The Commission neglects the value of recycling, as the industry criticizes.
By Charlotte Wirth