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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

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

Jörg Wuttke Interview: Chinas Politik

Jörg Wuttke: 'Germany and Europe First'

The long-serving President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in Beijing calls for a more robust way of engaging with the world's second-largest economy. The diversification demanded by politicians has already been taking place for a long time, said Jörg Wuttke in conversation with Finn Mayer-Kuckuk and Felix Lee.

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Where Germany's Europe policy still hitches

The EU partners have a hard time understanding how the German government coalition formulates its European policy positions. In fact, coordination within the federal government is far from smooth – despite good intentions and several rounds of coordination.

By Till Hoppe