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Frans Timmermans und Michael Bloomberg

Strengthening cities

Cities are responsible for a large share of greenhouse gases and at the same time play an important role in climate protection. Mike Bloomberg, Special Representative for Climate Action of the UN Secretary-General and Co-Chair of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate Energy, and Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans call on governments to provide more support to mayors.

By Redaktion Table

Ecodesign: The update comes later

The EU Commission has promised too much and has more work to do. New rules for smartphones and tablets are now not expected until 2022 — if all goes well. The European Parliament and the German government want stricter regulations soon.

By Eric Bonse

Council: progress on DSA, DMA, DGA, AI and e-privacy regulation

The Council working groups have made significant progress on the digital dossiers in recent days. In particular, the package of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Single Markets Act (DMA) is now on the home straight ahead of the trilogue with Parliament and the Commission. The next stage of the less controversial Data Governance Act (DGA) should also be reached soon.

By Falk Steiner