Technical standards are increasingly becoming the focus of politics. This is also – but not only – due to China. Till Hoppe asked Wolfgang Niedziella, President-designate of the European standardization organization CENELEC, how the standardization institutions intend to deal with the current challenges of geopolitics, digitalization and the Green Deal.
By Till Hoppe
The leaders of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP have agreed to continue their talks, and today the FDP's federal executive board is expected to approve the exploratory paper. The Europe.Table editorial team analyzed what the explorers have already agreed on regarding Europe, the Green Deal and digitization.
By Redaktion Table
With its toolbox, the European Commission has shown the EU states how they can manage the current energy crisis in the short term. But long-term measures are also being examined to prevent future price shocks. One possibility: collective gas procurement and storage. But there is great disagreement about the impact and benefits of collective gas contracts.
By Lukas Knigge
Representatives of the Federal Environment Agency, academia, trade unions and German business are calling on the incoming German government to focus its political program entirely on climate change and digitalization. The unusual alliance is not alone in its demands for reform – but it may carry special weight.
By Falk Steiner
Relations between the EU and the UK remain on a knife edge. That worries the economy. And doubts about the government's fidelity to the treaty in London continue to grow. Will the sausage war turn into a full-blown trade war after all?
By Eric Bonse
