The co-legislators have reached a compromise on the Cyber Resilience Act in the trilogue. There will be security standards for networked devices such as fridges, webcams and toasters. The first deadline will apply after just 18 months.
By Falk Steiner
It's decision week for the AI Act: Wednesday's trilogue is set to be the last. However, both sides are still arguing about the regulation of Foundation Models and GPAI. The pressure to reach a conclusion is increasing.
By Corinna Visser
In Florence, Lega leader Matteo Salvini wanted to hold court, meet the leaders of the other far-right parties and kick off the European election campaign. However, Geert Wilders, Marine Le Pen and Alice Weidel only sent video messages.
By Markus Grabitz
The Green Deal is seen by some as an attack on rural areas. A study by the Bertelsmann Stiftung now shows: economically weak regions can be strengthened by 2050 as a result of the energy transition – and reduce inequality compared to cities.
By Manuel Berkel
Viktor Orbán is threatening to block important decisions in favor of Ukraine. Summit President Charles Michel and the Commission hastily try to change his mind. Suddenly, EU money is even flowing to Budapest again.
By Eric Bonse
The German government is critical of the Commission's announcement of an anti-subsidy investigation into EVs from China. The German government is also clearly critical of the Commission in the area of agricultural and food policy.
By Markus Grabitz
After the bad experiences of the Covid pandemic, the EU wants to strengthen passenger rights and better protect package travelers. To this end, it has put together a whole package of new and revised laws – and launched an initiative for a mobility data space.
By Corinna Visser
The operators of gas distribution networks are celebrating a success in the final trilogue on the gas market package. They are completely exempt from the horizontal unbundling of the natural gas and hydrogen networks.
By Manuel Berkel
Every legislative committee in the European Parliament has a central task: it must develop compromises that are also capable of gaining a majority in plenary. However, the Environment Committee fails to meet this requirement remarkably often. The EPP now wants to curtail its powers.
By Markus Grabitz
The federal delegates' conference in Karlsruhe marks the start of the Greens' European election campaign. In addition to a controversial debate on migration, the choice of the European list and the election program also revealed some rifts.
By Lukas Knigge
