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Opinion

Strengthening the European single market is a top priority.

In a fragmented world, the European Union must tackle a holistic transformation, writes VW Supervisory Board Chairman Hans Dieter Pötsch in an article for Table.Briefings. This includes a competitive digital ecosystem, its own supply chains for battery cells and the completion of the single market.

By Redaktion Table

Coalition agreement misses opportunity for real EU reforms.

In the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, Europe must be looked for with a magnifying glass, writes Damian Boeselager. The MEP and co-founder of Volt believes this is a mistake and calls for a new approach to European cooperation.

By Experts Table.Briefings

The NZIA as an opportunity for a new beginning

Ralph Brinkhaus also sees the EU's Net-Zero Industry Act as a great opportunity for Germany. The NZIA could be a blueprint for a fundamental reorganization of German administrative and legal structures, writes the CDU politician in his position paper.

By Experts Table.Briefings

EU White Paper: Useful, but not revolutionary.

The EU White Paper on Defense does strengthen European defense capabilities. However, it fails to emphasize the urgent need to reduce dependence on systems from the USA, writes Sven Arnold.

By Experts Table.Briefings

Netanyahu in Hungary: Staging a breach of the law.

If Europe accepts the disregard of the ICC by Netanyahu's visit to Hungary without doing anything, it is undermining the foundation of its legal system, writes Alexander Schwarz. The invitation to the Israeli Prime Minister is "a frontal attack on international law."

By Experts Table.Briefings

Why the Kremlin understands Aleksandar Vučić better than Brussels.

Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa received Aleksandar Vučić for dinner on Tuesday. This is although hundreds of thousands of citizens and students in Serbia have been taking to the streets for months against the authoritarian president and demanding his resignation. In today’s Opinion, Dušan Reljić wonders whether the EU leadership will at least speak plainly to Vučić behind closed doors.

By Stephan Israel