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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.

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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.

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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."

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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

Union of Skills – Taking action now!

Many existing skills have so far remained invisible to the labor market. This also has consequences for our democracies, argues Martin Noack from the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

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A strategy that combines innovation and resilience.

A targeted economic policy strategy is needed to secure Europe's sovereignty in the long term, write Hanna Hottenrott and Achim Wambach from ZEW in today's Opinion. The EU must strengthen its own innovative power, reduce strategic dependencies on raw materials and build more resilient supply chains.

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Automotive industry: Data Act alone won't ensure fair competition

The EU must regulate fair access to vehicle data with legal certainty in order to promote innovation through competition, demands Carsten Bieler from the ZDK. The European automotive industry urgently needs sector-specific regulation that complements the Data Act.

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Special assets: Giant steps towards a better future

The planned special fund for infrastructure could boost growth if it is flanked by smart economic policy, write Carl Mühlbach and Marina Guldimann from the think tank Fiscal Future. The relaxation of the debt brake is also a step in the right direction towards an effective fiscal policy.

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