Shortly after the start of Spain's EU Council presidency, Spaniards are called to the polls. The conservative Partido Popular (PP) is ahead in the polls; it would need the right-wing Vox to achieve an absolute majority. If the coalition wins the elections, this will have an impact on the Green Deal.
By Claire Stam
Before the European elections, Table.Media regularly publishes an up-to-date projection by political scientist Manuel Müller on the composition of the next European Parliament. This time, it appears that the right is gaining strength. In mathematical terms, a center-right alliance of the EPP, the ECR and the liberal RE could win an absolute majority.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The entire EU bubble is still digesting the vote on the text for nature restoration that took place last Wednesday. For many, the debate surrounding the Nature Restoration Law represents a turning point in how politics is conducted in the EU. The question now is, what comes next?
By Claire Stam
On Wednesday, the European Parliament will vote on the Nature Restoration Act. In the Environment Committee, the project recently failed to find a majority. But it's not too late, writes Raphael Weyland, NABU's Brussels office manager. He accuses the opponents of the law of obfuscation and false statements.
By Experts Table.Briefings
Rarely has a legislative proposal provoked such sharp conflict in Brussels as the one to restore nature. Shortly before the vote in the plenum, the signs continue to point to confrontation. But the Renew Group believes it has found a way to save the law.
By Claire Stam
The trilogue for the AI Act has started. German AI start-ups like Xayn hope the EU will regulate artificial intelligence in a way that gives them the best chances for development. Xayn co-founder Leif-Nissen Lundbæk sees three major challenges for lawmakers.
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Longtime EP Secretary General Klaus Welle analyzes that the dividing line between the camps of conservatives runs along the question of how they feel about European integration. Extreme forces that moderate toward the center must be supported – that is crucial for the stability of the political order in the EU.
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Artificial intelligence is dividing society. That makes it all the more important to find clear rules, says Johannes Caspar, author, Professor of Law and former Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner. He sees no reason to deride the EU as a "regulatory world champion" because of its AI law. Rather, the Europeans must use the initiative to set the course for a humane future.
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One year before the European elections, the strategy of the conservative EPP group is becoming increasingly visible: It wants to prevent as much of the Green Deal as possible. And in doing so, it is scoring one victory after another. On June 15, in the ENVI Committee, it could win another battle.
By Claire Stam
The planned reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) will not solve the refugee crisis, but exacerbate it, says migration researcher Bernd Kasparek. That is why he and other members* of the Council for Migration call for a new start of European asylum policy in their position paper.
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