The new German government has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to digitization. Achim Berg, President of Bitkom, the industry association for information and telecommunications, believes that the future coalition should tackle the tasks at hand better, more boldly and more decisively in order to secure growth and prosperity in the long term.
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The Director of the Brussels-based think tank CEPS does not see any dangerous inflationary dynamics in Europe despite rising commodity and energy prices. The situation in the USA is different.
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The EU's sustainable investment taxonomy could cut off suppliers of armed forces and security agencies from private funding, according to the Chief Executive of the German Security and Defence Industries Association (BDSV). But that would mean the implosion of European defense policy.
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It is high time to end the financing of fossil fuels, write Werner Hoyer and John Murton in this Opinion. For the climate transition to succeed, global solidarity and international investment in clean energies are needed from now on.
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Germany is viewed with extreme skepticism in Italy: Angela Merkel is popular, but it is uncertain what German politics will look like after her. That makes many in the EU's third strongest economy doubt Germany. And yet, the change in Germany also presents an opportunity for Italy and its Prime Minister Mario Draghi, analyzes the head of ECFR's Rome office, Arturo Varvelli, in his article.
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A European battery passport could make cell production more transparent and thus ensure greater sustainability. But for batteries for EVs and e-scooters to become environmentally friendly and socially acceptable, the raw materials would also have to come from Europe, writes Roberto García Martínez.
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