The European Court of Auditors sees a lack of progress in the decarbonization of cars. The ramp-up of electric vehicles is taking a long time, the charging infrastructure is not evenly developed and China dominates battery production.
By Markus Grabitz
The Digital Services Act is already here – but the accompanying German law is not. It is due to pass the Bundesrat on Friday. The Federal Network Agency is waiting for it to come into force.
By Falk Steiner
Get to know the "Top of the Table": The 100 key players on the German-speaking European scene. Selected by the Europe.Table editorial team in ten categories, from politics to administration, consulting, think tanks, foundations and NGOs. Today: the most important administration personalities. Click here for the overview.
By Redaktion Table
Contaminated food was supposedly responsible for positive doping samples from the Chinese swimming team. The World Anti-Doping Agency WADA believes the Chinese claims. Former sports doctor Xue Yinxian believes it is a lie.
By Marcel Grzanna
Only the big players survive in China's automotive market. Xpeng wants to push into this group and aims to increase sales in the EU. The manufacturer wants to impress with new models at Thursday's Beijing Motor Show.
By Christian Domke Seidel
The EU Parliament's last week of sessions before the European elections in June starts on Monday. Several last-minute laws are set to be passed. We provide an overview of the dossiers that will be voted on in Strasbourg this week.
By Redaktion Table
In a long meeting of the European Council, the EU heads of government agreed on further steps towards a capital markets union. Specifically, they want to standardize insolvency law and strengthen the securitization market, among other things. Considerations regarding centralized market supervision are particularly controversial.
By Marc Winkelmann
With its payment model, Meta has once again fueled a data protection debate. The European data protection supervisory authorities have issued a harsh verdict – the digital industry disagrees.
By Falk Steiner
The notorious disunity of the traffic light coalition is also making waves in Brussels. A new database from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) has now provided figures on German votes for the first time, exclusively available to Table.Briefings. However, the EU Council Monitor also shows that majority decisions alone do not make the EU capable of acting.
By Till Hoppe
At the EU summit in Brussels, the heads of state and government discussed possible new sanctions against Iran and the dramatic situation in Ukraine. Ukraine is to receive additional air defense systems quickly.
By Stephan Israel
