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Difficult times for LGBTQ persons

Over the past few years, a growing number of organizations in China that support the rights of the LGBTQ community have been forced to close down. The CCP propagates classic role models. Yet people who move outside gender norms have never been more visible.

By Fabian Peltsch

How Brussels prepares the decommissioning of gas pipelines

In the fuss about the Building Energy Act, one central question remains unanswered: What happens to gas networks that are not converted to hydrogen? In Berlin, the issue is being pushed aside, but important points on the EU gas market package for decommissioning are being set in the trilogue.

By Manuel Berkel

EP: many employees report harassment

Today the Bureau of the European Parliament discusses stricter measures against sexual, psychological and physical harassment. The MeToo group in the EP had written to all EP staff in advance and asked for their experience. The results indicate a great need for action.

By Markus Grabitz

Interview-mit-HPFriedrich

'China and Germany are optimal partners'

The Chair of the German-Chinese parliamentary group and former Federal Minister of the Interior, Hans-Peter Friedrich, is concerned about developments in China: Controls have increased massively, as he himself observed in Beijing and Shanghai. On the other hand, he criticizes the German government for attempting to decouple from China. Michael Radunski and Felix Lee spoke with Friedrich.

By Redaktion Table

China's SAIC wants to build EVs in Europe

Shanghai state-owned SAIC is the first Chinese automaker to dare to manufacture in the EU. The step into the target market will dramatically improve the reputation and legal position of Chinese companies.

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'We are not schoolboys to be sanctioned by old colonial powers'

Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal is president of the Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil's most renowned business school. In an interview with Till Hoppe and Caspar Dohmen, he talks about the Mercosur trade agreement, rejection by the West and the great power conflict in the South China Sea.

By Till Hoppe

SAIC plans to manufacture EVs in Europe

Shanghai state-owned SAIC is the first Chinese automaker to dare to manufacture in the EU. The step into the target market will dramatically improve the reputation and legal position of Chinese companies.

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Dispute over EU law: How important is nature restoration for the climate?

The EU Parliament is currently engaged in a fierce dispute over the Nature Restoration Law. The Christian Democratic EPP also uses climate action as an argument against the new nature conservation regulations. Greens and Social Democrats consider both as two sides of the same coin. How exactly are nature conservation and the climate related?

By Lukas Knigge