With pesticide regulation and renaturation law, the EU Commission wants to ensure the resilience of the food supply in Europe. Farmers fear for their existence and criticize that the laws rather endanger food security. Many agricultural states are calling for far-reaching changes.
By Lukas Knigge
The EU's next sanctions package related to the Ukraine war could hit China. Several Chinese companies allegedly supply Russia with weapons components - Brussels could therefore impose extraterritorial punitive measures for the first time. However, the member states must decide this unanimously. Beijing warns.
By Amelie Richter
Instead of takeovers, Chinese companies are now focusing on greenfield investments. Here they have their eyes on one sector in particular: Battery production for electric vehicles. This has far-reaching consequences for Europe.
By Michael Radunski
Massive interventions by the FDP and industry lobbyists have prevented the EU Commission's planned ban on commissions for the sale of financial products. For the time being. But after the Bafin in Germany is taking a closer look it becomes clear: A restriction on the so far unbridled practice is likely to come.
By Horand Knaup
The EU Commission wants to set targets for the reuse of packaging. This is meeting with enormous resistance, particularly in the takeaway sector: a new lobby alliance is calling for the negotiations to be paused and insists on recyclable single-use packaging. Members of parliament are also divided over the reusable quotas.
By Leonie Düngefeld
Temu, the subsidiary of the Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo, is entering Europe with excessive discounts. The company has been a surprise success in the United States since its launch in the fall of 2022. But the authorities criticize poor working conditions and counterfeit products.
By Fabian Peltsch
Western sanctions have failed to stop Putin's war machine. On the contrary: The IMF sees Russia's economy growing again. It is not least China that has filled the void. Speaking with Felix Lee, economist Gabriel Felbermayr explains why the sanctions are nevertheless important.
By Felix Lee
The Conference on the Future of Europe was supposed to be the start of a thorough renewal process for the Union. What have the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission achieved to implement the proposals from the final report?
By Markus Grabitz
Supply Chain Act, Conflict Minerals Regulation, ban on products from forced labor: A whole series of new requirements for corporate due diligence are emerging at EU level. These also have consequences for countries that export to the EU, as you can read in our overview.
By Charlotte Wirth
The EU has so far been unable to agree on a position on remaining in the Energy Charter Treaty, and it is, therefore, blocking its modernization. Now the Swedish Council Presidency has presented a proposal to break the stalemate.
By Charlotte Wirth
