With its four-day visit to Taipei, the high-ranking FDP delegation wanted to express its solidarity with democratic Taiwan and send a clear signal to the communist leadership in Beijing: the delegation would neither be blackmailed nor intimidated. In an interview with Felix Lee, political scientist and Taiwan expert Eberhard Sandschneider declares such trips as reckless and irresponsible.
By Felix Lee
Luca Visentini reportedly accepted an envelope containing €50,000 from a criminal NGO and used the money to finance his election as top official of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Yet no top German trade unionist has publicly called for Visentini's ousting.
By Markus Grabitz
From Attac activist and influential MEP to State Secretary under German minister Robert Habeck: Sven Giegold has had an unusual career. In an interview with Stefan Braun and Malte Kreutzfeldt, he looks back on his first year in the ministry, describes his toughest decision and his secret political passion.
By Redaktion Table
Member states are urging to find a response to the Inflation Reduction Act, with which the US government wants to promote eco-friendly technologies. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager now provides first insights into where she wants to facilitate subsidies for investors.
By Till Hoppe
With the Nature Restoration Law, the EU wants to set a good example globally. But even after the success of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), the dispute over the design continues in Brussels. In his draft, rapporteur César Luena sets higher goals. The opposition was not long in coming.
By Timo Landenberger
For years, the Data Protection Regulation has lacked certainty about what the wording of the law actually means. There are reasons for this – and yet the current case of Facebook, in particular, holds potential for lasting clarification. Because there is a lot at stake for the industry and for the supervisory authorities.
By Falk Steiner
The EU Chamber is back in Brussels after three years of zero-Covid. The delegation's message: The Covid nightmare may be over, but the country's "socialist path" will severely slow down its economic development in the long run.
By Marcel Grzanna
One visit to Taiwan by German MPs follows the next – politicians from the Greens, SPD, FDP and CDU outdo each other with declarations of solidarity for the island nation. This intensity is new. Admittedly, this is by no means a formal Zeitenwende for dealing with the status quo. But MPs are already pushing it so far that experts are downright alarmed.
By Felix Lee
The new Supply Chain Act came into force at the turn of the year. Large companies will be under greater obligation to comply with human rights and environmental requirements. This primarily affects German companies that do business in and with China. But most of them are prepared.
By Felix Lee
Parliament President Metsola will present 14 proposals today to make the EP more transparent. It is an attempt to polish up the image of the Parliament after the corruption scandal surrounding Eva Kaili. Some of the proposals go a long way, but there are some loopholes.
By Charlotte Wirth
