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Feature | Social Media

July 8th, 2025

USA: TikTok prepares for sale

Donald Trump wants to negotiate with China this week about a possible divestment of TikTok's US business. According to a media report, the video platform is already preparing for the planned spin-off.

By Angela Köckritz

Feature | Europaparlament

July 7th, 2025

Vote of no confidence against von der Leyen: Opposition from centrist parties to the right-wing ECR

Ursula von der Leyen has accused the initiators of the vote of no confidence of pursuing the extremists' agenda. The negotiations on vaccine procurement had been conducted transparently by the Commission and the Member States.

By Markus Grabitz

Feature

July 7th, 2025

Plant protection: What the faster approval of biological agents achieves – and what it doesn't

When it comes to plant protection, the European Commission is also focusing on faster market access for biological products. They are intended to offer alternatives to chemical pesticides. Experts believe that this approach provides opportunities, but it is not a panacea.

By Julia Dahm

Feature | Frankreich

July 7th, 2025

What a renewed dissolution of parliament means for Macron

One year after his surprising dissolution of parliament, the French president would now have the opportunity to do so again. New elections would be risky but inevitable if the new draft budget is rejected. The far-right Rassemblement National is just waiting for this to happen.

By Claire Stam

Feature | Großbritannien

July 7th, 2025

UK: Why Keir Starmer is faltering after one year in office

The British Prime Minister is an important ally for the EU. However, after a year in office, Keir Starmer appears weakened and may even face early failure. The causes are home-made.

By Henning Hoff

An intelligent robotic arm operates swiftly, with panel sorting and packaging proceeding in an orderly manner at a local workshop of a whole-house customization smart manufacturing project

Feature | Technologie

July 6th, 2025

Industrial AI: How China wants to become the global market leader

China is not only expanding its AI capabilities in the field of language models – industrial production is also set to be systematically developed into a core technology area. Through this, Beijing wants to leverage huge efficiency gains.

By Julia Fiedler

Food delivery riders of JD Takeaway (L), the food delivery service under China s e-commerce giant JD.com, and Meituan (R) wait for the green light on the road on April 23, 2025 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province

Feature | Wirtschaft

July 6th, 2025

Key industries: Beijing declares war on the price war

For the longest time, fierce competition was China's recipe for success. But now, Xi Jinping personally warns that price pressure is jeopardizing innovation and growth. Why is that?

By Jörn Petring

Feature | China-Kompetenz

July 5th, 2025

Universities: What still motivates German students to study sinology

Sinology is gradually losing popularity. What motivates German students to choose Chinese studies in the first place? Table.Briefings asked 22 students.

By Redaktion Table

Feature | EU-Erweiterung

July 4th, 2025

Moldova: Why accession negotiations could be decoupled from Ukraine

Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa will meet with President Maia Sandu in Chișinău on Friday for their first EU-Moldova summit. The delicate question looming over the gathering will be whether Moldova can begin accession negotiations independently of Ukraine.

By Stephan Israel

Feature | Brics

July 4th, 2025

BRICS summit: China between leadership role and special status

Ahead of the BRICS summit, host Brazil avoids open confrontation with the United States and focuses the agenda on global equity issues. China is trying to position itself as the leading power of the Global South within the alliance.

By Leonardo Pape