Rising energy prices are causing uncertainty throughout Europe. Part of the cost development is due to climate protection. In the EU Parliament, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermanns commented on the situation in the energy market: The Green Deal could de-escalate rather than exacerbate the development.
By Timo Landenberger
In China, an area of about 36,000 square kilometers is to be afforested annually until 2025. One goal of this project is to counteract climate change by creating larger CO2 reservoirs. Although the plan fits in with Beijing's target of a climate-neutral economy by 2060, its origins date much further back.
By Redaktion Table
This week, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit is taking place in Tajikistan – largely unnoticed by the West. That is a mistake. After all, a new power is forming here. And China is playing a key role.
By Michael Radunski
The program for implementing the "Digital Decade" is intended to encourage member states to use digital technologies more consistently. The main contents have become known before the official announcement by the EU Commission. But one crucial element is missing from the concept.
By Jasmin Kohl
Daimler and Geely are turning the 2.70-meter-long Smart into a four-meter-long compact SUV. The new design is an attempt to revive the loss-maker Smart. But the new car is pushing into a market segment with numerous competitors. And: The Smart loses its uniqueness with the new design.
By Frank Sieren
China's Communist Party is issuing a storm of rules, bans and restrictions. Its focus is on the country's youth – and its Internet companies, which have been enormously successful and profitable up to now. The party not only wants to set new values, but it also wants to set itself apart from the West with these standards. In this way, the CCP is returning to its role as a shaper of society, a role it had actually abandoned after Mao.
By Ning Wang
The dossier pipeline is full to bursting. Even if big issues such as DMA, DSA and AIA are already at an advanced stage of consultation – the Commission is working on further proposals for data markets, platform work, digital sovereignty and online law. The second part of the overview: What is yet to come.
By Jasmin Kohl
The EU's new pollutant strategy could lead to bureaucratic double regulation in environmental and climate protection and cause considerable cost burdens, the Center for European Policy (cep) warns in an analysis that will be published on Tuesday and was made available to Europe.Table in advance. The EU Commission should differentiate more precisely between the unattainable goal of a "pollution-free" and a "low-pollution" environment.
By Eric Bonse
The government in Taipei is buying new military equipment and is even redeveloping its existing systems. The development is reasonable: Under Xi Jinping, the People's Republic shows increasingly clear signals of strength. Moreover, the People's Liberation Army is arming itself. But what seems like an escalation could also follow its own well-balanced logic.
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Benjamin Wahl, Borussia Dortmund's China head, talks to China.Table about BVB's very special fan culture and how it can be transferred to the Far East. He also talks about Chinese players in the German Bundesliga and the opportunities for Chinese soccer between the five-year plan and grassroots work. Wahl says: "You can't buy success in soccer (after all)." The interview was conducted by Frank Sieren.
By Frank Sieren
