Kerstin Maria Rippel has been Managing Director of the German Steel Federation for ten months. She wants to make the industrial sector more sustainable, in the midst of a crisis of all things.
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Juergen Kretz takes over from Chris Kuehn and joins the Bundestag. This is good news for the House's China expertise. Kretz learned Chinese as part of his studies and worked in Beijing for some time. His focus is now on supply chain policy.
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Anja Ketels once came back from China with more questions than answers. That has changed. As a management consultant, she gives foreign companies with ambitions in the country important tips for interacting with the People's Republic.
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In a surprise move, Emmanuel Macron has appointed politician Jean-Marie Bockel as his personal Africa envoy. The French president apparently wants to send a strong signal in French-speaking Africa.
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SPD politician and European Parliament Vice-President Katarina Barley is her party's lead candidate for the 2024 European elections. In the election campaign, she wants to defend Europe against the right and show people what an AfD or Le Pen election victory would mean.
By Markus Grabitz
The military is paying more and more attention to the climate. Richard Nugee, retired Lieutenant General of the British Armed Forces, shows how much a country's security depends on the climate and how the armed forces can adapt.
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The financial economist is one of Olaf Scholz's closest advisors in the Chancellery. He believes that one of the main tasks of the next EU Commission will be to drive forward the Capital Markets Union and mobilize more private capital.
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Zhao Renjian cooks authentic Sichuan cuisine – in his restaurant and as a private chef. His skills have helped him earn widespread praise from the Chinese community and, ultimately, a residence permit in Germany.
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French MEP and agricultural expert Christophe Clergeau (S D) is currently making a name for himself as a shadow rapporteur in the negotiations on new genetic engineering techniques. An advocate of stronger regulation of agricultural markets, he will be running in the next European elections.
By Claire Stam
The experienced climate politician John Podesta will succeed the US climate envoy John Kerry. The 75-year-old looks back on a long career in Washington and has been part of the US delegation at important climate conferences.
By Isabel Adler
