IG Metall Baden-Württemberg is sounding the alarm over Chinese truck manufacturers’ push into Europe. The findings on new Chinese truck startups are seen as particularly worrying.
By Redaktion Table
Fujian wants closer ties with Taiwan. Among other measures, it aims to bring more Taiwanese workers to Fujian.
By Redaktion Table
The dispute between the US and South Africa is creating new opportunities for economic cooperation between South Africa and Europe. But if this is to succeed, trade relations must be refreshed, say authors at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in a recent paper.
By David Renke
Following his election as chair of the CDU/CSU group in the European Parliament, Niclas Herbst is giving up his chairpersonship of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT). His party colleague Andreas Schwab is set to take over.
By Markus Grabitz
DUH considers the plan to also promote the purchase of hybrid vehicles from the Climate and Transformation Fund to be unconstitutional. In the event that it remains in the law, it intends to extend its constitutional complaint to this.
By Alexandra Endres
The European Commission has classified the WhatsApp channels feature as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) service, subjecting it to VLOP rules under the Digital Services Act. The private messaging service remains exempt from these rules.
By Corinna Visser
In 2025, investments in the energy and transportation transition increased. Despite Trump, investment has also increased in the USA. The hydrogen and nuclear sectors are weakening.
By Nico Beckert
A new legal opinion considers the feared abolition of competition for smart meters to be unlawful. According to the experts, the monopolization of metering point operation violates EU and constitutional law.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
Social imbalance in e-mobility: Without targeted funding, around 5.6 million parking spaces in apartment buildings could remain unprepared for electric charging, warns T&E.
By Kai Schöneberg
