Germany and France disagree on EU climate policy: from taxonomy to emissions trading to CO2 border adjustment. Götz Reichert of the Centre for European Policy (CEP) nevertheless sees potential for Franco-German compromises.
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The other member states have hidden behind the EU Commission and the ECJ for too long, criticises Piotr Buras of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). This has only served to swell the crisis of the rule of law in Hungary and Poland. Now it's up to the governments to resolve the conflict.
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China wants to avoid a bad atmosphere among the population, and Xi Jinping himself advocates diligence instead of idleness. Nevertheless, the subversive term "tangping" has made it onto the list of Internet words of the year. It means "lying flat" and stands for a new social protest in the form of cultivated laziness. The young generation has had enough of constant strain and forced conformity to a competitive society. Johnny Erling shows how cartoonists pick up on the trend word in their drawings.
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Victor Warhem of the Centre de Politique Européenne in Paris analyses Republican candidate Valérie Pécresse's prospects of winning the upcoming presidential elections.
By Timo Landenberger
Clearer foreign policy vis-à-vis autocracies, visions for Europe: The traffic light coalition has set itself a number of goals. But the resistance to the laudable new course is considerable, analyses Jana Puglierin of the European Council on Foreign Relations. The new government must therefore seize opportunities.
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The digital product passport is intended to bundle environmentally relevant information such as materials or repairability of a product in a digital system. If the capital goods industry is ignored in its conception, bureaucratic chaos could follow, especially for smaller and medium-sized companies, fears VDMA President Karl Haeusgen.
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The Green Deal is the most effective solution to energy poverty, writes Alberto Vela of the EEB. The combination of energy efficiency, renewables and efficient building renovation has the greatest potential to decarbonise the EU economy and protect citizens from volatile prices.
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Xi is copying Mao: Following the example of a well-known hymn to the former Great Chairman, the new leader is also being given a ballad that praises his deeds. While the cult of personality is becoming increasingly grotesque, there is also growing resistance within the party.
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The long-time CDU MEP has known Angela Merkel since the spring of 1990 and advised the future German Chancellor on European policy. He explains from his own experience where her authority in the circle of heads of state and government came from – but also how it began to crumble.
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