The Digital Omnibus offers a great opportunity – if it focuses consistently on simplification, transparency and practicality. Europe’s digital future needs reliability, a sense of proportion and the courage to implement good rules effectively.
By Oliver Süme
The election in the Netherlands was not such a resounding a defeat for the far right as the media reported. Other extreme right-wing parties made gains, both there and in the EU Parliament.
By Manuel Müller
The Paris Agreement has changed the global economy, but progress is too slow. COP30 in Belém should set three priorities: Expanding renewables, abandoning fossil fuels, protecting forests — and fairness in all areas.
By Laurence Tubiana
The EUDR must be comprehensively reviewed. The IT problems are just the tip of the EUDR iceberg and show how immature the procedure is.
By Andreas Bitter
Southeast Asia is at a turning point: For decades, integration into global trade was the driving force behind growth and development. Today, it makes the region vulnerable – to trade wars, sanctions and geopolitical power games.
By Tan Sri Rebecca Fatimah Sta Maria and Mari Elka Pangestu
On Thursday, the EU Parliament will once again decide on the sustainability omnibus. At stake here is the EU’s credibility when it comes to cutting red tape, as companies need legal and planning certainty as quickly as possible.
By Oliver Zander
Halfway through the “critical decade” on climate action and 10 years after the Paris Agreement was adopted, it hasn't delivered what it was expected
By Stella Eick, Nicholas Omonuk Okoit, Hemavathi S. Shekhar and Tobias Holle
Germanwatch criticizes the fact that, at the last Environment Council, some member states pushed through demands to postpone ETS 2 by one year. The NGO makes suggestions on how this should be handled.
By Sylwia Andralojc-Bodych and Charly Heberer
The USA's withdrawal from international climate policy leaves a void that China could fill. But so far, the country has been rather cautious. Will this change in the future? What to look out for at the summit in Belém.
By Jennifer Morgan
Japan has elected a woman as prime minister for the first time: Takaichi Sanae. But before she can go down in history as the “Iron Lady,” she has to overcome three huge challenges – from fighting inflation and empowering women in the labor market to creating security for Japan in an increasingly tense geopolitical environment.
By Koichi Hamada
