Without graphite from the People's Republic, the electric car industry comes to a standstill. The Chinese leadership has recognized this and is now using this dependency as a political tool. At the same time, China wants to prevent the development of an independent battery industry in other countries. This makes the tentative attempts by the USA and Europe to build up an independent battery industry considerably more challenging.
By Experts Table.Briefings
In Brussels, the campaign for the next European elections is slowly getting underway. In Paris, the focus is already on the next presidential elections in 2027, with a duel developing in President Macron's camp between the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Education.
By Claire Stam
In the run-up to the European elections, Table.Media regularly publishes a current projection by political scientist Manuel Müller on the composition of the next European Parliament. Seven months before the election, the Socialists, Liberals, Greens, and Left are losing ground. The EPP and right-wing forces are making gains.
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The blanket statement by German Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger on Chinese researchers crosses the line. It contradicts the German Basic Law, which stipulates that no one may be discriminated against based on their ethnic background.
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Ahead of this week's Ecofin meeting of EU finance ministers, the NGO Fiscal Future is calling for the EU framework for economic governance to be relaxed to allow sufficient investment for social and environmental goals. The austerity course that Germany is helping to drive forward would be expensive in the long term, write Carolina Ortega Guttack and Carl Mühlbach.
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Our "China Perspective" column is written by authors from China. Today's article is dedicated to the death of the recently departed former Premier Li Keqiang and the reaction of the Chinese people.
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Excessive emissions, insufficient measures – the transportation sector is the problematic child in Germany and Europe when it comes to climate protection. Now, it has the opportunity to transform into a model student, writes Kim Kohlmeyer of T E. However, to achieve this, the Ministry of Transport must stop dragging its feet.
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The solutions to China's declining birth rates cannot be solely material or monetary. Achieving greater gender equality is just as important.
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German Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger calls for more vigilance in collaborations with China and criticizes the CSC scholarship program. Wuerzburg researchers Doris Fischer and Hannes Gohli call for less generalizing and warn of unintentional social profiling.
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The issue of water is still a blind spot for most political and economic actors in Europe. Yesterday, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) presented its plan for an EU water strategy: Water should be seen as a scarce resource that needs to be protected.
By Claire Stam
