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Manuel Müller erstellt seit 2014 regelmäßig Sitzprojektionen zur Europawahl.

'If the European elections were on Sunday …'

Ahead of the European elections in May 2024, Table.Media will publish a projection on the composition of the next European Parliament about every six weeks from now on. Political scientist Manuel Müller will create it, using the results of opinion polls from 27 member states.

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1 Lücken in der deutschen Klimapolitik - Übergabe Stellungnahme

The gaps in German climate policy

Even after the agreement reached by the coalition committee, the German government's climate action plans leave many questions unanswered. Germany needs a comprehensive long-term strategy to achieve its climate targets – but there is no such strategy. The German Science Platform Climate Protection (WPKS) explains which points it should include.

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Jörn-Carsten Gottwald, Steffi Weil, Markus Taube

How the EU discovers – and endangers – Taiwan

With closer ties to Taiwan, the EU wants to strengthen a democratic value partner and, at the same time, secure access to advanced chips. But semiconductor production in Europe, in particular, could weaken Taiwan. The solution lies in the flight forward – in even more extensive cooperation.

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Alpermann, Björn

Sinology in Germany: fighting distorted images

The impression that Sinology is corrupted by funding from the People's Republic is false. There is neither evidence of infiltration by Chinese money. Nor is there any evidence of a lack of integrity on the part of the scholars.

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Tank Man, prostitutes, rich monks and Biden's menu

Our "China Perspective" column is written by authors from the People's Republic who wish to remain anonymous. Today we have an insider's guide to Beijing. It is about four political places whose significance is easily overlooked at first glance.

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Claire Stam

What's cooking in Brussels? Cuisine nucléaire

Taxonomy, hydrogen, the reform of the electricity market and now the green industry: Nuclear power is present in all European environmental and energy debates. France deserves most of the credit for this. Because for Paris, the stakes are colossal.

By Claire Stam

Johnny Erling

The crusade of an unbowed man

The death of the 91-year-old military doctor Jiang Yanyong last Saturday came at an inopportune time for Beijing's leadership. He fought for the investigation into the military intervention against protesters in 1989 and was therefore regarded as the "doctor of conscience". This earned him harassment and years of house arrest.

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Miriam Saage-Maaß ist Legal Director beim ECCHR.

How effective is the French supply chain law?

The first lawsuit under the French supply chain law has failed. The ruling raises the question of whether the law and lawsuits can help prevent human rights violations and environmental damage at all.

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nora sausmikat China

Financial sector back in the party's grip

China is repositioning itself in financial regulation and changing its top staff members. This offers the possibility that China and the World Bank will come closer together in their recently strained relationship. However, this does not bode well for climate policy. For the new staff stands for a softening of the green credit guidelines.

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