The EU wants to significantly expand its fight against cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, and other "hybrid threats". This emerges from the draft of the new foreign policy strategy discussed at the Council meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday.
By Eric Bonse
Chinese newspaper Global Times has already called Charlie Weimers and other MPs "radical troublemakers." The reason: They had called for closer relations with Taiwan. But Brussels could be much more active in this regard, the MEP says. In an interview with Amelie Richter, Weimers talks about possible new sanctions and his meeting with Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.
By Amelie Richter
The compass is now supposed to show the way: The EU is currently debating its guiding strategy on defense and security – the so-called strategic compass. In the future, there is to be more commitment in the area of cyber defense. Brussels also wants to expand its involvement in the Indo-Pacific. That will anger Beijing.
By Amelie Richter
The regulation of the IT industry is not over yet. Now it is time for the concrete implementation of the laws. The Ministry of Information has presented a draft for this. One of the most important points: Companies are not allowed to pass on "core data" beyond China's national borders without special permission - not even to their own subsidiaries.
By Redaktion Table
Ransomware and state-tolerated or state-sponsored hacking are increasingly on the minds of institutions and companies. The revision of the Network Security and Information Directive is intended to provide some relief here — and is now on the legislative fast track.
By Falk Steiner
Technical standards are increasingly becoming the focus of politics. This is also – but not only – due to China. Till Hoppe asked Wolfgang Niedziella, President-designate of the European standardization organization CENELEC, how the standardization institutions intend to deal with the current challenges of geopolitics, digitalization and the Green Deal.
By Till Hoppe
