
The China strategy of the European Union is from 2019 – since then, the relationship between Brussels and Beijing has deteriorated noticeably. The EU wants to stick to the three-part assessment of China as partner, competitor and systemic rival. However, the middle part increasingly shifts into the focus of the relationship. A new, clear assessment by the European External Action Service also recommends this.
By Amelie Richter
Which committee gets which dossier? There have often been conflicts about this matter in the EU Parliament recently. The committee chairs want to end the dispute and speed up the process.
By Corinna Visser
After four years, the European socialist party family meets again for a congress. A new party leader is to be elected. The big rising star at the meeting in Berlin is someone else: Katarina Barley.
By Markus Grabitz