EPP divided over taxonomy vote + Supervisors wanted for DSA and DMA + China’s popularity in Africa

Should nuclear power and natural gas be classified as sustainable in the EU taxonomy? MEPs from almost all parties want to prevent this – today at noon, the roll call vote on the veto on the Commission proposal will take place. The result is by no means certain, which is mainly due to one political group: the EPP. The spokesman for environmental policy, Peter Liese, assumed yesterday evening that his group would have a majority against the veto. But the party seems divided on the issue, writes Leonie Düngefeld. And the German population is also divided on this issue, as a recent Civey survey commissioned by Table.Media shows.

Yesterday, the European Parliament approved the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act by a large majority. But for the DMA and DSA to take effect, the new regulations must also be enforced. In the future, the EU Commission will bear the main burden of supervising digital companies, something it partly never intended to do in the first place. Now, the authority is undergoing an internal reorganization. At the same time, it is looking for experts. But those are notoriously scarce. Till Hoppe and Falk Steiner have the details.

A multi-billion promise from the G7, the EU’s Global Gateway Initiative and many affirming words: Western countries want to position themselves as Africa’s energetic partners – not least to limit China’s influence on the continent. But Chinese involvement is extremely welcome in Africa. Studies show that the People’s Republic has long since overtaken Europe in some areas, and young Africans now perceive it as the superpower with the most positive influence. Even the debts of African countries to China, which are often discussed in the West, are not considered a major problem by experts, Katja Scherer has learned.

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