Given the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), representatives of the CDU and the Greens are calling for improvements to the EU Commission’s “Fit for 55” package. “We should sharpen the Commission’s proposals in one place or another,” Peter Liese, environmental policy spokesman for the EPP Group in the European Parliament, […]
After the General Data Protection Regulation, the Digital Services Act is the second great European act with a global scope and an essential part of the overall concept for Europe’s digital legal framework of the future. It is intended to rein in platform giants, create a protective space for discourse, and enforce the law. It […]
The joy of building and doing things himself has remained with him since childhood, says Paul Nemitz.Officially, others are setting the course for EU digital policy. Nemitz advises which train should run in which direction, how fast and to which destination. Since April 2017, the 59-year-old has been Principal Advisor for Legal Policy in the […]
The great powers in history have tended to have one thing in common: size matters. While a large market does not guarantee dominance in other realms, it certainly helps, perhaps more than any other single factor. This was true of the United States, and now it applies to China. Beyond being a leading economic and […]
In the West, people look with fear and concern at China’s military build-up. What is behind this? How would you describe the People’s Republic’s overarching strategy?There are two main categories: China’s first objective is to be able to defend what it perceives to be its national interests. This includes a national unification with Taiwan, as […]
Historically, the most powerful countries in the world have usually had one thing in common: their size. While a large market does not guarantee dominance in other areas, it certainly helps – perhaps more than any other single factor. This was true for the United States, and now it is true for China. Beyond its […]
“This is why you should NOT learn Chinese!”, “10 things no one will tell you about Mandarin!”, “How much do you really know about Hanzi???”. Well, did we get your attention? Then you’ve just fallen into the trap of the “Headline Gang”! In our language, better known as “Click baiting”. In China, click baiters who […]
Boeing faces an extremely important decision in the next few days. On Wednesday, a Boeing 737 Max 7 took off from the US aircraft manufacturer’s headquarters in Seattle, bound for China. After a stopover in Hawaii, it is due to arrive in Shanghai on Saturday, where it will be made available to the authorities for […]
After almost ten years of preparation, China has launched its own Emissions Trading System. For the first time in just over three weeks, companies have been able to buy and sell carbon certificates for almost 2,200 coal and gas-fired power plants. The Chinese ETS is the largest in the world measured in terms of carbon […]
It is right to include the building sector in a separate European Emissions Trading System that is as unbureaucratic as possible. Reinvesting the additional revenues in climate protection measures is also right and important – but here, it has to be ensured that revenues also fully benefit the respective sector from which they originate.A double […]
