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3 weeks ago | 
table.media | Fabian Peltsch |Anna Gauto |Corinna Visser
The Commission has withdrawn the legislative proposal for separate AI liability. Read about a proposal to fill the gap at Table.Briefings. By withdrawing its proposal for an AI Liability Directive (AILD), the EU Commission has, according to some critics, left key questions regarding liability along the AI value chain unresolved.
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3 weeks ago | 
table.media | Horand Knaup |Lukas Scheid |Fabian Peltsch
A speed limit on freeways brings lower CO₂ savings than expected, according to a study commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and published in the middle of the ongoing coalition negotiations. A study commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Transport shows that a speed limit on German freeways would have a relatively small effect on the climate.
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3 weeks ago | 
table.media | Kai Schöneberg |Lukas Scheid |Fabian Peltsch
Home|Energy expert: Invest in large-scale batteries instead of gas-fired power plants.|Berlin energy expert and former SPD member of parliament Klaus Mindrup recommends installing large-scale batteries for energy security instead of investing in new gas-fired power plants. Read the details at Table.Briefings. Berlin energy expert and former SPD member of parliament Klaus Mindrup calls for more decentralization in the German electricity system.
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4 weeks ago | 
table.media | Lukas Scheid |Fabian Peltsch |Bernhard Poetter
Home|Environment Council: New CBAM initiative and disagreement over 2040 climate target.|For the first time since the EU Commission presented the Clean Industrial Deal, the member states discussed the plans from Brussels in the Environment Council on Thursday. This also revealed rifts on fundamental issues.
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1 month ago | 
table.media | Fabian Peltsch |Claire Stam |Emily Kossak
"For the first time since the end of the Second World War, Germany and Europe must be in a position to guarantee security in Europe to a significant extent themselves," states the working group's draft in the coalition negotiations. In their coalition negotiations, the CDU/CSU and SPD are calling for Europe to take greater responsibility for its own defense.
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1 month ago | 
table.media | Fabian Peltsch |Claire Stam |Viktor Funk
"For the first time since the end of the Second World War, Germany and Europe must be in a position to guarantee security in Europe to a significant extent themselves," states the working group's draft in the coalition negotiations. In their coalition negotiations, the CDU/CSU and SPD are calling for Europe to take greater responsibility for its own defense.
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1 month ago | 
table.media | Till Hoppe |Fabian Peltsch |Viktor Funk
According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, nine percent of all German companies have fallen victim to an espionage attack in the past five years. These are increasingly coming from Russia and China. According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, German authorities and companies must protect themselves better against sabotage and espionage by Russian and Chinese actors, reports the German newspaper Handelsblatt.
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1 month ago | 
table.media | Fabian Peltsch |Jörn Petring
Aid organizations demand the halt of two projects in Tanzania that are intended to sequester carbon in the soil. They point to negative consequences for the Maasai ethnic group. Find out more in Table.Briefings. The Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) – which includes the aid organization Misereor, the human rights organization FIAN and the Society for Threatened Peoples – has called for a halt to two large-scale projects in Tanzania that are intended to sequester carbon in the soil.
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1 month ago | 
table.media | Till Hoppe |Markus Grabitz |Fabian Peltsch
Home|Trade agreement: EU and India want agreement by the end of the year|Ursula von der Leyen's visit to India brings a bilateral free trade agreement within reach. India wants an agreement on the CBAM carbon border adjustment mechanism, while the EU is calling for lower import duties on cars, whiskey and wine. The agreement should be in place by the end of the year. The clock has been set for the India-EU Free Trade Agreement.
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2 months ago | 
table.media | Nico Beckert |Fabian Peltsch |Angela Köckritz
Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People's Republic. Its population is not particularly interested in the German elections. However, the positions of election front-runner Merz on migration and German corporate risks in China have caused an uproar. Find out more in Table.Briefings. The upcoming snap election in Germany has also attracted attention in the People's Republic and the Chinese community in Germany. Within China, however, European politics is rarely discussed.
