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The long night of trilogues

Trilogue agreements are often concluded in the middle of the night or even in the early morning hours before sunrise. Technically, these working hours are neither healthy nor natural. For us journalists and the publication cycle of Europe.Table, this is sometimes quite complicated.

By Lukas Knigge

Names and abbreviations: Why Chiquita works, but LULUCF doesn't

Anyone who wants to find their way around the EU has to learn complicated names and abbreviations. This does certainly not help people in Europe to better understand what the politicians in Brussels are up to. Name inventor Manfred Gotta knows how things could be better.

By Corinna Visser

Medienrummel beim EU-Gipfel im März in Brüssel,

Summits: Much ado about (almost) nothing

When Europe's heads of state and government meet, the world watches. Reporters from all corners of the globe wait for results. But the results do not always justify the effort and attention.

By Till Hoppe

München 07.11.2021: Martin Schulz, Abgeordneter des 19. Deutschen Bundestages, stellvertretendes Mitglied im Auswärtigen

Martin Schulz: 'Manfred Weber's way is wrong'

Throughout his political life, Martin Schulz, chairman of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, has dealt with right-wing nationalists, neo-fascists and populists. In an interview with Horand Knaup, he talks about Silvio Berlusconi, whom he legendarily defied 20 years ago, about the essential elements of democratic culture and the fears of decline of once stable social milieus.

By Horand Knaup