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CRMA: fast-tracked through Council and Parliament

The Competitiveness Council and the Industry Committee of the EU Parliament discussed the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) yesterday. Both institutions want to agree on their positions before the summer. Above all, the debate about mining in nature reserves could get in the way of the ambitious schedule.

By Leonie Düngefeld

Meta fined billions: a new dawn for data protection

The European data protection authorities want the Facebook Group to pay a fine of €1.2 billion. It is not only the amount of the fine that marks a turning point in data protection – because in their decision, the supervisors state much more.

By Falk Steiner