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Morocco and Spain are planning a gigantic construction project under the Strait of Gibraltar. They want to connect Africa and Europe for vehicles, high-speed trains, and natural gas. The great project also requires German expertise.
By Christian Hiller von Gaertringen
The EU Commission informed the German government early on that, according to the Brussels authority, Germany only needs a few terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG). This emerges from internal minutes obtained by Table.Media. Berlin nevertheless pursued other plans.
By Manuel Berkel
The EU Commission wants to improve monitoring and risk management for the supply of critical raw materials and create a central coordinating body for this purpose. It is not yet clear what form this should take: Is stronger cooperation between national authorities sufficient? Or does the EU even need an active raw materials agency based on the Japanese model?
By Leonie Düngefeld
Europe's dependence on just a few suppliers to extract and process critical raw materials threatens our prosperity. If the mistakes made in the procurement of natural gas are not to be repeated, now is the time to act, write Veronika Grimm and Christina von Rüden. They look at the planned draft for an EU Critical Raw Materials Act.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The EU Commission plans a proposal for a regulation with the goal of improving cooperation between data protection supervisory authorities. The background to the initiative is problems with GDPR enforcement.
By Falk Steiner