The new year of relations between China and the EU is off to a shaky start: Anyone who wants to travel from the People's Republic to certain EU states will have to provide a negative Covid test as of next week. Beijing is not very happy about this. But trouble also looms on the horizon in other areas.
By Amelie Richter
Following the COP27, which was disappointing from the EU's point of view, calls for a European climate envoy are growing louder. They should only take care of the international climate negotiations. The idea is not easy to implement, but there would be some good candidates.
By Lukas Knigge