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The controversial project of an EU-wide clinical evaluation of medicinal products and medical devices (Health Technology Assessment, HTA) is coming to an end after years of wrangling. The agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in the summer has now been formally confirmed by the European Parliament. However, there will be no binding assessment of clinical benefit for all member states.
By Eugenie Ankowitsch
On Wednesday, the European Commission wants to present the revision of the gas market regulations and thus pave the way for low-carbon fuels. In the long term, hopes rest in particular on green hydrogen. But the associated regulatory chaos is jeopardizing the energy transition, observers say. The criteria for production, in particular, are drawing a lot of criticism.
By Timo Landenberger
Actually, the new TTDPA was supposed to lead to more legal certainty, but now the dispute about cookies is really getting started: Consumer protectionists are suing German publishers, and Google continues to work on the abolition of cookies.
By Redaktion Table
Germany and France disagree on EU climate policy: from taxonomy to emissions trading to CO2 border adjustment. Götz Reichert of the Centre for European Policy (CEP) nevertheless sees potential for Franco-German compromises.
By Redaktion Table