The Digital Services Act is on the home stretch in the European Parliament: Rapporteur Christel Schaldemose has managed to convince the representatives of the other political groups of her compromises. Next week, the Internal Market Committee will vote on it. We highlight the most important points of the compromise.
By Redaktion Table
The digital product passport is intended to bundle environmentally relevant information such as materials or repairability of a product in a digital system. If the capital goods industry is ignored in its conception, bureaucratic chaos could follow, especially for smaller and medium-sized companies, fears VDMA President Karl Haeusgen.
By Redaktion Table
The new cabinet is in place, but responsibilities are still being wrangled over. But it is foreseeable that the Greens will shape German policy in the EU – and thus secure a key position of power for themselves.
By Till Hoppe