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Max Schrems ist Datenschutzaktivist und Gründer von NOYB. Der Verein setzt Datenschutzrecht konsequent durch – notfalls auch gegen Aufsichtsbehörden und die EU-Kommission.

Data protection: 'We have a mass breach of law'

Max Schrems brought down the Privacy Shield, which was supposed to secure the processing of European data in the US legally. The lawyer and data protection activist has much more in store, as he explains in an interview with Europe.Table editor Falk Steiner.

By Falk Steiner

The EU data bet

Strengthening sovereignty, breaking up monopolies, promoting artificial intelligence: Europe's new digital policy is pursuing many goals at once. To this end, data law is also to be modernized – and create entirely new markets.

By Falk Steiner

'We will try to forge alliances against it'

The EU Commission presented its "Fit for 55" climate protection package in July. The introduction of a new Emissions Trading System (ETS) for road transport and buildings is particularly controversial. The plans have few supporters beyond the CDU and the auto industry, says Luxembourg's Energy Minister Claude Turmes in an interview with Charlotte Wirth.

By Charlotte Wirth

Fit for 55: sticking points of the major climate package

On Wednesday, the EU Commission will present its first major package of climate legislation. The package of measures will have a massive impact on numerous sectors of the economy: The automotive industry fears a premature end to the combustion engine while steel manufacturers fear the end of the allocation of free emission certificates.

By Timo Landenberger