Alongside security and defence issues, the EU agenda includes a "just and fair climate transition" while simultaneously reducing energy imports.

Health, care, schools, transport, administration, jurisdiction - there is hardly a government domain in which artificial intelligence is not touted as a "wonder weapon".

The figures are getting worse: Germany, Austria and Switzerland are reporting record insolvency figures for the first half of 2024. The blame is being placed on the "crises" of recent years.

The agreement on the 2025 budget provides Germany with nothing more than a short break. It will need many years to mitigate the fatal economic consequences of a completely misguided social, economic and energy policy.

The East StratCom Task Force or other European Union measures to combat alleged disinformation are not about sharing information for coordination and cooperation.

Digitisation is already a feature of much of our daily lives. Even payment via electronic banking or the Internet is a matter of course for many people.

Will digital money lead to total surveillance of our society? There is great concern about the loss of privacy.

The technological component of a digital currency offers possibilities that do not exist with physical cash.

The closer we get to the introduction of digital currency, the more politicians and bankers want to allay our concerns with simple arguments.

We are taking up the four points he made on that occasion in the form of a mini-series, and supplementing them with a few additional facts and aspects.