Rental prices in Europe have only been going in one direction for years: upwards. Ursula von der Leyen has made the issue of affordable housing one of the most important social projects in her political guidelines. As one of the measures for more affordable housing, von der Leyen also wants to tackle the rules on […]
Is Germany facing the forced decommissioning of more than eight million old diesel cars? An upcoming ECJ ruling could lead to this, claims Minister for Transport Volker Wissing. To prevent this from happening, the car industry has now submitted a proposal on how this could be legally avoided. Markus Grabitz analyzes what it contains.The Critical […]
On Tuesday, the Council gave the green light for money to Kyiv from the EU’s Ukraine Facility. A total of almost €4.2 billion is to flow to Ukraine in the first regular payment in the form of grants and loans.With the financial aid, the EU wants to enable the Ukrainian state to continue paying wages […]
The summer break is also making its presence felt in Brussels, which gives us a great opportunity to delve into the topic of blue hydrogen with a fresh perspective. This cleaner fuel is poised to play a crucial role in the EU’s transition towards a more climate-friendly industrial sector. Our energy expert, Manuel Berkel, breaks […]
In the dispute over family benefits, the EU Commission intends to take Germany and Italy to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). This was announced on Thursday. Both cases involve allegations of discrimination against mobile EU citizens. In Bavaria, some of them receive lower family benefits or are even excluded from them in Italy for […]