Next Thursday, the European Parliament will vote on its mandate for the Due Diligence Act. The vote is likely to be close, as broad opposition to the report by Lara Wolters (S&D) is forming in the EPP. “We as a CDU/CSU group will vote against the report on Thursday”, co-chair Daniel Caspary tells Table.Media. He […]
According to the Duden dictionary, a paradox is a seemingly nonsensical, false statement that, on closer analysis, points to a higher truth. This also applies to the Foreign Interference Act, the legislative project against external influences, which the Commission wants to present in the near future: nobody wants it, everybody resists. And the higher truth? […]
A deputy grabbing her assistant’s butt. An MEP masturbating in front of an intern. These are experiences shared by employees of the European Parliament on the blog MeTooEP. The individual incidents cannot be verified, the posts are anonymous. However, it is clear that allegations of assaultive behavior repeatedly arise in the European Parliament.There are no […]
The EU has been at an impasse over the Energy Charter Treaty since November. At that time, the modernization of the controversial Investor Protection Treaty was to be decided at a meeting of the ECT states. But the EU states were unable to agree on a position. Since then, the EU has blocked the modernization […]
The goals of the EU sustainability agenda not only mean new requirements for European companies that have to review their supply chains but also new requirements for countries that export to the EU market. These are confronted with new standards and norms and must also reckon with increased controls of production conditions and independent efforts, […]
Affordable. Accessible. Available. These are the three keywords used by the Commission to describe its new pharmaceutical package. A directive, a regulation, and a Council communication are intended to ensure that people in the EU receive better medical care. EU Vice Commissioner Margaritis Schinas spoke of an “epic” package: “Never before in the history of […]
The JURI Legal Affairs Committee has struggled for a long time to reach a compromise. Today, the MEPs will vote on their position on the Due Diligence Act (CSDD). Some of the meetings with rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs have lasted until the early morning.In order to reach an agreement, rapporteur Lara Wolters had to accept […]
Mr. Potier, in 2017, a corporate due diligence law was passed in France for the first time, the so-called “Rana Plaza Law”. Was the building collapse in Bangladesh four years earlier the impetus?No. The law is nicknamed “Rana Plaza”, but the impulse came from French civil society. In the 2012 presidential elections, NGOs made twelve […]
He bears the name of the Germanic god of thunder. Thor is the name of the latest generation crash test dummy that is meant to help make cars safer. The name is significant. To this day, vehicles are only required to be tested with male dummies in order to be approved for use in Europe.The […]
The nuclear fusion reactor ITER will cost at least 22 billion euros. The reactor is being built in Cadarache in southern France and is intended to pave the way for electricity generation from nuclear fusion. “By the end of this century, as fossil fuels will be phasing out of the energy mix, fusion could become […]