On February 23rd, it is finally to come, the directive on sustainable corporate governance – almost three years after Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders announced a law. Time and again, there were delays. In the end, the Commission also failed due to two negative assessments by the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB), a Commission-internal body that is […]
The time has finally come. On February 23, the regulation on sustainable corporate governance, also known as the EU Supply Chain Act, is supposed to be presented – almost three years after European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders announced the legislation. There have been frequent delays. The European Parliament fears that this has further diluted […]
Mr. Goldthau, how serious do you think the energy crisis in Europe is?We are currently discussing energy prices and security of supply. Here, the situation is undoubtedly serious. But if war really breaks out in Ukraine, we have a scenario that goes far beyond that. It would be about the stability of a country, about […]
Minister, you said a few weeks ago that the energy price crisis was a “short-term extreme situation”. Do you still believe that?We are in an atypical situation; after all, a war between Russia and Ukraine is on the horizon. But the question we already had to ask ourselves during the last Russia-Ukraine crisis is how […]
As a rule, the Commission adopts delegated acts in writing through the so-called written procedure. With the legal act on taxonomy, the Commission may deviate from this rule. At least that’s what the Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, says. “This is probably being discussed in the Collège.” In that case, the only […]
At the end of the month, the European Commission plans to formally adopt the Taxonomy Delegated Act. The Commission’s proposal is controversial. According to it, investments in gas and nuclear power are to be considered sustainable in the future, provided they meet certain conditions. In this way, President Ursula von der Leyen is accommodating the […]
One person, in particular, will have been pleased with the draft taxonomy that the European Commission sent to member states shortly before midnight on December 31st: French EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton. “We need nuclear power to become climate neutral. Therefore, it was always clear that it must not be excluded from the […]
Ms. Dieschbourg, the taxonomy draft shortly before midnight on December 31 was certainly not a pleasant gift.There is no way to sugarcoat it. The Commission did not send a good signal when it launched the taxonomy procedure on New Year’s Eve. Yes, Ms. von der Leyen promised that she wanted to deliver by the end […]
“I want my life back,” Luxembourg’s economy and health minister said about a year ago when he quit the government. Before that, the very liberal and business-friendly socialist deputy prime minister – also known for buying land for Greek yogurt producers – got himself elected to quite a few boards of directors. After that, Etienne […]
To move away from nuclear energy or not? This is the question the Belgian government currently has to answer. Nuclear power accounted for around 38 percent of Belgium’s energy production in 2020. But the phase-out of nuclear power has been enshrined in law since 2003. In the coalition agreement, the seven governing parties agreed about […]