There is a term that students of political science in France must remember: republican monarchy (“monarchie républicaine”). This term has immortalized the French political scientist Maurice Duverger and refers to the expansion of presidential powers in the Fifth French Republic. For example, the president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and holds the nuclear […]
Less than five months before COP28 in Dubai, the designated president of the World Climate Conference, Sultan al Jaber, presented his plans. During a ministerial meeting on climate protection in Brussels, jointly organized by the EU, China and Canada, al Jaber delivered a speech on Thursday. In his speech, he called for:He also called on […]
The vote on the nature restoration text from last Wednesday still lingers in the minds of many parliamentarians. Not only because of the 136 amendments that were also voted on by MEPs, not only because of the trilogue that will now begin, but also, above all, because of the political repercussions of this vote, which […]
On Thursday, China’s Minister of Ecology and Environment, Huang Runqiu, announced that his country would further expand its carbon market, “the largest in the world”. Runqiu did not provide further details on the scale and sectors of the expansion. China will also advocate for the financing of adaptation measures.At the joint ministerial meeting on climate […]
Rarely has a vote in the EU Parliament been so eagerly anticipated. After weeks of political disputes over allegations of manipulation and pressure from Green Deal Commissioner Frans Timmermans, the decision was finally made: The MEPs gathered in Strasbourg yesterday (Wednesday) adopted the controversial draft regulation on Nature Restoration Law with 336 votes in favor, […]
Rarely has a vote in the EU Parliament been awaited with so much suspense. After weeks of political wrangling over allegations of manipulation and pressure from Green Deal Commissioner Frans Timmermans, the verdict was finally in: the MEPs gathered in Strasbourg yesterday (Wednesday) approved the controversial draft nature restoration regulation with 336 votes in favor, […]
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of revising a law regulating industrial emissions (IED). In it, MEPs opposed extending the scope of the directive, as proposed by the EU Commission. The directive sets rules for the prevention and control of emissions from large agro-industrial facilities to air, water and soil. With the positioning […]
Welcome to Strasbourg, where the tension is as high as the temperatures. In a few hours, MEPs will decide the fate of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL), which has now become political dynamite. The outcome of the vote is uncertain, with a few votes likely to tip the balance, according to some observers. “Plus or […]
For weeks, the Brussels Bubble has been living in the political rhythm of the “Nature Restoration Law” or NRL, to use the jargon of insiders. In fact, the European People’s Party (EPP) has so far failed to prevent the law from passing. But it has managed to win enough MEPs to reject the text in […]
Yesterday, Wednesday, the European Commission presented its proposal for the deregulation of genetic engineering law, which had already been made public in advance. Although this proposal is in the interest of the Christian Democrats (EPP), there are no signs that the EPP will be changed by it before the decisive vote in the European Parliament […]