More than 60 of Europe’s largest companies in the consumer, financial and energy sectors, including Nestlé, Unilever and IKEA, voiced their support for a Nature Restoration Law. The groups, including Nestlé, Danone, Rémy Cointreau and Ikea, are calling for an “urgent adoption of regulations that promote an ambitious and legally binding EU nature law” to […]
The parliamentarians of the ENVI Committee will vote on June 15 on the Nature Restoration Law as proposed by the Vice-President of the European Commission and Green Deal leader Frans Timmermans. And this vote is drawing all the attention of the Brussels bubble right now. Meanwhile, the negotiations resemble a political contest worthy of House […]
Political tensions are mounting ahead of the June 15 vote in the ENVI Committee on the Nature Restoration law proposal. The EPP complains of being put under pressure during the negotiations by the European Commission and, in particular, by Vice-President Frans Timmermans as well as Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius.“Vice-President Timmermans crossed a red line during […]
According to the World Bank, sea levels are expected to rise by 10 to 100 centimeters by 2100. Based on these estimates, the Maldives could be completely submerged. How is your country preparing for this?By 2050, 80 percent of the Maldives will be uninhabitable. The Maldivian government has set itself the goal of creating new […]
Almost half of EU citizens believe that the political and economic situation in the EU is moving in the wrong direction. This is shown by the Eurobarometer published by the European Parliament on Tuesday. France is at the top of the list of skeptics. Nevertheless, three quarters of EU respondents favor EU support for Ukraine. […]
According to the World Bank, future sea levels are projected to increase in the range of 10 to 100 centimeters by the year 2100. With these estimates, the Maldives could be completely submerged. This has led to action being taken. What kind of projects the Maldives is putting in place?By 2050, 80 percent of the Maldives is not […]
According to the World Bank, future sea levels are projected to increase in the range of 10 to 100 centimeters by the year 2100. With these estimates, the Maldives could be completely submerged. This has led to action being taken. What kind of projects the Maldives is putting in place?By 2050, 80 percent of the Maldives is not […]
EU agriculture ministers will meet in Brussels next Tuesday. One of the main courses will be talks with the Ukrainian Minister of Agriculture, who will attend the meeting. Also on the menu: Portugal’s agriculture minister will talk about the drought in his country and its impact on the national agricultural sector.A distinctive feature of the […]
Eine Besonderheit des Agrarsektors ist, dass er gleichzeitig Opfer und Lösung der globalen Erwärmung ist. Dieses Paradoxon nährt die politischen Spannungen um den landwirtschaftlichen Teil des Fit-for-55-Pakets. Denn es ist eine Tatsache: Die globale Erwärmung und die dadurch verursachten wiederkehrenden Dürren machen die Anfälligkeit des landwirtschaftlichen Systems deutlich.Der Sektor ist umso anfälliger, als es ihm […]
Mr Timmermans, you are drawing a lot of criticism for your proposals to restore nature and reduce pesticides. The EPP rejects them and argues with food safety. We know very well where the real threat to food security comes from: the climate crisis, the overuse of pesticides and also farming practices that require a lot of […]