There is tension between Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and Head of State Emmanuel Macron. The reason is the state of the French state budget, known in Parisian jargon as “fipu” for “finances publiques.” The national deficit increased surprisingly significantly last year and amounted to 5.5 percent of GDP. The government had only […]
MEPs adopted the new regulation on methane in the energy sector with 530 votes in favor, 63 against and 28 abstentions. The agreement aims to ban the venting of methane and severely restrict flaring. In the future, leaks in pipelines and leaking valves must be detected and repaired, said co-rapporteur Jutta Paulus (Greens). Methane emissions […]
There will be a lot of noise next Tuesday (April 9) at the usually discreet European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. This is because the Grand Chamber of the ECHR will announce its verdict on three climate lawsuits – a ruling that has the potential to shift the dynamics in climate policy.But what […]
In many European countries, the Green Deal and its agricultural arm, the farm-to-fork strategy, have been in the sights of farmers for weeks. The main reason for the farmers’ discontent lies in the environmental protection requirements, which were originally developed to improve soil quality and biodiversity. Ultimately, the land sector is supposed to make a […]
According to the first industrial barometer published on Wednesday by the French Ministry of Industry, 29 of the 201 new industrial site openings counted in France in 2023 were linked to the green industry and circular economy sectors. The sector includes recycling, renewable energies and the production of hydrogen-powered batteries, according to the ministry. Alongside […]
“This thriller never ends,” summarizes European Parliament member Jutta Paulus, responsible for the Greens/EFA group in the negotiations on the Nature Restoration Law, abbreviated NRL.The official adoption of the law was supposed to happen next Monday in the Council of Environment Ministers. In principle, this was expected to be a formality. Because the law had […]
In the 2019 European elections, the European Liberals ran seven candidates from seven different countries; this year there are three. Valérie Hayer for Renaissance, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann for the ALDE party and Sandro Gozi for the European Democratic Party. The Franco-German signature of this trio is clear. Two candidates, Valérie Hayer and Sandro Gozi, belong to […]
The French Minister of the Economy, the Germanophile Bruno Le Maire, traveled to Berlin yesterday to visit his German counterpart Christian Lindner. Today he is speaking at the “Europe 2024” conference. But before he flew to the German capital, he presented his new book to the French press, which will be published in Paris tomorrow. […]
It was one of the promises Macron made to protesting farmers at the Salon d’Agriculture, the country’s largest agricultural trade fair, at the end of February: a “minimum price” would apply to agricultural products in the future in order to guarantee farmers a fair income. According to Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau, this should be based […]
Valérie Hayer chose a drastic comparison: “Yesterday Daladier and Chamberlain, today Le Pen and Orbán (…) We are in Munich in 1938,” said the leading candidate of the Renaissance Party at the start of her campaign for the European elections. Hayer compared the position of the Rassemblement National (RN) on the Russian war against Ukraine […]