The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) intends to amend the Federal Mining Act before the end of this legislative period in order to strengthen the domestic mining industry. This was announced by the ministry at the beginning of January in its key issues paper on raw materials strategy. The person responsible […]
This news will especially please Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, whose passion for road cycling was the subject of a tragicomedy by Charlotte Wirth, written for Europe.Table a few weeks ago: The EU Parliament’s Transport Committee (TRAN) is calling on the EU Commission to present a cycling strategy – with the aim of doubling the […]
In order to combat greenwashing and guarantee consumers reliable information, the EU Commission wants to regulate claims about the environmental friendliness of products and services in its green claims directive. According to the leaked draft, the information and environmental labels must be based on a scientifically sound methodology, such as the environmental footprint. Originally, the […]
The pressure is on, especially for Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton: After the supply bottlenecks caused by the pandemic and war, the EU now also has to react to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – and has meanwhile brought forward the deadline for the Critical Raw Materials Act several times. The end of November […]
The Commission’s draft for a new packaging ordinance is ambitious but falls short of the level already achieved in Germany on several points. This is the finding of a report by the Federal Environment Agency. At the end of November, the EU Commission had presented the draft as part of the second circular economy package. […]
Already in March 2020, the Commission announced a legislative proposal on sustainable consumption of goods and the right to repair as part of the Green Deal – its priority. Targeted amendments to the Directive on the sale of goods and a new right to repair are planned, either within the Directive or in a separate […]
For years, Emmanuel Macron has wanted to reform the French pension system, plans that have been accompanied by strong protests from the very beginning. Not only do the opposition and all unions reject Macron’s plans, but according to polls almost 75 percent of the population does as well. Tomorrow, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne is to […]
By introducing recycling quotas, more collection points and stronger ecodesign requirements, the high recycling potential of wind power and photovoltaic plants can be more fully exploited and the high consumption of raw materials in this sector can be reduced. This is stated by the NGO PowerShift in the study “Thinking raw material transition and energy […]
It was one of the most intense debates of the past year: Should investments in nuclear power and natural gas be included in the green taxonomy? A veto attempt in Parliament failed; in July, MEPs voted in favor of the complementary delegated act in plenary. It now entered into force on Jan. 1. The action […]
While environmental groups welcome the EU Commission’s proposal for a revision of the CLP Regulation and new hazard classes for chemicals, the chemical industry warns against generic risk management, a European go-it-alone approach and the bureaucratic burden on companies. The EU Commission had proposed a revised Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation earlier this week […]