Now that the EU Parliament and the EU Ministers of the Environment have agreed to phase out the internal combustion engine by 2035, representatives of the automotive industry are pressing all the harder for the rapid expansion of the charging infrastructure. The framework conditions and clear targets that create the conditions for the ramp-up of […]
In view of the chaotic conditions at some European airports, MEP Dennis Radtke (CDU) calls for intervention by the EU Commission as well as national governments. He said there was a lack of staff for check-in, security checks, and baggage loading. This is the main reason why many passengers miss their flights and sometimes have […]
The EU Parliament defined its position on the “ReFuelEU Aviation” legislative proposal in Strasbourg on Thursday. The proposal from the EU Commission’s Fit-for-55 package is intended to promote the use of sustainable fuels in aircraft and at airports in the EU. In doing so, the parliamentarians largely adopt the compromises of the dossier negotiated in […]
The CO2 emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) will in future be assessed on the basis of how much they emit when actually operated on the road. This was decided on Tuesday at a meeting of the EU Commission’s Technical Committee for Motor Vehicles. For this purpose, the so-called utility factor of PHEVs is […]
Members of the European Parliament on Tuesday voted in favor of Croatia’s entry into the Eurozone. With 539 votes in favor, 45 against and 48 abstentions, the Parliament adopted Siegfried Mureșan’s (EPP, RO) report stating that Croatia meets all the criteria for adopting the euro on January 1, 2023.MEPs also note that Croatia has already […]
More than 40 countries and international organizations have pledged their support for the reconstruction of Ukraine in a “Lugano Declaration”. Representatives including Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom and France signed the document on Tuesday in the city in the Swiss canton of Ticino. “The reconstruction of a free & democratic Ukraine is our […]
The German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) believes that the new Council compromise does not solve the industry’s problems with the planned CO2 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). It is true that the Council proposal is better than that of the Commission and Parliament, explains a VCI spokesman. “But viewed in its entirety on the CBAM […]
The EU’s “no” to phasing out internal combustion engines was the right thing to do, FDP leader and German Finance Minister Christian Lindner tweeted on Wednesday morning. CO2-free fuels in passenger cars remain possible even after the agreement of the EU environment ministers, in his view. Many see it differently. They see the agreement at […]
It was not an easy task from the start. A single general orientation of the Environment Council for five partly completely different legislative proposals of the Fit for 55 package – in the end, the position of the 27 member states now stands. This means that the trilogue negotiations with the EU Parliament can begin […]
85 percent of aircraft fuel are supposed to be sustainable by 2050. Members of the Transport Committee in the EU Parliament (TRAN) voted on the ReFuelEU Aviation legislative proposal on Monday afternoon. From 2025, the share of so-called sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in the total consumption of European aviation is to be 2 percent, rising […]