Even though the EU Parliament’s Industry and Energy Committee (ITRE) is not the lead committee for most of the dossiers in the Fit for 55 package, its members are authorized to issue an opinion in the form of their own report. Yesterday, ITRE voted on a large number of these so-called “opinions.” An overview:CO2 fleet […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised Ukraine to finance direct arms deliveries from German industry. There are three ways to support Ukraine militarily. Because the limited stocks of the Bundeswehr did not allow for a large delivery of further military material, industry and the Ukrainian government had met to see what companies could supply. “Ukraine […]
On Monday, the European Commission approved a €20 billion German program to support companies affected by sanctions against Russia. A Polish aid package for the agricultural sector worth €836 million was also approved for the same reason.The EU executive informed that the German measure will be granted in the form of direct grants, tax or […]
Germany and its Western partners want to supply Ukraine with heavy weapons in the fight against Russian invading forces. On Tuesday, after a conference call with Western heads of state and government, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that they would coordinate closely on the supply of military equipment. German solo efforts, on the other hand, […]
Employers and trade unions have jointly warned against an import ban on Russian gas to Germany. Sanctions must be targeted, pressure must be put on the opposing side, and, if possible, damage to their own economy must be prevented, the Chairman of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations BDA, Rainer Dulger, and the Chairman of the German […]
On Monday, Catalonia’s regional leader Pere Aragonès accused the Spanish government of spying on its citizens. The human rights organization Citizen Lab had found that his phone and those of dozens of Catalan independence supporters had been infected with the “Pegasus” spy software.Citizen Lab found that more than 60 people associated with the Catalan separatist […]
If it’s up to the likely majority of MEPs of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), the planned Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will be introduced over a much shorter period than envisaged by the Commission. This emerges from a compromise proposal on both dossiers of the Fit for 55 package published by Contexte shortly before […]
The ambassadors of the EU member states have approved the Council’s positioning on the creation of green government bonds – also known as green bonds. This was announced by the Council on Wednesday. Green bonds are an EU instrument to finance investments in sustainable technologies in the energy, raw materials, transport, and research sectors.The regulation […]
75 percent of the EU’s external trade and 31 percent of its internal trade in terms of volume are conducted by water. In addition, according to the EU Commission, there are 400 million ship passengers in the member states each year, including around 14 million on cruise ships. Ships were responsible for 13.5 percent of […]