The Green Group in the European Parliament is drawing the first conclusions from the Malte Gallée case. At its meeting in Strasbourg this evening, a roadmap for dealing with the case was agreed. In addition, the internal rules on reports of harassment and sexual harassment are to be reviewed. Immediate measures were also agreed. These […]
The European Parliament has approved the political compromise on the Euro 7 emissions standard. Euro 7 is to apply to cars, vans, buses and heavy commercial vehicles. For the first time, there are also limit values for brake and tire wear, meaning that battery electric vehicles will also be regulated by the standard.There are also […]
The New European Bauhaus (NEB) will receive the sum of 40 million euros from the Horizon Europe research budget in 2024. According to information from Table.Briefings, this is what the Commission plans for the NEB. The New European Bauhaus is an initiative of the Commission to apply the Green Deal to construction or textile production, […]
René Repasi is the new chairman of the SPD delegation in the European Parliament. MEPs unanimously elected the 44-year-old as the successor to Jens Geier, who is stepping down after seven years in the post. Repasi only joined the Parliament in 2022, but the professor of European law quickly gained a good reputation. tho Udo […]
The European Parliament has approved the political compromise on the Industrial Emissions Directive. The directive tightens emission limits for industrial operations affecting air, water and soil. The rules also apply to larger agricultural operations raising pigs and chickens. Pig farmers with more than 350 livestock units (LSU) are affected. Organic farms are exempt. Poultry farms […]
CDU and CSU reject renewed borrowing by the EU. “Borrowing to finance the Coronavirus recovery program in the emergency situation of the pandemic must remain an exception”, states the joint EU election manifesto, which the CDU and CSU presidiums adopted in a joint meeting. The two parties are thus contradicting calls from southern European member […]
This week, the EU Commission intends to propose further relief for farmers. It wants to allow exceptions to three of the nine standards for the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions of land (GAEC) until the end of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) period in 2027. These include the rules on leaving part of the land […]
The spokesperson for EPP group leader Manfred Weber is running for the European Parliament. Dirk Gotink (42) is to head the list of Pieter Omtzigt’s New Social Contract party in the European elections. Gotink, who is Dutch, has been Weber’s press spokesman since 2018.Omtzigt’s list is expected to win up to four seats in the […]
Approximately 90 days before the European elections, the Christian democratic party family EPP elected Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as its lead candidate. This makes her a candidate for a second term at the helm of the Commission. “I am moved and grateful for the support,” said the 65-year-old when the election result was […]
The co-leader of the ECR Group in the European Parliament, Nicola Procaccini, rejects the syringe candidate principle. In an interview with Table.Briefings, Nicola Procaccini (Fratelli d’Italia), who is considered a confidant of Giorgia Meloni, said: “It is not within the competence of the European Parliament to choose the Commission President. That is a matter for […]