It’s party conference time in the EU: the European parties are meeting over the next few weeks to adopt their European election programs and nominate their lead candidates. The Greens kicked things off at the beginning of February with Terry Reintke and Bas Eickhout, followed a few days ago by the Left with Walter Baier. […]
A health check should not be required every time authorities in the EU renew a driver’s license. Instead, the authorities in the member states should decide for themselves whether a health test should be carried out when renewing a driving license. The European Parliament has agreed on this position for the political negotiations with the […]
Today, the European Parliament is voting on the political agreement on the renaturation law. The most confusing legislative process of the last ten years is thus coming to an end. There was no majority in favor of the report in the parliamentary committees, but there was in the plenary. The Christian Democratic EPP had refused […]
MEP Martin Sonneborn has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014. Apart from (confused) “one-minute speeches on issues of political importance” and occasional comments on the situation of the Armenians, to whom Sonneborn feels a connection for family reasons, his membership of the Parliament has been characterized by inactivity. He claims to be […]
On Wednesday, Yulia Navalnaya will speak in the European Parliament. Martin Schirdewan will be sitting in the front row to her left. The leader of the Left Group in the European Parliament has found clear words on the death of Alexej Navalny in a Russian prison camp. He described Navalny’s death as “political murder” in […]
In the future, the number of inspection visits by authorities from member states to farms will be halved. This is one of the proposals to relieve farmers that the Commission will propose to the member states at the Agricultural Council meeting on Monday.In addition to suspending fallow land (GAEC 8), there will be further simplifications […]
The EU’s CO2 fleet legislation is coming under pressure. The German CDU and CSU will go into the European elections with the demand to revise the stipulated ban on combustion engines in 2035. This will put pressure on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is seeking a second term in office as the lead […]
The EU’s CO2 fleet legislation, which mandates the end of combustion technology in new cars after 2035, is under pressure. The German Christian Democrats will enter the European elections with demands to revise the combustion engine ban. According to EU rules, the next Commission could propose revising the CO2 fleet legislation and revoking the ban […]
The current WHO guideline values for air pollutants will not be transposed one-to-one into EU law. However, the limit values for air pollutants will be tightened from 2030. The number of air pollutants to be monitored at measuring points will be increased. Ammonia, for example, will be added, which could have an impact on rural […]
The CDU Executive Committee has unanimously nominated Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as the lead candidate of the Christian Democratic Party family EPP in the European elections. In the event of her re-election, her central project will be to strengthen the competitiveness of companies in Europe. Von der Leyen also insists on her proposal […]