The Euro 7 emissions standard will be applied for the first time in the second half of 2026 at the earliest. It will first be applied to new models of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles for which manufacturers must apply for a new type approval. The new rules will apply to these vehicles 30 […]
Who will be what? The poker game for the top jobs that will be filled after the European elections at the beginning of June has begun. The central question is the name of the Commission President for the 2024 to 2029 term. The first candidate is Ursula von der Leyen. The President of the Commission, […]
The Commission Representation in Germany and the two regional offices of the Commission in Bonn and Munich have no official heads. Since the Representative in Germany, Jörg Wojahn, moved to the Commission in Brussels in the summer, the Representation in Berlin has been without a leader. It is currently being managed on an interim basis […]
Germany is massively underrepresented in the EU institutions. As the largest member state, Germany accounts for 18.6 percent of the EU population. In the three most staff-intensive institutions; Commission, Parliament and Council, the proportion of employees with a German passport is significantly lower. In the Commission, the proportion of Germans is 6.7 percent, in the […]
The negotiators from Parliament and the Council have reached an agreement on the Euro 7 emissions standard. The limit values and the test regime for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles will be adopted from Euro 6. The limit values for heavy commercial vehicles will be tightened. This applies in particular to the air pollutants […]
The clock is ticking. The socialist PES party family is accepting applications for its lead candidate until Jan. 17. Nicolas Schmit, Commissioner for Social Affairs, is so far the only comrade who has come out of hiding and expressed an interest. However, the Luxembourger’s candidacy has so far hit a snag: at home in his […]
It is a historic breakthrough. The European Council cleared the way for accession negotiations with Ukraine and its neighbor, the Republic of Moldova. Georgia is also to be granted candidate status and accession talks with Bosnia-Herzegovina are to begin as soon as the country has fulfilled the conditions.No one had expected it: Viktor Orbán, who […]
The own-initiative report of Markus Pieper (CDU) on NGOs was significantly watered down in the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control. There was no majority for his call to the Commission to present an NGO law for more transparency and control of NGOs. The reference to the NGOs that the Commission founded to lobby for […]
It is official: Commission has given the green light for the disbursement of €10.2 billion to Hungary. This is around a third of the EU funds for the country, which the EU had blocked due to violations of the rule of law and other EU values. The Hungarian government has now fulfilled the approval requirements […]
According to reports, the Commission will clear the way on Wednesday for the disbursement of €10 billion in blocked EU funds to Hungary. The funds have been blocked because the Hungarian government has violated the rule of law and other EU values. As soon as the Commission decides on Wednesday, a total of €10 billion […]