According to reports, Věra Jourová and Didier Reynders will speak about Hungary at the College today. They will explain that the Budapest government has created the conditions for the disbursement of some of the funds that the EU has so far withheld due to Hungary’s violations of the rule of law and other EU values. […]
There are no signs of an e-fuels-only solution that would allow new cars to run on e-fuels even after the 2035 ban on combustion engines. The member states are blocking each other. Germany is committed to ensuring that e-fuels that emit at least 70 percent less carbon than fossil fuels along the entire value chain […]
Negotiations on the Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) between the Council and Parliament have failed. The emergency instrument should guarantee the functioning of the internal market in crises. It should ensure that supply chains do not break in a pandemic, for example, and that medical staff and technicians can travel within the single market even […]
Minister of State, important decisions on the EU’s future will be made at the European Council at the end of the week; they concern enlargement and internal reforms. But Viktor Orbán could blow up the agenda …It would not be the first time that Viktor Orbán tries to play games with the entire community for […]
The EU Commission should not have 26 Commissioners, but only 18. The European Parliament is to have only one seat, in Brussels. There is also no longer talk of commissioners but of ministers. It is not yet clear which member state may appoint a minister for Brussels. MEPs are to have the right to nominate […]
When it gets cold, Jens Gieseke gets on his bike. The CDU MEP is riding from Brussels to Parliament’s headquarters in Strasbourg on his second fundraising tour (www.jens-gieseke.de/cycleforukraine) for the people of Ukraine. He is collecting mileage for the aid organization “Helping Hands”. Nasty, cold, and wet weather will accompany him on his four stages, […]
The member states have undertaken the general alignment of the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA). In doing so, they have expanded the list of eligible technologies. The Commission had proposed eight technologies. The Council of Member States has extended the list by two to ten technologies:The NZIA is intended to facilitate investment in climate-friendly technologies. The […]
The rules of origin for EVs from the free trade and cooperation agreement between the UK and the EU should not take effect in 2024, but three years later, i.e. in 2027. According to reports, the EU Commission intends to make this proposal today, Wednesday. Otherwise, a ten percent duty would be due in January […]
The EU investigation into Chinese EVs seems to be getting serious: It is expected that the EU Commission will impose preliminary tariffs on EVs from the People’s Republic by July 4 at the latest. The tariffs are expected to be in the low double-digit percentage range. The preliminary tariffs would then have to be officially […]
The EU Commission hopes that the Mercosur agreement can be signed after Javier Milei takes office as Argentina’s new president. Milei, who describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist, takes office on December 10. He had positioned himself against the agreement during the election campaign. By the Christmas break, it will be clear whether the four Mercosur […]