Is Mario Draghi still up to something? The former ECB chief, Italian prime minister of a technocratic government and head of the Italian National Bank is sounding out whether he will throw his hat into the ring for one of the EU’s top jobs. This is being heard in Brussels and across the Alps. Although […]
The Greens are the first party family to nominate candidates for the lead candidacy in the European elections. After the application deadline, there will be two lead candidates, at least one of whom must be female. The candidates are:The candidates will introduce themselves at a party meeting on Saturday. The party’s internal election campaign will […]
The German government has reservations about EU anti-dumping tariffs on EVs. “EU compensatory tariffs could protect EU industry but could also have negative effects,” says the classified statement by the German government on the 2024 work program of the EU Commission, which Table.Media has obtained.EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had announced an anti-subsidy […]
The German government has reservations about EU anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese EVs. “Countervailing duties by the EU could protect the EU industry, but could also have a negative impact”, according to the German government’s statement on the EU Commission’s 2024 work program, which is classified as confidential and available to Table.Media. EU Commission President Ursula […]
In this mandate, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) repeatedly encounters resistance in plenary with reports on Green Deal legislative proposals. Positions adopted by a majority in the ENVI were conspicuously often seriously amended in plenary. Other legislative committees such as the Industry Committee (ITRE), the Agriculture Committee […]
The Parliament 2024 working group, which is preparing reforms to the internal work of the European Parliament, held its final meeting on Wednesday. Shortly before the meeting, a new paper summarizing the proposals was distributed. According to reports, some participants expressed reservations about some of the proposals. However, the overall will to reform was evident. […]
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK (TCA) has been instrumental in limiting the negative consequences of Brexit. This is the conclusion of the report on the implementation of the TCA, which will be voted on in the European Parliament today. The TCA came into force on Jan. 1, 2021, a […]
The European Parliament has opened a window for carbon-neutral fuels in its position on the carbon fleet limits for heavy-duty vehicles. On the one hand, the Parliament wants to advocate for the wording of the legal text that defines carbon-neutral fuels in the negotiations with the Council. Secondly, the Parliament wants to oblige the Commission […]
The Parliament 2024 working group will hold its final meeting on Wednesday. Parliament President Roberta Metsola launched the working group in the spring. It has met 17 times so far. The working group aims to agree on reforms in five areas.According to the plan, the heads of the parliamentary groups (Conference of Presidents) should decide […]
Representatives from the industry, politics and plant construction heavily criticize the EU regulation on synthetic fuels. At the event “Ramp-up of Green Fuels for Air and Maritime Transport” at the Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg in Brussels, Thorsten Herdan, Managing Director of High Innovative Fuel (HIF) EMEA, stated, “We need to change the Delegated […]