Deutsche Bahn should discontinue the express train connection between Frankfurt am Main and Brussels. It is not suitable as a reference project to promote rail travel to the Belgian capital with its EU institutions. Even the biggest fans of rail-based transport are put off by the poor state of this route. The fact that the […]
For Europe’s Socialists, their party meeting, the congress in Málaga, took place at the worst possible time. A few days earlier, Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa had submitted his resignation because he was under investigation in a corruption scandal. This marks the departure of one of the candidates on whom the party had pinned its […]
The European socialists are convening for a pivotal family reunion today and tomorrow in the coastal city of Málaga, Spain, under the stewardship of the party’s figurehead, Stefan Löfven, Sweden’s former Prime Minister. This congress will assemble the party’s luminaries, including key Members of the European Parliament, national social democratic party leaders, and the SPD’s […]
For poorer member states, the new Clean Air Directive would not apply until up to ten years later. The limit values would then not come into force in member states whose economic output per inhabitant is below the EU average until 2040 rather than 2030. The member states want to push through this regulation in […]
According to information from Table.Media, Germany will abstain in today’s vote by EU ambassadors (Coreper I) on the Clean Air Directive. The Spanish Council Presidency had submitted a compromise proposal. The member states that had claimed a scrutiny reservation had until yesterday evening to make their position clear. Germany is one of the member states […]
Freight transports in which trucks only cover a small part of the route, with ships and trains covering the rest, are to be promoted more in the future. This is provided for in the Commission’s legislative proposal for intermodal transport. This intermodal transport – also known as combined transport – is to become more efficient […]
As a Parliamentarian, you can make a career for yourself in a number of ways. For example, as a “lawmaker“, by promoting groundbreaking legislative projects as a rapporteur. Other MEPs head an important committee or a parliamentary group. One MEP from Stuttgart has chosen a different path: For almost a decade and a half, he […]
The Commission should monitor non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive EU funds more strictly and provide more transparent information about the payment flows to the organizations. The Commission should also present an NGO law with a clear definition of what an NGO is. It should also disclose contracts the Commission concludes with them to the European […]
Terry Reintke has thrown her hat into the ring. The Green, group leader in the European Parliament, child of the Ruhr region and fan of long-distance running, wants to be her party’s top candidate in the European elections. Or one of the two top candidates, rather, because the Greens always enter the race with two […]
The BDI, one of the three leading associations of German business, is demanding a sharp course correction from the EU Commission. It should “pursue a pro-business agenda that puts Europe’s global competitiveness back at center stage”. This emerges from the BDI’s policy paper on European policy 2024 to 2029, which is available to Table.Media. In […]