EPP leader Manfred Weber hopes for a new beginning in agricultural policy after Frans Timmermans, who was responsible for the Green Deal, left the Commission. Speaking at the Christian Democratic party family’s European Farmers’ Deal conference with 800 participants in Brussels, Weber said: “Since Timmermans’ departure, the possibility of rethinking agricultural policy is tangible.” The […]
The focus of the debates surrounding the Green Deal has shifted somewhat. The focus is now less on buildings, industrial plants and cars. Instead, the consequences for agriculture and food production are being discussed all the more lively. There is a lot at stake for the Christian Democratic party family. EPP leader Manfred Weber knows […]
Stricter regulation of e-cigarettes, tobacco heaters (heat-not-burn) and other novel tobacco products is to be the focus of future WHO efforts to curb tobacco use. This is according to the EU’s position paper for the tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control […]
The Spanish Council Presidency has presented its sixth compromise proposal on the Euro 7 pollutant regulation. The document mentions e-fuels in only one recital. This makes it clear that the German government, which lobbied for an e-fuels regulation in Euro 7, was not listened to. The compromise proposal, which is available to Table.Media, is intended […]
At noon on Thursday, the five-member delegation of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) was to have departed from Strasbourg. Wednesday evening, however, delegation leader Michael Gahler (CDU) was informed that the parliamentary group would be denied entry. Gahler said: “The rulers of Tunisia have done themselves no service with this step.” The delegation […]
According to information obtained by Table.Media, the Commission is insisting on a CO2 reduction of 100 percent for “e-fuels only” vehicles compared to fossil fuels. This is according to a Commission draft of approval regulations for vehicles that will run exclusively on synthetic fuels even after the 2035 ban on internal combustion engines. The draft […]
The European Parliament has adopted the reforms for more transparency that Parliament President Roberta Metsola proposed with her 14-point plan in the wake of Qatargate. The report by SPD parliamentarian Gaby Bischoff was adopted. The Parliament’s rules of procedure are amended in several points. It was also decided that in the future MEPs will have […]
The report by Javi López (S&D) on the Air Quality Directive has achieved a majority in the plenum. This means that the attempt by Norbert Lins (CDU) to weaken the parliamentary position has failed. López wants the WHO guidelines for air pollutants to be implemented one-to-one by 2030. This would be a tightening compared to […]
The Commission President announced an anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles from China during her SOTEU speech. World markets are “flooded with cheap Chinese electric cars“, she said. Their price is artificially depressed by “huge government subsidies”, she added. This is also distorting the European market, she added.Von der Leyen thus also anticipated what is likely […]
The European Union is set to significantly intervene in the competition between European and Chinese automakers. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an anti-subsidy investigation into EVs from China during her State of the European Union (SOTEU) address. This reveals a plan the Commission has been considering for some time.Von der Leyen also […]