Among European Parliament employees who participated in a survey, around half have already experienced sexual, psychological or physical harassment or violence there. This is according to the survey by the MeTooEP initiative, which is published today and available to Table.Media. The initiators had written to all the approximately 10,000 employees in Parliament by e-mail and […]
Work on the reforms to be implemented as a consequence of the Qatargate affair continues: The first round of negotiations on the Commission’s proposal for the interinstitutional ethics body is scheduled for today. All seven institutions are involved: the Commission, the Parliament, the European Council, the Council of the European Union, as well as the […]
The German government has not yet claimed billions of euros in EU grants from the Covid Recovery and Resilience Facility fund. This money is also important for climate spending: It is to be used to accelerate the restructuring of the national economy in line with the Green Deal after the pandemic, reduce dependence on fossil […]
At issue are grants to which Germany is entitled from the Corona Recovery and Resilience Facility. So far, the German government has not succeeded in clearing the way for even the first partial payment. According to information from Table.Media, the “Operational Agreement” with the EU Commission has not even been signed yet. The document regulates […]
The auto industry is appealing to the Commission to renegotiate the rules of origin for EVs in the Brexit free trade agreement (TCA). If the passage is not changed, tariffs of ten percent will be imposed on battery electric cars (BEVs) exported to the UK from January. “The Commission, in agreement with the member states, […]
Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the Brothers of Italy party, remains at the helm of the European party family ECR (European Conservatives and Reformists). She was recently confirmed in her position by the party’s leadership body during a meeting in Rome. She intends to hold the position until the European elections […]
On Sunday, a French president will make a state visit to Germany for the first time in 23 years. Of course, Emmanuel Macron and his predecessors, including Jacques Chirac, have visited Germany on various occasions. However, those were working visits, official visits or visits scheduled for specific events. A state visit is different in terms […]
The EP Environment Committee (ENVI) wants to tighten the limit values for 2030 in the Air Quality Directive compared with the Commission’s proposal. This applies to the air pollutants particulate matter (PM2.5; PM10), sulfur dioxide, nitrous dioxide and ozone. In addition, the committee calls for the limit values proposed by the WHO guideline to be […]
If Ursula von der Leyen has her way, the Tunisia deal will become the “blueprint” for combating illegal migration to the EU. This is what the Commission President writes in a letter to the heads of state and government, which Table.Media has obtained. The letter is in preparation for the EU summit, which will take […]
Yannick Jadot (Greens), rapporteur for CO2 fleet limits for heavy-duty vehicles, wants to tighten up the Commission’s proposal significantly. He proposes that a ban on internal combustion engines for heavy-duty vehicles come in 2040. The Commission had not proposed a complete ban on internal combustion engines in 2040, but a 90 percent reduction in manufacturers’ […]