An arrest warrant has been issued for MEP Eva Kaili (S&D), one of 14 vice presidents of the European Parliament, on suspicion of corruption, money laundering and membership in a criminal organization. The 44-year-old Greek socialist was apparently caught committing a crime by Belgian police in Brussels on Friday.According to information obtained by Europe.Table, the […]
It was the problem wolf GW 950 m. It killed Dolly, the 30-year-old pony of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in September in the paddock in the German town of Burgdorf. This was revealed by a genome examination. Rumor has it that the problem wolf from Lower Saxony is to be hunted and killed.Although […]
The CDU’s women’s quota diminishes the prospects of several male MEPs returning to Parliament. Elections will be held sometime in May or June 2024; the exact date has not yet been set. But the jockeying for promising positions on the state lists has already begun – especially in the state associations of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower […]
What is it with politicians and their bikes? After we reported about Jean Asselborn’s passion for sweaty bike rides yesterday, another hobby cyclist is now on a mission.Jens Gieseke (CDU) is known to have a heart for the combustion engine. By wanting to keep alive the technology with which the German automotive industry has achieved […]
The negotiations on the statute and financing of the European party families have failed. The negotiators of the European Parliament, Rainer Wieland (CDU) and Charles Goerens (Renew) have broken off the trilogue. The reason for the break-off is that the Council did not put the dossier on the agenda of the General Council meeting on […]
The e-cigarette industry fears that the EU battery regulation will ruin the good business with disposable products. If the current trilogue – negotiations continue on Friday – should also agree on a take-back obligation for the lithium-ion battery from disposable e-cigarettes, this would mean the economic end. Small-scale retailers would not be able to set […]
Czech MEP Alexandr Vondra (ECR) will be the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Euro 7. Vondra will thus be the lead negotiator in the responsible Environment Committee ENVI. Shadow rapporteur for the EPP will be Jens Gieseke (CDU). In early November, the Commission presented its proposal for the next stage of pollutant regulation for passenger cars, […]
The Commission’s proposal for tobacco tax reform will not come next Wednesday after all. It has been removed from the list of items scheduled for next week’s Commission meeting. Now it is not expected until next year. As reported by Europe.Table, the Commission intends to propose drastically higher minimum excise taxes for all tobacco products, […]
By 2030, services provided by drones should be part of everyday life in the EU. This is to be ensured by the Drone Strategy 2.0, adopted by the Commission. The following services are planned:Aerial services such as air cabs that provide regular transport services, initially with a pilot – with the vision of automating the […]
The first compromises are emerging in the European Parliament in the negotiations on the Platform Work Directive. Most controversial in European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit’s draft are the criteria for when a platform is an employer and the mechanism for gaining an employment relationship with entitlement to minimum wage, social security […]