The Commission recommends granting Bosnia and Herzegovina candidate country status to the Council. But to do so, the country still needs to complete a number of reforms such as strengthening democracy, fighting corruption, strengthening media freedom and better managing migration flows. Candidate status for Bosnia and Herzegovina is part of the enlargement package adopted by […]
Following the resignation of Ska Keller, a “generational change” is to take place today at the head of the Green Party in the European Parliament. Yet the two candidates in question are of one generation, and a comparatively young one at that: The 40-year-old Keller from Brandenburg steps down, and the 35-year-old Terry (Teresa) Reintke […]
The Commission will not present its proposal for CO2 fleet targets for trucks on Nov. 30 as planned. The item has been removed from the list of scheduled items on the agenda of future Commission meetings. Now the proposal is expected to come in the first months of 2023. The Commission has not yet given […]
The hydrogen umbrella organization Hydrogen Europe formulated criteria that the Delegated Act on Additionality in relation to green hydrogen must meet from its point of view. Hydrogen Europe’s letter to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and RED-3 rapporteur Markus Pieper (CDU), available to Europe Table, calls for:a transition phase until 2028 when phasing […]
The Commission wants to extend the crisis aid rules by a year. This is according to the proposal sent by the Commission to the member states last week and quoted by the French specialized information service Contexte. State aid exemptions are to be extended for a year. They allow member states to help companies with […]
If there were a ranking for the most important German civil servant in the EU bubble, Michael Hager would be right at the top. No one has a more profound knowledge of the laws by which the Commission’s civil service functions. No one carries more experience from the innermost circle of power, the college of […]
Out of consideration for industry, the EU Commission is expected to put the proposal for the REACH chemicals regulation on hold. Originally, the Commission wanted to present the proposal for comprehensive chemicals regulation at the end of 2022. Now, according to information available to Europe.Table, it will be much later, possibly not until 2024. Commission […]
If there is a common thread in the life of Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, it is hydrogen. The day Boris Becker reached the final of Wimbledon for the first time and won, he watched the TV with one eye only. Instead, he read Hoimar von Ditfurth’s “In the Beginning, there was Hydrogen” with fascination. The teenager discovered […]
In May, Manfred Weber, the long-time EPP Group leader in the European Parliament, was also elected chairman of the party at the convention of the European Christian Democrats in Rotterdam. According to information available to Europe.Table, the EPP presidium subsequently made a decision that raises questions: The party presidium decided that the party leader was […]