Wolfgang Niedermark, a BDI’s Executive Board member, sees disproportionately profound intervention in the economy: “The EU Commission is shooting far beyond the announced goal of ensuring a functioning single market in times of crisis.” The crisis measures have “strong interventionist and planned economy features,” he said. Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton had already tried to […]
At the end of November, the Commission will present its proposal for carbon fleet regulation for trucks. Certainly, fossil fuel consumption will have to fall drastically for commercial vehicles starting in 2030. Likely, the Commission will also propose an end date for internal combustion trucks. 2040 is under discussion.These are the technologies considered for the […]
Ska Keller has been the most important Green politician at EU level since 2016. Together with Belgian Philippe Lamberts (59), she has led the group for six years. She was the top candidate for the European Greens in 2019 and also ran for first place for the German Greens in the same year. In the […]
Tonight, the Bureau of the European Parliament meets in Strasbourg to elect a new Secretary General. The Italian Alessandro Chiocchetti (53), until now head of cabinet of Parliament President Roberta Metsola, has the best chance of becoming Klaus Welle’s successor.Klaus Welle retires at the age of 58. For 13 years, he headed the civil service […]
At 7:30 p.m. CEST, the Reuters news agency reported the death of the United Kingdom‘s head of state. “Queen Elizabeth II,” as German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote, “is a woman who shaped a century. She has experienced and written contemporary history. Her Majesty was held in the highest esteem and respect throughout the world.” On […]
The Commission’s Fit for 55 package car-related proposals are in the home stretch of the legislative process. The two key instruments aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport by 90 percent by 2030 are at risk. The co-legislators – the EU Parliament and the Council – are expected to reach an agreement on the […]
The EU’s legislative process for car-related dossiers is not yet finished, but the end of the internal combustion engine by 2035 and a stalling of synthetic fuels are already emerging. Interviewed by Lukas Scheid and me, Hildegard Müller, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), takes an early look at the resulting […]
It’s a well-known fact that anyone who wants to hold a high office in politics should not stick their head out too early. So it is no surprise that Ursula von der Leyen has so far kept a low profile about whether she wants to run for a second term after the European elections in […]
The German government wants to convert the expired 9-Euro-Ticket into a 69-Euro-Ticket and is currently negotiating with the federal states. Europe.Table learned this from government circles on the fringes of the cabinet meeting in Meseberg. It is said that there will be no offset financing of the costs for the local transport ticket via higher […]
Originally he had no plans to go to Europe. It was more by chance, as Daniel Caspary (CDU) admits, that he ended up in the European Parliament. The man who has been leading the group of German CDU/CSU members in the European Parliament for five years remembers the times when he still sat in the […]