The automotive dialog is to be concluded as early as March 5. On that day, Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas is to present the action plan for the automotive industry with the results of the Strategic Dialogue on the future of the automotive industry. This timetable with the rapid conclusion, which the Commission made public during […]
Ola Källenius (Mercedes), Oliver Blume (Volkswagen), Oliver Zipse (BMW), and Karin Rådström (Daimler Truck) are having a new experience today. At the opening session of the Strategic Auto Dialogue from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Berlaymont building of the EU Commission, they will have to take notes themselves. It is a round of […]
If you’ve been following the political headlines in recent weeks – from Trump’s inauguration to the cracking of the “firewall” in Germany – far-right parties seem to be on the rise everywhere. However, if you look at the European election polls, their record has been mixed at best. At the beginning of December, the “Patriots […]
The Strategic Dialog on the future of the automotive industry starts on Thursday. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is inviting the CEOs of manufacturers and suppliers to the Commission for a first round between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Apart from the key dates, little is known to the participants about the course of […]
An underwater fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday morning. “We have come to the conclusion that there is most likely external damage and that it is significant,” said Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina after an extraordinary cabinet meeting. Her country will coordinate with the western defense alliance NATO and the […]
Green MEP Daniel Freund mistakenly assigned Monika Hohlmeier (CSU) to the wrong company when he accused her of having a conflict of interest during the plenary debate on contracts in the LIFE environmental program with environmental NGOs. Freund had made this accusation against the former head of the Budgetary Control Committee because she sits on […]
In the plenary debate on the Commission’s contracts with environmental NGOs under the LIFE program, Daniel Freund (Greens) accused CSU MEP Monika Hohlmeier of a conflict of interest. LIFE is the EU’s funding program for environmental issues. Following a whistleblower’s tip-off, the former head of the Committee on Budgetary Control had inspected NGO contracts of […]
The SPD group in the European Parliament wants to stick to the 2035 ban on combustion engines for new cars, but the fines for failing to meet the 2025 climate targets are to be deferred or extended. This is stated in the car paper of the German SPD MEPs, coordinated by Tiemo Wölken. Provided that […]
According to Commission Vice-President Teresa Ribera, the Brussels authority is working on an EU-wide incentive program for EVs. It makes sense to think about an EU-wide solution instead of using national subsidies, the Spaniard told the Financial Times. She warned against “a race in which one national model stands against the other”. Chancellor Olaf Scholz […]
The European Parliament is today debating controversial contracts between the EU Commission and environmental NGOs concluded by the Commission’s executive agency, CINEA, under the LIFE program of the Multiannual Financial Framework. The LIFE program is the EU’s funding instrument for environmental and climate action measures.In the course of the discharge of the Commission for the […]