Some more bad news came from Moscow yesterday regarding the gas crisis. Gazprom is once again throttling gas flows through Nord Stream 1 on Wednesday. The EU energy ministers plan to decide on countermeasures today. According to information obtained by Europe.Table, the Permanent Representatives agreed yesterday, for now, on extensive exemptions for the chemical industry. […]
The EU’s winter plan was the subject of our first Table.Live briefing yesterday. The basic idea is to harvest the low-hanging fruits in all EU countries, according to management consultant Jens Völler. However, if export bans on gas take hold, as they have in Hungary, “then we’ll have a problem on a scale we can’t […]
These are chaotic days in Rome. After ongoing tensions within the governing coalition, the Five Star Movement abstained yesterday from voting on a multi-billion euro economic stimulus package. Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi then announced his resignation, but the president rejected it. Isabel Cuesta Camacho reports on the background of the government crisis and analyzes […]
In the gas crisis, the EU community is anxiously holding their breath while waiting for next Wednesday, when Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans presents the joint emergency plan for the winter. Manuel Berkel took a sneak peek at the draft paper and reports on the strategy the Commission is using to minimize the cuts in […]
Should nuclear power and natural gas be classified as sustainable in the EU taxonomy? MEPs from almost all parties want to prevent this – today at noon, the roll call vote on the veto on the Commission proposal will take place. The result is by no means certain, which is mainly due to one political […]
Yesterday, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne unveiled the new cabinet after a long period of deliberation. After Macron lost his absolute majority in the parliamentary elections in June, the goal of the new government is to reflect the changed balance in the National Assembly. However, Macron is sticking with familiar faces, […]
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs spoke of a “great success” and “ambitious targets” after the energy ministers adopted their positions on the Renewable Energies Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive yesterday. However, the Council’s targets fell short in several respects of what the Commission and Parliament want to achieve in view of the […]
Women in traditional dirndl dresses, men in lederhosen, plus a proud prime minister in a traditional janker: The G7 heads of state and government were met with a large helping of local flair when they arrived at Munich Airport. A very Bavarian prelude to a summit marked by serious global crises. A price cap on […]
Despite German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s best efforts and the French government’s compromise proposal, Bulgaria refuses to budge on its position in the dispute over EU accession talks with North Macedonia. Scholz and Macron had hoped to find a solution before the EU-Western Balkans summit on Thursday, as Bulgaria has been blocking the start of talks […]