Leading space experts have highlighted the importance of space-based data and technologies to the Green Deal. There is a tremendous wealth of data that can help monitor climate change, Simonetta Cheli said Tuesday at the European Space Conference in Brussels. This data needs to be more specifically exploited so that it supports concrete steps to […]
Tensions between the West and Russia continue to rise. NATO is on alert, said Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and announced that allied troops’ presence in Eastern Europe will be increased. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a billion-dollar aid package for Ukraine. The EU again showed its determination to respond quickly with sanctions […]
Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the Digital Services Act by a large majority vote. This means that a number of special regulations have once again been added to the basic framework of the DSA. Some changes are bold, writes Falk Steiner in his analysis. He asks consumer protection advocates and industry […]
It’s been five years since Emmanuel Macron’s famous Sorbonne speech, and now the French president has once again used the big EU stage to make his European policy ambitions clear. At the start of France’s EU Council Presidency, he spoke in favor of a sovereign Europe and a “common security order” in the European Parliament […]
Budget payments could now potentially be blocked after Poland refused to pay a daily fine of €500,000. As Bloomberg reports, the EU is preparing to withhold corresponding payments.The report cites a spokesman for the Commission, according to which the EU Commission has already sent three requests for payment to Warsaw as well as informing the […]
The Digital Services Act is still being negotiated, but the timetable is tight; the “Basic Law for the Internet” is to come into force very soon. That’s when it’s time to start looking at setting up the regulatory authority that will be responsible for enforcing the DSA at the national level. But the question of […]
Yesterday began with sad news: David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, passed away on Tuesday night. His death caused consternation in Brussels and far beyond – especially in Sassoli’s home country of Italy. “È un giorno triste per l’Europa,” a sad day for Europe, said President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. In his […]
The EU taxonomy was originally intended as a guide for private investors: Which investments are compatible with the EU’s climate and nature conservation goals? It was not intended that natural gas should be classified as a sustainable energy source. Things turned out differently, and the new taxonomy has become one of the major political issues […]
“Mutual dependencies” in energy supply – that is not a bad starting position for Christoph Bals, political director of Germanwatch. On the contrary: He does not think much of “energy autarky”; close cooperation is one way to create stability. But in contrast to past experiences with the purchase of oil and gas, there must be […]
The coalition negotiations dragged on for months, but now it’s clear who will govern the Netherlands in the future: The coalition parties have announced the names of the future ministers and state secretaries. According to reports in the Dutch media, there will be more women than ever before in the new cabinet under Prime Minister […]