The regulation on EU tariffs on electric cars from China is expected to be published in the Official Journal of the EU on Wednesday afternoon. And by Thursday, the time has come: Manufacturers will have to pay tariffs of up to 35 percent on imported vehicles, unless the Commission and the Chinese government agree on […]
Mr. Guttenberg, since the leak, there has been a heated debate about the Commission’s ideas for restructuring the EU budget. Will the reform be buried before it has even seen the light of day?It is probably no coincidence that these ideas have reached the outside world at such an early stage. The approach calls many […]
The leaked ideas from the EU Commission for a radical reform of the EU budget have triggered strong reactions. The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament therefore urged a discussion with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in plenary next week. However, EPP leader Manfred Weber and Renew chairwoman Valérie Hayer rejected this at […]
Together with colleagues from Spain, Slovenia, Belgium and Luxembourg, German Economics Minister Robert Habeck has called on the new EU Commission not to neglect the interests of the social economy. It is “worrying” that none of the mission letters for the Commissioners-designate address the responsibilities and competencies in the social economy sector, according to a […]
The German government is considering applying to the EU Commission for more time for budget consolidation. According to finance ministry circles, expenditure in the current year is above the reference path presented by the Commission. Discussions are therefore underway to extend the adjustment period for Germany from four to seven years.According to the new EU […]
The new EU Commissioners are no longer allowed to fill their cabinets predominantly with nationals. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen obliges the ordinary Commissioners to appoint no more than two of their six cabinet members from the same member state. The limit is three (out of nine) for the executive vice-presidents and four (out […]
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković sees no willingness among the EU member states to give up their own representative in the EU Commission in order to reduce its size. “For smaller countries like mine, that would be the path to irrelevance“, said Plenković during an appearance at the Bertelsmann Foundation in Berlin. Not sending a […]
The European Parliament is urging the EU Commission to respect MEPs’ right to have a say in the legislative process. According to the Parliament, the Commission should commit itself to a new framework agreement to only launch new projects in urgent procedures in absolutely exceptional cases – and to have to justify this legally in […]
The decisions on the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework are not due until 2027, but the discussion is already gathering pace. The debate, which was triggered by a leaked internal presentation, has come at an inopportune time for the EU Commission: The far-reaching reform ideas are already mobilizing resistance from many sides before the Commission […]
It was a strange company in which Germany found itself with its no to the tariffs on e-cars from China. Alongside the German government, only Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta had voted against – for very different reasons. Chancellor Olaf Scholz won the applause of the German car manufacturers for the vote, which was pushed […]