Chancellor Olaf Scholz was optimistic at the start of the summit: he was “absolutely certain that we can reach an agreement in the shortest possible time,” said the SPD politician. However, the heads of state and government could not agree on the distribution of the top jobs as quickly as Scholz and many others had […]
Member States and the European Parliament adopted the new debt rules in the spring, and now the first practical test is imminent: tomorrow, Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis and Economic Affairs Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni will present the spring package of the European Semester – and take the opportunity to announce which countries they will initiate an […]
The EU heads of state and government will meet at 6 p.m. today to discuss the top positions for the next five years. There is every indication that they will be able to reach an agreement quickly, as neither French President Emmanuel Macron nor any of the usual suspects currently have the nerve for power […]
The German-Finnish political scientist Anna-Maija Mertens is to become the new President of the European Movement Germany (EBD). The EBD Board unanimously nominated the 49-year-old to succeed Linn Selle in the honorary post. The election is scheduled for October 14.Mertens was Managing Director of Transparency International Germany from 2014 to 2024. She has headed the […]
At the next EU summit, the heads of state and government will decide on the political priorities for the next five years. In a recent draft of the “Strategic Agenda“, obtained by Table.Briefings, they commit to “increasing our sovereignty in strategic sectors and close our growth, productivity and innovation gaps with international partners and main […]
Will there be a political agreement on the 14th sanctions package against Russia today? The Belgian presidency of the Council has invited member state ambassadors to a special meeting in the evening. At the regular meeting on Wednesday, Germany expressed last-minute reservations about a kind of no-Russia clause. This clause is intended to make circumventing […]
The shift to the right in many EU countries dominated the political debates yesterday – the shock of the election victories of the Rassemblement National, the FPÖ and the second place for the AfD left many politicians and observers reeling. And yet: the European elections have created relatively clear relations. Not in Paris, Vienna or […]
The chairman of the CDU/CSU MEPs in the European Parliament, Daniel Caspary, is in favor of a separate Commissioner for SMEs. The CDU politician said at an event organized by Table.Briefings and the European Movement Germany on Thursday that this Commissioner should take care of the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises and reduce bureaucracy.In […]
Once the ballot papers for the European elections have been counted next Monday, the poker for posts and influence in Brussels will really begin. Despite Charles Michel’s animosities and all the speculation surrounding Mario Draghi, Ursula von der Leyen still has the clearest prospect of becoming the new Commission President. Her EPP is expected to […]