The European Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee has spoken out in favor of a reform of deposit protection in Europe. On Thursday, 26 MEPs voted in favor of the draft by rapporteur Othmar Karas, 18 against (with three abstentions). The report is now to be voted on in plenary, but only after the European elections from […]
There was a whole series of EU legislative proposals in which Germany recently went against the majority of member states: In the case of the Supply Chain Directive, the Platform Work Directive and the Forced Labor Regulation, for example, the traffic light coalition abstained due to a lack of a common position, while the SPD, […]
The President of the Jacques Delors Institute, Enrico Letta, calls for more harmonization of rules in the European single market. In his Report on the Future of the Single Market, parts of which are available to Table.Briefings, Letta writes that many companies suffer from the bureaucratic burden caused largely by overlapping regulations in the EU’s […]
On Monday and Tuesday, the EU energy ministers will convene for an informal meeting in Brussels. In the run-up to the meeting, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, have spoken out: the EU has finally succeeded in freeing itself from its dependence on […]
The EU heads of state and government want to adopt a competitiveness agenda at next week’s special summit. Geopolitical tensions and in particular the subsidy policies of other countries have “exposed the Union’s vulnerabilities, while long-term productivity and technological and demographic trends require urgent policy adjustments”, according to a draft of the final declaration, which […]
CDU European Parliament member Markus Pieper is expected to assume the position of SME representative in the European Commission by mid-April. This was learned from informed sources by Table.Briefings. According to reports, both sides have largely agreed on the terms. The internal criticism within the agency regarding the appointment is unlikely to change this, as […]
The Constitutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament wants to oblige MEPs to attend courses on the prevention of harassment in the workplace and office management. Anyone who has not yet taken part in such training should complete it within the first six months of their mandate, according to an amendment to the Rules of […]
Pieter Omtzigt, leader of the Dutch New Social Contract (NSC) party, is calling on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to take a stand on new EU debt during the European election campaign. They are “very concerned” that the report by former ECB President Mario Draghi on the competitiveness of the EU will not be […]
A new study by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) warns pro-European parties against heavily promoting (perceived) successes in crisis management during the election campaign. Unlike political leaders such as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, many citizens view the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine or climate change negatively, write […]
Rarely does the EU Commission receive so much praise before a summit. There was much relief among the member states that the proposal for the use of Russian central bank funds is finally on the table: It was right to use the “windfall profits” for Ukraine, said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He would insist at […]