The second trilogue between the European Parliament, Council and EU Commission on the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) has made little progress. On Monday, the negotiators found little consensus on the particularly contentious issue of the scope of application: Member States are insisting on including a second list of “strategic” technologies alongside a list of eligible […]
“We Europeans really must take our fate into our own hands”, said Angela Merkel. That was in 2017 and Donald Trump had only just taken office as POTUS. The then-chancellor gave a speech in a Munich beer tent that attracted worldwide attention. It was a wake-up call, but have the words been followed by concrete […]
The EU Commission will present its vision for economic risk minimization on Wednesday. The economic security package includes initiatives covering five areas. Brussels’ strategy aims to counter China and Russia’s growing readiness to exploit trade and critical supply chains for geopolitical purposes. The draft of the economic security package is available to Table.Media. Bloomberg and […]
The liberal Renew Group in the European Parliament wants to find a new chairperson by mid-next week. Following extensive discussions, the group’s extended leadership team, the so-called Bureau, agreed on this yesterday. The leadership post in the third-largest group became vacant a week ago because the previous chair, Stéphane Séjourné, was appointed French Foreign Minister.The […]
Russia’s economy is prospering despite Western sanctions, and victory on the battlefield over Ukraine is only a matter of time: this impression has become increasingly entrenched in Europe in recent weeks and months. From Ursula von der Leyen’s point of view, this is, above all, propaganda from Moscow, which the West should counter more publicly.The […]
Ambitious Social Democrats who want to lead their party family into the European elections on June 9 have until Wednesday to throw their hats into the ring. Shortly before the deadline, the field of candidates for the lead candidate is manageable: Only Labor Commissioner Nicolas Schmit has applied. The Luxembourger also no longer has to […]
According to the Wind Europe association, more wind turbines were built in the EU in 2023 than ever before in a single year. The installed capacity of 17 gigawatts is slightly above the previous year’s figure, but far below the 30 gigawatts per year that the EU needs to build in order to achieve its […]
Who will succeed Stéphane Séjourné? The promotion of the leader of the liberal Renew Group to French Foreign Minister has caught his colleagues in the European Parliament on the wrong foot. They now want to discuss the successor at today’s parliamentary group meeting in Strasbourg. The delegations already explored the options at the weekend.The French […]
Last week, Mukhtar Babayev was appointed President-designate for the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku in November. The 55-year-old Environment Minister of Azerbaijan can look back on a long career in the oil and gas industry. He is a rather unknown quantity in international climate policy. The fact that a former oil and gas manager […]
On Jan. 24, the EU Commission is set to unveil a package of measures for economic security. However, the eagerly awaited element, the proposed law on so-called outbound investment screening, is expected to be missing. Instead, it is reported that it will remain a non-binding white paper in Brussels.In its June strategy paper, the Commission […]