The Industry and Budget Committees of the European Parliament voted on Monday evening on the joint position on the planned investment platform STEP. In their report, the two MEPs José Manuel Fernandes and Christian Ehler (both EPP) demand: “Strategic projects” according to the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) and the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) should […]
Another war is looming in Europe’s immediate neighborhood: After the surprise attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday announced a “long and difficult” fight against Hamas. Last night’s interim results were devastating: more than 700 Israelis were killed, and more than 100 were taken hostage by the attackers. Subsequent airstrikes […]
The EU Commission is considering launching an anti-subsidy investigation against Chinese wind power manufacturers. There is competition from China in the sector for certain components, acting Competition Commissioner Didier Reynders said on French television Friday. “If there is a possibility of too much aid on the Chinese side, we could open an investigation.”Last week, as announced, […]
Early next week, the French and German cabinets will meet near Hamburg for a joint closed-door meeting. It is intended to be as open an exchange of ideas as possible, without long follow-up statements as at the recent Council of Ministers. In order not to burden the meeting, government representatives in Berlin and Paris are […]
Germany and France plan to present concrete proposals for reducing bureaucracy at the EU level next week. “We are now preparing some initiatives for the next Franco-German cabinet meeting,” said German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann at a DIHK conference on Friday. He added that the ministries involved in Berlin and Paris are currently working on […]
Following the violent seizure of the Nagorno-Karabakh region by Azerbaijan, the chairman of the European Affairs Committee, Anton Hofreiter, is now calling for consequences: “The contracts with Azerbaijan on gas supplies must be reviewed immediately,” the Green politician told Table.Media. In addition, he said, the EU should adopt sanctions against Azerbaijan fast.“We must not repeat […]
Thierry Breton knows how to play with social media. Last year, during his visit to the Tesla factory in Austin, Texas, the Industry Commissioner took Elon Musk by surprise: In front of a running cell phone camera, he elicited a commitment to the EU rules for digital platforms from the flabbergasted entrepreneur and owner of […]
It is a kind of roadmap for the Brussels political scene: the agenda of the EU Commission. In the document entitled “Liste des Points Prévus” in French, the authority records which initiatives the College of 27 Commissioners intends to adopt in the upcoming weeks and months in the College. Whether a bill makes it onto […]
Does the European Union need far-reaching reforms to be able to admit further member states? The debate, which has so far been conducted rather sporadically to reluctantly by governments, is likely to pick up speed in the coming weeks. This is because a number of players are pushing for it, from Commission President Ursula von […]
Following the lead of most other member states, Germany has now also submitted an initial application for payment to receive money from the Next Generation EU reconstruction fund. This comprises almost €4 billion in grants from the Reconstruction and Resilience Facility (ARF), the EU Commission announced. The funds will be used, among other things, for […]