The EU Commission is encouraging national authorities to make greater use of EU cohesion funds for armaments factories, chip factories and social housing in the future. If regional administrations or local authorities promote investments in such projects, they can expect higher advances and reimbursement of up to 100% of the costs from the EU budget […]
The EU Commission and Member States are preparing for the new escalation in the trade conflict with the USA. Despite concerns from some Member States, particularly with regard to the agricultural sector, they are confident of finding a common response, it was reported in Brussels. A phased approach by the Europeans is emerging.US President Donald […]
In their coalition negotiations, the CDU/CSU and SPD are open to a reform of the EU budget and new sources of revenue for the European Union. The next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) of the EU must take into account the “demand for an EU capable of geopolitical action and not be based first and foremost […]
Patrick Pouyanné, head of the French energy giant Total Energies, is in favor of an energy agreement between the EU and the USA. In view of rising gas prices in the United States, there is a risk that US suppliers will reduce their liquefied natural gas exports to Europe, Pouyanné said at a conference in […]
In their coalition negotiations, the CDU/CSU and SPD are calling for Europe to take greater responsibility for its own defense. “For the first time since the end of the Second World War, Germany and Europe must be in a position to significantly guarantee security in Europe themselves,” states the draft of the working group on […]
The EU Commission’s decision not to fill the post of SME Envoy for the time being has been criticized by the business community. The umbrella organization Eurochambres was “extremely disappointed,” as President Vladimír Dlouhý wrote in a letter to Commission Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné. Véronique Willems, Secretary General of SMEunited, regretted the move: A commissioner is […]
The EU Commission has postponed its response to the US steel and aluminum tariffs by two weeks. Instead, the two planned packages of measures are to be coordinated in terms of timing. Originally, the Commission had planned to react to the US steel and aluminum tariffs in two stages. On the first of April, the […]
The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and numerous opposition activists calls Turkey’s recent rapprochement with the EU into question. Chancellor Olaf Scholz described the action as “depressing for democracy in Turkey, but certainly also depressing for the relationship between Europe and Turkey.” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called the arrest “extremely worrying.”The EU […]
According to a new study, the EU is not well positioned to use its economic weight effectively through instruments such as sanctions. The authors from the European Council on Foreign Relations therefore propose a new EU network on economic security, bringing together representatives from member states and officials from the EU institutions. “It would help […]
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