Michael Clauß will remain German EU Ambassador in Brussels for another year. According to information from Table.Media, the traffic light coalition agreed on this. The Foreign Office confirmed this upon request. Clauß has already been Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the EU since 2018 and would thus actually be up for […]
The EU Commission appears to be prepared to make some concessions to the German government on the planned reform of EU fiscal rules. The Brussels authority is discussing flanking its own approach of individually negotiated debt reduction paths with the member states with uniform benchmarks, as Berlin demanded. However, Brussels says that this must take […]
The European Union is meeting resistance with its request to oblige the four Mercosur states to protect the rainforest. The EU Commission wants to encourage Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to sign a binding addendum to the free trade agreement that has been negotiated but not yet signed. But the governments there have so far […]
The European Parliament and the member states have resolved the remaining disputes over the Chips Act. The negotiators reached an agreement in the trilogue on Tuesday, particularly on the controversial question of funding. “By mastering the most advanced semiconductors, EU will become an industrial powerhouse in markets of the future,” Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton […]
The European Parliament and the Member States have resolved the remaining disputes over the Chips Act. The negotiators reached an agreement in the trilogue on Tuesday, particularly on the controversial question of funding. “By mastering the most advanced semiconductors, EU will become an industrial powerhouse in markets of the future,” Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton […]
The European Parliament’s Budget Committee is calling for new sources of revenue for the EU. MEPs voted on Monday evening on a draft by rapporteurs Valérie Hayer (Renew) and José Manuel Fernandes (EPP), which advocates a number of new own resources for the EU budget:MEPs are thus increasing the pressure on the EU Commission and […]
Sigrid Kaag, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands who also serves as Minister of Finance, warns of waning public support for climate and environmental policies. This is evident, among other things, in the ongoing farmers’ protests in the country, the Finance Minister told the Financial Times. In times of great uncertainty, it is […]
The German government wants to significantly expand the powers of the Federal Cartel Office. The ministries involved agreed on a draft bill, according to a statement from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate. The 11th amendment to the Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB) is to be approved by the Cabinet today and then […]
The parliamentary groups of the traffic light coalition in the Bundestag support reforms of European electoral law. For example, transnational lists should be introduced, each headed by the top candidates of the party families, demand SPD, Greens and FDP in a joint motion introduced to the plenum on Thursday. In addition, they are in favor […]
According to information acquired by Table.Media, CDU MEP Christian Ehler will be the European Parliament’s rapporteur for the Net-Zero Industrial Act (NZIA). The Christian Democrats’ coordinator in the Industry and Energy Committee (ITRE) will thus take on a central role in the negotiations on the act, which is intended to secure the EU’s competitiveness as […]