The European Parliament is expected to back taking action, if necessary, before the World Trade Organization against certain provisions in the US Inflation Reduction Act. The EU should be “ready to file a complaint against the IRA under the dispute settlement system if the assessment shows that the law remains discriminatory in its implementation,” according […]
The German government has launched a European initiative to cut bureaucracy in certain technology sectors. There are “plenty” of regulations in European law unnecessarily holding up the expansion of photovoltaics, for example, said State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs Sven Giegold (Greens) at the informal Competitiveness Council in Stockholm on Tuesday.As an […]
The SPD parliamentary group is in favor of linking the EU accession process more closely to concrete progress made by the candidate countries. “All financial aid should be tied to the actual strengthening of rule-of-law structures, the development of an independent media landscape, and respect for and promotion of democratic institutions,” reads a position paper […]
The European Parliament wants to restrict technology transfers to China in the chip industry. “Given the offensive espionage program of the Chinese government, we no longer want any transfer of intellectual property to China,” said Dutch MEP Bart Groothuis, shadow rapporteur for the Liberals in the lead industry committee.The committee adopted amendments to the Commission […]
The European Parliament wants to restrict technology transfers to China in the chip industry. “Given the offensive espionage program of the Chinese government, we no longer want any transfer of intellectual property to China,” said Dutch MEP Bart Groothuis, shadow rapporteur for the Liberals in the lead industry committee.The committee adopted amendments to the Commission […]
In a historical perspective, the recent discord between Berlin and Paris shrinks considerably. And so Emmanuel Macron warmly embraced his guest Olaf Scholz when he welcomed him to Paris for the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty. Both sides also emphasized overlapping interests at the meeting of the cabinets – regarding the response to the […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is demanding facts from the EU Commission to be able to determine a European response to Washington’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). A “very careful assessment” of the promotion of certain climate-friendly technologies in the United States and Europe is “urgently needed,” Scholz said on Sunday evening at the Franco-German Councils of […]
Love triangles are complicated, especially when the partners have very different personalities. Accordingly, there have been frequent clashes in the governing German “traffic light coalition”, including on European policy issues. Most recently, the SPD, the Greens and the FDP could not agree on a joint position on the pay transparency directive, which would require companies […]
Ursula von der Leyen had not chosen the stage at random: There were many high-ranking business representatives in the audience when the Commission President presented her plans in Davos for making the EU the “home of clean tech and industrial innovations on the road to net zero.”The CDU politician has named the program “Green Deal […]
A twelve-member group of experts is to draw up proposals for institutional reforms of the European Union on behalf of Germany and France. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron want to present the plans at the Franco-German Council of Ministers on Sunday, Europe.Table has learned from government circles in Paris and Berlin. […]