The EU states have not yet agreed on a ninth sanctions package against Russia on Monday evening. According to EU diplomats, there are still differences on some technical issues, particularly in relation to the agricultural sector. The talks are to continue today in order to reach an agreement before the EU summit on Thursday, if […]
The EU and Chile have agreed to further liberalize trade and give European companies better access to raw materials including lithium, copper and, in the future, hydrogen. “This is certainly going to be an agreement that helps us to diversify our resources and move out of dependence on China, in particular at this stage about […]
In the dispute over frozen funds for Hungary, the EU Commission passed the ball back to the member states. In a letter to the current Czech EU presidency, Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn reiterated the assessment that the recent anti-corruption and anti-nepotism measures taken by Budapest were not sufficient (You can find the […]
It’s a round birthday, but not one that has attracted much attention so far. The European Single Market will be 30 years old at the turn of the year – the completion of the common market, initiated in 1987 with the Single European Act, came into force on Jan. 1, 1993. Many of the achievements […]
In her bestseller “The Brussels Effect,” US scientist Anu Bradford argued that the EU sets global standards as a regulatory superpower. A new study now provides the first scientific evidence for this thesis.The results of the as yet unpublished study by Cristina Herghelegiu from the Chief Economist team in the EU Commission’s DG Grow and […]
EU leaders are expected to call for “common European level solutions“ to the threat of industrial exodus at next Thursday’s summit. That’s according to the latest draft of their conclusions, obtained by Europe.Table. In it, they stress the importance of a “coordinated policy response mobilizing all relevant tools at national and EU level to enhance […]
The EU and US have agreed to work more closely together in a number of areas at the Trade and Technology Council (TTC), without a breakthrough on the dispute over climate-friendly subsidies. “We are leaving the meeting a little more confident than we went in,” Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said after Monday night’s meeting. […]
Emmanuel Macron was received in Washington with a big station. US President Joe Biden had more than just warm words for his guest from France. He also held out the prospect of improvements to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the US Chips Act. “There are improvements we can make that can basically make it […]
Franco-German relations are not the best at the moment, and Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron are still not quite in harmony. A telephone call between the chancellor and the president scheduled for Monday was reportedly canceled by Macron. However, the chancellery does not consider this an affront by the president: Macron had to postpone the […]
Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has concretized his plans for promoting climate-friendly technologies in Europe. The US subsidy programs under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are a “game-changer” and could lead to a “complete reversal of investment flows,” he warned during a speech in Berlin. The EU must respond to this in terms of industrial […]