Spain and France have been complaining for some time now, but now the energy price crisis is also hitting Germany with force. Many industrial companies are suffering, and millions of households are receiving mail from their power and gas suppliers: prices are rising drastically. Those who moved into a new home or have their contract […]
The EU finance ministers are expected to discuss the initial findings of the consultation on the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact on March 15th. This is according to the new program of the French Council Presidency. According to the program, the heads of state and government are to discuss a “new European model […]
“Opposition is crap,” former SPD chairman Franz Müntefering once said. But so is government sometimes. At least that’s what some Green politicians are probably thinking these days.Leading representatives of the eco party have been vocal about the fact that the EU Commission wants to classify investments in nuclear energy and natural gas as ‘green’. That […]
The European Commission wants to redirect a larger share of the revenues from emissions trading into the EU budget in order to repay the funds of the credit-financed COVID-19 Recovery Program. According to the proposal by Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn, 25 percent of the revenues from the existing ETS would flow into the common budget […]
On the one hand, the EU Commission is expanding the scope for member states to use state aid to drive forward the transformation to a climate-neutral economy. At the same time, however, the competition authorities are limiting their options for providing relief to energy-intensive industries. This is likely to affect German industry in particular, which […]
Olaf Scholz considers the topic “completely overrated”, and yet it could keep the German chancellor and his staff on their toes over the holidays: the EU climate taxonomy. The College of Commissioners will “most likely” discuss the draft delegated act at its meeting before the Christmas break, European Commissioner for Environment Virginijus Sinkevičius said on […]
It had already been clear for some time that Guntram Wolff would be leaving after nine years as Bruegel director. The respected Brussels think tank has now announced his successor: Jeromin Zettelmeyer. In Berlin, the economist is still known as the former head of the economic policy department in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs […]
Every weekday at lunchtime, the EU Commission briefs its Brussels correspondents on the latest news. It credits itself with this as a transparency measure; after all, with the exception of the White House, hardly any other government institution provides such regular information. The so-called RegPK of the German government, for example, takes place three times […]
EU summits are often more a barometer of mood than a venue for productive discussions. Some prime ministers use the Brussels stage to address their domestic audience. Voters are grumbling loudly about rising power and heating costs? Look, I’m fighting for your interests at the highest level! Other heads of government, on the other hand, […]
According to Olaf Scholz, European policy has long ceased to be foreign policy. “European policy has become a large part of our domestic policy. It is a remarkable sentence that the new Chancellor said in his first government statement in the Bundestag. After all, for most Berlin politicians, Brussels is quite far away.However, Scholz had […]