Iceland almost made history: After the parliamentary elections, it initially looked as if the island state would be the first European country to have more women than men in its parliament. But the recount showed that it was not quite enough. Nevertheless, the proportion of women in the Althing, the Icelandic parliament, will be just […]
Need a laugh? Watch the State of the Union address without sound. Only then can you experience the Commission President’s gestures and facial expressions in all their glory. After all, the thousands of euros von der Leyen has sunk into the PR firm Storymachine have to pay off. Not convinced? Then fade in a few […]
Officially, the EU Commission is talking about the standardization of chargers. To be sure, these are partly regulated. But the core of the regulation is actually the other end of the cable tangle: the charging sockets of smaller electronic devices.In future, these are to follow a uniform standard. And that is a much bigger revolution […]
Who plays first fiddle?
For whom does the Commission prepare the legislative proposals? The first addressees are surely the co-legislators and not the press. That’s why Parliament has long insisted that the Commissioners not be the first to appear before journalists after “college”. At least during the Strasbourg weeks, when the music plays at the Parliament’s headquarters in France, […]
It was the problem wolf GW 950 m. It killed Dolly, the 30-year-old pony of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in September in the paddock in the German town of Burgdorf. This was revealed by a genome examination. Rumor has it that the problem wolf from Lower Saxony is to be hunted and killed.Although […]
Is Maroš Šefčovič still a Socialist?
Are the Socialists losing another commissioner? First, Frans Timmermans, the leading candidate of the Socialist party family PES in 2019 and Executive Vice-President of the Commission, ran for the hills because he still wants to become Prime Minister in the Netherlands. Moved up and promoted from simple Vice-President to Executive Vice-President was then recently Maroš […]
Gieseke bikes again to collect kilometer money for Ukraine
When it gets cold, Jens Gieseke gets on his bike. The CDU MEP is riding from Brussels to Parliament’s headquarters in Strasbourg on his second fundraising tour (www.jens-gieseke.de/cycleforukraine) for the people of Ukraine. He is collecting mileage for the aid organization “Helping Hands”. Nasty, cold, and wet weather will accompany him on his four stages, […]
Thierry Breton – Europe’s superpower
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the many crises and disasters that surround us? From climate change and the pandemic to the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East? Left out in the rain, attacked by cyber terrorists, shaken by hate speech and disinformation, burdened by high energy prices – and then there’s no WiFi […]
A false instead of a fresh start: France and the EU view the collapsed submarine deal as an unfriendly act by the USA. The maneuver of the Biden administration and its allies is hardly understandable. How can one affront a supposedly important ally in world politics like this?The US is weakening the very thing it […]
The German election is unhackable. As those responsible emphasize time and again. Most recently, for example, the spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior: “In Germany, we have an analog election process; so influence with technical aids is impossible in any way.” This sets Germany apart from other countries: no voting machines, no online […]