Today, we have cake for dessert again. No, unfortunately, not for you, but for the head of the Irish budget airline Ryanair. Climate activists threw a soy whipped cream cake in Michael O’Leary’s face. And since the Ryanair CEO was in Brussels for PR purposes, there was someone filming the pie attack – and Ryanair […]
For years, the automotive industry has been reluctant to really get involved in climate protection. Even VW CEO Herbert Diess admitted: “So far, we have not acted consistently enough; we could do much more to counter climate change,” he said on the sidelines of the IAA Mobility trade show. Because decarbonization and emissions reduction have […]
In the fast lane
On France’s roads, a new traffic sign could cause confusion among German tourists: A separate lane for soccer fans? The white rhombus on a blue background, often seen as the logo of a German soccer club, has a different purpose, however: it marks lanes on which the environmental balance in road traffic is to be […]
The “out of office” reports are becoming increasingly rare. The European Quarter, which at times resembled a ghost town, is once again densely populated. Lobbyists, parliamentarians, diplomats, institutional staff, journalists and academics eagerly meet for information-packed coffee on the terraces around the “Rond-point Schuman” and the “Place Jourdan.” Political Brussels is finally back from its […]
Houston, we’re planning a spaceport. Yesterday’s launch of Germany’s small satellite offensive is a challenge to the major space-faring nations of the USA, Russia and China and companies like Space-X. Germany no longer wants to sit back and watch while the rest of the world flies off into space, and has recently started getting involved.When […]
It’s an illustrious group that will gather in Berlin starting next Wednesday. Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz will be there, as will Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, his Lithuanian colleague Ingrida Šimonytė and Bavaria’s Minister President Markus Söder. They will be welcomed at the Interconti Hotel by Chancellor Angela Merkel, CDU Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet and […]
September 1: The EU Commission is back in office. Ursula von der Leyen and her “Team Europe” throw themselves into their work with great enthusiasm. After the Afghanistan debacle, Brussels is back to saving the world; the European Green Deal and platform regulation can’t wait.Or maybe they do? On the first day of the “Rentrée,” […]
In Berlin (and thus just minutes later: on Twitter) circulates a breakdown of what a possible traffic light cabinet might look like after the Bundestag elections. Executive Summary: There is now gleeful speculation about the origin of this table. The alleged originator is the Seeheimer Kreis in the SPD. But it denies this (of course) […]
The format was new: three candidates for chancellor faced each other on Sunday evening in the so-called first TV triell on RTL and NTV. The basic topic: Germany’s future – and how Armin Laschet, Olaf Scholz and Annalena Baerbock each want to shape it. But one thing became clear that evening: The German public and […]
Softbank recently tapped a, say, well-informed source for its “Vision Fund”: Former Mossad Director Yossi Cohen is to help the world’s largest venture capital fund identify the most hopeful among Israeli tech companies. That makes sense: After all, many of the up-and-coming startups there are founded by ex-military personnel.Cohen, until June the head of Israel’s […]