The easing of the burden on European farmers continues. At today’s Agriculture Council in Brussels, the EU agriculture ministers are expected to vote in favor of the European Commission’s proposals to relax environmental requirements in the Common Agricultural Policy until 2027 without any changes. Informally, the majority of ambassadors have already spoken out in favor […]
COP26 President Alok Sharma has predicted that an agreement in Glasgow will be more difficult than it was in Paris. This is mainly because the industrialized countries in particular are now called upon to agree on concrete measures for global climate protection. This also includes rich countries providing money for the global South – US$100 […]
When the environment ministers of the EU countries meet in Brussels today, they will discuss the Waste Shipment Regulation, the regulation of microplastics and the Commission’s proposal on the EU’s 2040 climate target. As is so often the case, however, what is not on the agenda is much more important: the Nature Restoration Law.After the […]
This announcement is likely to cause ongoing discussion: following the EU summit, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has spoken out in favor of including nuclear power in the taxonomy. Von der Leyen spoke of the “energy mix of the future” and also mentioned nuclear power in this context. Emmanuel Macron will be pleased, the […]
The EU is now taking action against agricultural imports from Russia. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in the evening at the summit a proposal for high import tariffs on Russian grain, oilseeds and processed products. This would prevent Russian grain from destabilizing the EU market for these products and Russia from profiting from […]
The international climate talks that will culminate in the COP29 in Baku in November begin this week. More than 30 ministers and special advisors are meeting in Copenhagen today and tomorrow for the informal Copenhagen Climate Ministerial (CCM). EU Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra will also be there to discuss what is to be decided […]
It is a surprising turn of events. The money was actually supposed to be used for the reconstruction of Ukraine. But now EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wants to propose today that the so-called windfall profits on the frozen Russian central bank funds be used for arms purchases for Ukraine.A good €3 billion is […]
Friedrich August von Hayek is not exactly the body and soul economist of the social democrats. In his work “The Road to Serfdom”, the Austrian thinker declared socialism to be incompatible with democracy and individual freedom. Even a social market economy, Hayek argued at the time, was no longer a market economy. Today, Hayek would […]
The EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels today, Monday. The wars in Ukraine and Gaza once again dominating the agenda. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will join the meeting via video call in the morning, as will his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.One of the points: the use of the income generated by the […]