How are the European partners reacting to the urgent call from Berlin not to leave Germany on its own in supporting Ukraine with weapons? The informal meeting of EU defense ministers today in the Egmont Palace in Brussels could be an opportunity for an initial interim assessment. At around €7 billion, Germany is providing more […]
Three Commissioners – Margrethe Vestager, Thierry Breton and Valdis Dombrovskis – are in Washington to attend the fifth meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) and meet members of the government. There will be no final paper this time. Instead, this meeting will serve to prepare for the sixth and final meeting in […]
Energy prices are soaring – and the EU is asking what lessons to draw from this situation. Some member states are calling for joint action. EPP Group leader Weber sent out a tweet in which he supported the move – and spoke of “Russian blackmail.” The German chancellor has a completely different opinion. Lukas Scheid […]
The qualification round for the Berlin exploratory talks is over: Constructive, constructive and constructive were the respective rounds of talks from the point of view of the negotiators; the cheating, on the other hand, is annoying, but only takes place with the Union. The Greens, CDU and CSU got the last part over with on […]
On Sunday, the SPD will decide on personnel and the program for the European elections. The ranking positions have largely been negotiated between the federal party and regional associations in advance, and General Secretary Kevin Kühnert expects at most a few contested candidacies. The draft of the election program also holds few surprises: The SPD […]
It was only a matter of time before he left. Now the time has come. Diederik Samsom is leaving the Commission. As head of Frans Timmermans‘ cabinet, the Dutchman played a significant role in earning Timmermans the questionable nickname “climate Taliban” in Brussels. Samsom was an ideologue and driver in the background. He sharpened the […]
The EU Commission is not giving up hope of bringing the trade talks with the Mercosur states to a successful conclusion after all. “The conclusion of negotiations with Mercosur is within reach before the end of this mandate,” said Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis after the informal meeting of EU trade ministers in Brussels. They are working […]
The Commission’s proposal to regulate plants obtained using so-called new genomic techniques (NGT) has mobilized the opposition of organic farming associations. They and all other food producers, for whom the “no genetic engineering” label has been important to date, fear for their business model if “new genetic engineering” is approved in the EU.The draft law […]
According to reports in Brussels, goods from Ukraine will be exempt from import duties for another year. This is what the Commission intends to propose on Wednesday. The economy of the country, which has been overrun by Putin’s military with a war of aggression for almost two years, needs the support. The exemption from customs […]
The preliminary decision on the list of CDU candidates from NRW for the European elections will be made at the weekend. Five male MEPs are worried about a promising place on the list and their professional future. NRW state leader Hendrik Wüst wants to use the zipper procedure. This means that three women and three […]