It is quite a sizable EU delegation that will be received by US President Joe Biden and his team in Washington today. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is accompanied by her Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis and her Deputy, Věra Jourová, who is responsible for digital issues. European Council President Charles Michel has also […]
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Good news before Ursula von der Leyen’s #SOTEU speech: Europeans love their EU a bit more again. Not all, but most – according to recent Eurobarometer results. Dissatisfied with the EU’s pandemic management (compared to the national government) are mainly the Germans, Slovaks and Greeks. Are the Covid reconstruction funds well spent? Apart from the […]
The European Parliament wants to reform its own working procedures – the first reform since 1999. Parliament President Roberta Metsola convened the “Parliament 2024” working group in March and is chairing it herself with the utmost discipline, according to reports. The working group, consisting of two members from each of the large groups and one […]
Ursula von der Leyen had to listen to a lot of criticism for her clear position on Israel’s side, as demonstrated by her quick solidarity visit to Tel Aviv last week. However, always only behind closed doors: According to diplomats, no participant voiced direct criticism of the Commission president at the two-and-a-half-hour video conference of […]
Whether the dispute over electricity market reform is resolved today by the energy ministers or not, it already shows one thing: how unsuitable the EU still is for enlargement. How often have smaller member states criticized the fact that nothing in the Union can be decided against Berlin and Paris? For months now, these two […]
Today’s Environment Council will be crucial on the road to the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai at the end of the year (COP28). Firstly, the member states want to define their negotiating mandate for the COP. It is, so to speak, the guideline with which the EU negotiators will meet the representatives of other […]
The second chancellor triell is done. As expected, we at the Europe.Table have not learned much more as a result. Once again, the European policy component was missing from the TV debate. As if it did not matter how the most important member state should act in the EU in the future. Regarding the winner, […]
The Net-Zero Industry Act aims to enhance the appeal of Europe as a location for manufacturers of climate-friendly technologies. Negotiations for this initiative are progressing well: Negotiators in the European Parliament’s Industry Committee have reached an agreement on the outstanding points, and there is also movement in the Council. However, a significant sticking point has […]
At their meeting in Luxembourg next week, the EU energy ministers wanted to untie the knot in the reform of the electricity market. At issue is whether France should be allowed to give its industry a competitive advantage by subsidizing nuclear power plants. The joint cabinet meeting of the Paris and Berlin governments over the […]
It should have been concluded long ago. After the trilogue on political advertising on the Internet was initially postponed time and again, tonight’s meeting is finally expected to bring a breakthrough. The new regulation is intended to safeguard the European elections in June against manipulation and external interference and to help prevent abuse such as […]