During today’s meeting of the Competitiveness Council, the Spanish presidency of the Council is attempting to achieve a general orientation on the Euro 7 emission standard. You can read more about this in our News.On Thursday, in Brussels, the Justice and Home Affairs Council will convene. Among other matters, discussions will revolve around the progress […]
The Euro 7 emission standard is crucial for German manufacturers as it sets the technical benchmarks for engine construction until 2035. This is the period during which VW, Mercedes, BMW and their suppliers wanted to continue making good money with the technology they excel in. It is all the more surprising that the German government […]
27 dead in 24 hours – and a quick ceasefire. That was the situation one day after Azerbaijani army soldiers entered Nagorno-Karabakh. Whether the guns really fell silent overnight, as agreed by both sides, is unclear at the moment.The government in Baku has offered the ethnic Armenian fighters, who are being persecuted as separatists, free […]
The meeting of the eight riparian states in Belém, Brazil, was unable to live up to the high expectations and high hopes that the Amazon Summit had aroused among climate and environmental activists. Nevertheless, the final declaration can be a basis for far-reaching cooperation to protect the forests. In doing so, it sends a clear […]
The weather forecasts for the upcoming days promise anything but pleasant conditions. Looking at the projections, it can already be said that this July is the hottest month since the beginning of industrialization, warned Leipzig climate scientist Karsten Haustein yesterday. The global 1.5-degree threshold has already been reached in July. Similar reports came from the […]
The EU special summit begins today in Versailles. For one thing, the security and defense strategy “Strategic Compass” must be updated. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, “whole passages on Russia would have to be completely rewritten,” said an EU Foreign Service official. Second, plans for European defense and military capacity building would have to be […]
How can the EU grow, possibly to more than 30 members, and remain capable of acting? This discussion could be more lively in the future than it has been so far. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the European Parliament are pushing for it, and a new expert report provides arguments for reform – […]
The focus of the debates surrounding the Green Deal has shifted somewhat. The focus is now less on buildings, industrial plants and cars. Instead, the consequences for agriculture and food production are being discussed all the more lively. There is a lot at stake for the Christian Democratic party family. EPP leader Manfred Weber knows […]
Germany and France have been arguing for months about the reform of the electricity market – it’s about the promotion of nuclear energy and cheap electricity for their own industry. Now Eurelectric President Leonhard Birnbaum is calling on Paris and Berlin to find a quick solution. “As a European energy association, we have no interest […]
In her State of the Union address, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a competition investigation into market distortions caused by Chinese subsidies for EVs. Beijing’s reaction was swift: it was “very concerned and dissatisfied” with the EU Commission, saying it was displaying “sheer protectionism”. However, the question of whether China is engaging in […]