Yesterday and today, the transport and digital ministers of the EU met in Luxembourg. Volker Wissing was in demand on both days due to his portfolio. The topics discussed at the Transport Council yesterday ranged from cross-border exchange of traffic fines to the Euro 7 emission standards. Lukas Scheid has more information.Today, the Council will […]
Today, the Brussels plenum will vote on the Due Diligence Act. It will be exciting. As reported on Tuesday, the group of MEPs from CDU/CSU wants to vote against the report of Lara Wolters (S&D). In doing so, they also opposed their party colleague Axel Voss, who as shadow rapporteur, has tried to negotiate an […]
An alliance of major German business associations is calling the meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), which is taking place today and tomorrow in Luleå in northern Sweden,“a critical milestone“. The expectations of the German business community are high, but so far the associations have not seen any tangible results. Corinna Visser […]
A political career is often an immense burden on one’s private life. This is also the case with MEP Ismail Ertug, who is now pulling the ripcord. The transport politician will resign his mandate for the SPD group on July 2 – for family reasons, he told Table.Media. Last week, Ertug had already shut down […]
The main suspect in the European Parliament’s corruption scandal, deposed Vice-President Eva Kaili, is at large again. An investigating judge in Brussels ruled yesterday that she could take off her ankle monitor and leave her apartment again. Her former parliamentary group, the socialist S&D, expelled the Greek woman after the allegations became known. But Kaili […]
Nothing less than major geopolitics is on the agenda when the EU trade ministers meet in Brussels this morning. They want to discuss relations with the USA, relations with China and trade agreements with other countries such as Australia. Topics that will probably also occupy the heads of state and government at the EU summit […]
‘Commission ban’ – this irritant word which is a red flag in the financial industry – was only in a draft for the retail investor strategy. Under massive pressure from the lobby and probably also after intervention from the German Federal Ministry of Finance, the proposal that the Commission intends to adopt today no longer […]
Frans Timmermans has drawn massive criticism for his nature conservation package – the EPP, for example, warns of a “bureaucratic nightmare” and consequences for food security in Europe. Today, the Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for the Green Deal, will face the MEPs of the Agriculture and Environment Committees in the European Parliament. There […]
Emmanuel Macron caused some excitement last week by calling for a “regulatory pause” from the EU. After all, shortly before, the EPP had called for a moratorium on new environmental legislation for “one to two years,” according to Manfred Weber. Unlike Weber, however, Macron was probably not referring to current or pending legislative projects – […]
Werner Hoyer has headed the European Investment Bank (EIB) for almost twelve years, and the 71-year-old will step down as president at the end of the year. At today’s meeting of EU finance ministers, the Swedish Council Presidency is now launching the search for a successor. According to our information, the member states have until […]