You can mark June 6-9, 2024 in your calendar to be on the safe side, because according to information from Table.Media, the European elections will most likely take place during this period. In Germany, the election would thus fall on June 9. The parties are already preparing to draw up their lists. Nervousness is likely […]
Christian Linder is not a friend of debt. So, unsurprisingly, the German Finance Minister says the Commission’s plans for new debt rules are not strict enough. “Significant adjustments are still needed,” Lindner judged on Wednesday. His French counterpart Bruno Le Maire sees it quite differently. “Some points contradict the spirit of the reform,” he criticized. […]
For the Commission, it is clear that the Stability and Growth Pact cannot remain as it was. But after loud demands from the traffic light coalition that it needed fixed benchmark values, Brussels wants to respond to Berlin’s criticism. Table.Media is familiar with the proposal, which will be presented by the Commission today. The key […]
Before her trip to the People’s Republic, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke out clearly in favor of a new China policy. Now the EU’s Foreign Affairs Representative also announced a new course. “System rivalry has increased, competition has intensified”, Josep Borrell said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. The three […]
Recently, Germany has repeatedly attracted attention in Europe for either failing to take a clear stand or for only making a statement when it is actually already too late. This has caused a lot of trouble in Brussels. On the other hand, Germany’s position on the Stability and Growth Pact has always been quite clear. […]
EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson is promoting a new European electricity market design and long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with the promise of “stable and affordable prices”. Now, she says, the focus is on getting these PPAs to companies. Manuel Berkel analyzes how the breakthrough of PPAs can be achieved and how medium-sized companies can […]
The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement is finally supposed to move forward after many years of stalemate. But a meeting of negotiators from both sides in Buenos Aires this Wednesday and Thursday has now been postponed until May. The reason: The Mercosur side, in particular, needed more time to prepare for the additional declaration on sustainability […]
The EU Commission wants to ensure that by 2030 only half as many pesticides are used as before. But finding a compromise could hardly be more difficult: The ideas in the European Parliament range from a significant tightening to complete rejection. There are almost 3,000 amendments. And even the EPP Group still has to find […]
The heat pump market in the EU is growing rapidly. Annual sales could rise to seven million units by 2030, according to estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). But European manufacturers are increasingly facing competition from China. Many components already come from the People’s Republic anyway. This brings back memories of the abrupt decline […]
Today, Ursula von der Leyen is appearing at the CDU presidium – but as the current EU Commission President, not (yet) as the top candidate for the 2024 European elections. Nevertheless, there is a high probability von der Leyen will enter the ring again. On the one hand, because she is reportedly pushing for it; […]