This news will especially please Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, whose passion for road cycling was the subject of a tragicomedy by Charlotte Wirth, written for Europe.Table a few weeks ago: The EU Parliament’s Transport Committee (TRAN) is calling on the EU Commission to present a cycling strategy – with the aim of doubling the […]
Intimidated by the USA? Commission President Ursula von der Leyen doesn’t want to give that impression. On the contrary. At the presentation of the “Green Deal Industrial Plan,” Europe’s answer to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), she stated: “We love competition.” Manuel Berkel and Markus Grabitz write about exactly what she has in mind.France […]
Germany is actually a significant player in the EU. But lately, Germany has been rather conspicuous because it is always late when it comes to decisions in Brussels. Too late to make its mark on the debates. Germany’s top EU diplomat, Michael Clauß, has listed all of this in great detail in a kind of […]
In addition to the energy and transport reforms, agriculture is also in need of reform. There was broad agreement on this in Brussels. Timo Landenberger knows where things are still going too slowly and how the turnaround can still succeed.Companies that import potentially conflict-affected minerals to Germany must comply with a due diligence obligation. This […]
It’s no secret that the German government coalition is often in conflict – and that includes European policy. The coalition agreement pledged “more stringent coordination” and a “united approach to European partners”. According to information available to Europe.Table, Germany’s EU ambassador Michael Clauß has now expressed his concerns in an urgent letter. He criticizes that […]
In 2021, Olaf Scholz, then still Federal Minister of Finance, had called the tax reform, which provides for minimum taxes for globally active companies, a “great historical moment” in the fight against tax dumping. In addition to noble goals such as international tax justice, the German government also had more mundane reasons for its action […]
It had long been suspected, but now the European Union has found evidence that some EU officials’ smartphones, including EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders, have been compromised by the spy software Pegasus. However, it is still unclear who is behind this spying operation and whether it is possibly an EU country, the Reuters news agency […]
For some of the ideas for the electricity market reform, there will probably not be enough time until the end of the legislative period, as the EU Commission itself admits. But the remaining proposals would also be a huge undertaking. Christian Ehler, coordinator of the EPP in ITRE, already warns against sky-high expectations. Manuel Berkel […]
In some EU states – Sweden and Italy, for example – EPP member parties cooperate with parties further to the right. And EPP leader Manfred Weber is also looking in this direction. In search of new partners for his weakening party family, he is approaching the ECR parliamentary group, among others, as Markus Grabitz reports. […]
In a historical perspective, the recent discord between Berlin and Paris shrinks considerably. And so Emmanuel Macron warmly embraced his guest Olaf Scholz when he welcomed him to Paris for the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty. Both sides also emphasized overlapping interests at the meeting of the cabinets – regarding the response to the […]