Investigators have seized €1.5 million in the corruption scandal surrounding Eva Kaili – and are now looking into possible related quid pro quo agreements entered by the ex-vice president of the European Parliament. All legislative decisions in which she was involved are to come under scrutiny. Attention also turns to Kaili’s involvement with the controversial […]
Host Charles Michel overturned the agenda of the summit several times and thus caused some confusion. Nevertheless, shortly after 10 p.m., he announced the summit’s completion – all contentious issues had been resolved. Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke of a “council that was as short as it was constructive.” Earlier, the Polish head of government Mateusz […]
At just before 2 a.m. on Sunday, the deal for one of Europe’s most important climate action instruments was finalized: In a jumbo trialogue, the EU Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed to reform European emissions trading in such a way that emissions will fall more quickly by 2030 and the carbon price will […]
The governments of 196 countries agreed on an extremely ambitious nature conservation agreement in Montreal on Monday. In order to stop the global destruction of nature, a total of 30 percent of the land and sea area is to be placed under “effective protection” by 2030. This is the largest commitment to habitat protection ever […]
“If the EU chooses the wrong electricity market design, investments in the transformation of the energy sector could collapse for years,” warns Kristian Ruby. In an interview with Manuel Berkel, the secretary general of Eurelectric argues for more care in reforming the electricity market and explains what long-term electricity contracts would mean for industry and […]
The turn of the year marks the 30th anniversary of the European Single Market. After a dynamic start, member countries have all too often opted more for the national interest and less for the European interest. A perennial issue is that member states are reluctant to open their national markets to service providers from other […]
European policymakers seem to be reacting more tautly to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) than industry and commerce. Biden’s law is intended to promote domestic climate protection through subsidies, but discriminates against European companies, according to the EU Commission, for example. But trade experts and companies can even see positive sides to the IRA, […]
A lot of money is at stake in the dispute with Budapest. The Commission wants to withhold a total of more than €13 billion from EU funds for Hungary in the dispute over the rule of law. At the same time, Hungary is increasing the pressure by blocking the planned European budget support for Ukraine. […]
The UN Biodiversity Conference begins tomorrow in Montréal, Canada. Almost 200 countries will be negotiating a new global agreement on species protection until Dec. 19. Expectations are high: So far, all targets have been missed, now the meeting in Montréal is supposed to bring a much-needed turnaround. The EU environment ministers support the demand that […]
