With the start of the new year, Germany and France have taken over the presidencies of the G7 and the EU. The governments in Berlin and Paris want to conduct the presidencies in close coordination, as Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) also stressed. But the old year wasn’t quite over yet when mail arrived from […]
It was hardly imaginable just a few weeks ago, but it is now clear: this year, the holidays will once again be dominated by the pandemic.At fault is the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. It was precisely for such health emergencies that the EU Commission set up the HERA crisis agency in the autumn. […]
This time it was not Poland: The ECJ had to deal with the question of whether national constitutional law could trump European law on the basis of several Romanian legal disputes – again involving judicial issues. No, that is not possible, the Luxembourg judges ruled. While the organization of the judiciary is a competence of […]
The EU taxonomy was originally intended as a guide for private investors: Which investments are compatible with the EU’s climate and nature conservation goals? It was not intended that natural gas should be classified as a sustainable energy source. Things turned out differently, and the new taxonomy has become one of the major political issues […]
“Mutual dependencies” in energy supply – that is not a bad starting position for Christoph Bals, political director of Germanwatch. On the contrary: He does not think much of “energy autarky”; close cooperation is one way to create stability. But in contrast to past experiences with the purchase of oil and gas, there must be […]
Spain and France have been complaining for some time now, but now the energy price crisis is also hitting Germany with force. Many industrial companies are suffering, and millions of households are receiving mail from their power and gas suppliers: prices are rising drastically. Those who moved into a new home or have their contract […]
After giving you a digital policy outlook for the coming months yesterday, today it’s the turn of European climate policy. 2022 is supposed to be the year in which the EU’s ambitious goals are implemented. But there are complicated negotiations ahead in the parliamentary committees and in the trialogues. In addition, the EU Commission also […]
Yesterday began with sad news: David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, passed away on Tuesday night. His death caused consternation in Brussels and far beyond – especially in Sassoli’s home country of Italy. “È un giorno triste per l’Europa,” a sad day for Europe, said President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. In his […]
It is not often that delegated acts get caught up in the mills of big politics. In the case of the supplementary legal act to the Taxonomy Regulation, that is exactly what has happened. The EU Commission has now extended the deadline until January 21st for member states and experts to comment on its draft. […]
Sometimes it’s quite good to see a concrete figure: €500 billion. This is the order of magnitude for investment in the new generation of nuclear power plants that EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton believes is necessary by 2050, as he told the Journal di Dimanche in an interview. Given the price history of […]