While Europe continues to breathe a sigh of relief at Emmanuel Macron’s victory in France, the president himself is unlikely to have much time to catch his breath. On one hand, the agenda of the French Council presidency is still packed with unresolved issues and on the other, Macron is facing parliamentary elections. In order […]
A triumph for Emmanuel Macron: France’s president has prevailed in the runoff election – with a clearer lead than all polling institutes had predicted. The decisive victory should give his LREM party some tailwind for the third round of the elections, namely for the National Assembly on June 12 and 19.For France’s democracy and for […]
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For the longest time, Germany was a blocker in the European discussion about an oil embargo against Russia. The reason for the change is likely Germany’s recent success in reducing its energy dependence on oil and coal from Russia, as the Second Energy Security Progress Report shows. The situation is still different for gas. A […]
Poland and Bulgaria have already turned off the gas tap to Russia. Germany, too, must be prepared for a Russian gas supply freeze, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said yesterday during his visit to Tokyo. “Whether and what decisions the Russian government takes in this regard one can only speculate, but it makes little sense to […]
“The tap has been turned off,” said Poland’s Climate Minister Anna Moskwa on Polish radio. Poland and Bulgaria have been without gas from Russia since yesterday. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Moscow’s actions “an attempt by Russia to blackmail us.” However, both countries had planned to phase out Russian gas anyway and […]
No time to waste: The EU wants to present the sixth sanctions package against Russia as early as today or on Wednesday at the latest. The measures will in all likelihood include a long-disputed oil embargo previously blocked by Germany, among others. Europe should also reduce dependencies on other raw materials such as lithium, magnesium, […]
Yesterday evening, the EU Commission was still planning to submit its proposal for a sixth sanctions package against Russia to the member states of the European Union. In all likelihood, it will be presented today by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the EU Parliament. As EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell announced, the proposal […]
Today, for the first time, you will receive Europe.Table on a Saturday. The reason: Last week, we were a media partner at the Berlin Energy Days, one of the major conferences in Germany. Every morning, our editorial team provided you with an outlook on the program highlights and summarized the most important results of the […]
The 08.05. marks the end of the Second World War in Europe. In Moscow, at 23:01 Berlin time, the 09.05. had already dawned, which is why the celebrations take place on different dates. Olaf Scholz laid out his government’s guidelines in a televised speech on Sunday: No solo effort, no NATO going to war, defense […]
While oil from Russia is no longer wanted, there are fears about Russian gas supplies. German industry is still too dependent to be able to cope with a shortfall. The demand for subsidies from the federal government for energy-saving measures in building renovations has increased to such an extent that the pots ran dry faster […]