The chaos is perfect. This morning, the EU Parliament is not only voting on a later implementation deadline for the EU rules on deforestation-free supply chains – the law on this already came into force in June 2023. The regulation could also be significantly weakened if the EPP’s 15 amendments receive even partial approval.As the […]
The hearings of the designated commissioners are over, but nothing has been finally decided yet.Yesterday it was the turn of the designated Executive Vice-Presidents. The tone was more poisonous than at the previous hearings. This was not only because the most important Commission jobs were at stake, but also because national political disputes were brought […]
CDU leader Friedrich Merz urges Chancellor Olaf Scholz to immediately call a vote of confidence. The leadership of the CDU/CSU faction argues that otherwise the red-green minority government could knock down stakes internationally and in Brussels for which it lacks democratic legitimacy. In order to keep an eye on them, the CDU/CSU wants to invite […]
The UN Climate Change Conference COP29 starts today in Baku. Rarely in recent years has the look-out for a climate conference been so bad and the challenges so great. The most important topic at this COP: future international climate financing. The states must agree on a new financial target that exceeds the previous mark of […]
Today, the heads of state and government are discussing Europe’s competitiveness at the informal summit in Budapest. They will adopt a “Budapest Declaration” in which they set ambitious economic policy goals for the Commission and themselves. As is so often the case, they remain vague about the means of achieving these goals – especially when […]
What a day. The USA elects disruptor-in-chief Donald Trump as POTUS, and the government coalition in Germany collapses. On Nov. 6, 2024, the world seems to have gone a little further off the rails.However, early elections in Germany (probably in March) are not necessarily bad news for the European Union. The divided coalition would hardly […]
It happened faster than expected, and the result is more decisive than anticipated: Donald Trump will be US President once again. For the US election, we are sending you a special report – including coverage from Washington, initial reactions and key results in graphics.It happened faster than expected, and the result is more decisive than […]
On the US financial markets, the scales tipped towards Kamala Harris yesterday, but even investors can only speculate. On the morning of the ballot, the US presidential election is still too close to call.The EU Commission and member states have tried to prepare as far as possible for the scenarios: a Harris victory, the return […]
This week is dominated by the US elections and the Commissioner hearings. But the EU finance ministers are also meeting in Brussels today and tomorrow. They want to agree on a joint declaration on the competitiveness of the European economy.The declaration will again contain demands for a deepening and simplification of the internal market. The […]
The informal summit of EU heads of state and government in Budapest at the end of next week will probably be the last for outgoing Council President Charles Michel. Before he hands over his office to António Costa at the beginning of December, the Belgian will be shaking up the preparations once again.Usually, the Council […]