Around fourteen months before the 2024 European elections, the polls are showing an exciting race. According to a current projection, the Christian Democrat-conservative European People’s Party (EPP) would currently only have 162 MEPs and would thus fall significantly below its level of 176 seats in the current Parliament. The Social Democratic Group (S&D) would also […]
There has been no shortage of superlatives to describe this package, nor has there been a lack of sarcasm about the name of this package, which many in the European bubble consider more appropriate to describe a fitness program for people in their mid-50s. Despite the unusual name, “Ff55” has been called historic. The President […]
The US Department of Energy announced last Tuesday that the first positive-energy nuclear fusion using inertial fusion technology has been performed in California. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California bombarded hydrogen plasma with high-power lasers to achieve the feat. It is a historic event because until now nuclear fusion has always required more energy […]
The EPP group, which includes the CDU and CSU in the EU Parliament, is blocking a current proposal on the sustainable use of pesticides. The chosen reduction targets are simply not feasible, they claim. Likewise, they reject the proposed law on nature recovery, according to a resolution of the group.EPP leader Manfred Weber has also […]
Europeans have proven their challengers wrong. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, European governments and citizens have displayed admirable levels of solidarity with Ukraine and unity within their own ranks. This strong European sentiment will be put to a test in the months ahead. But it is not just Russian disinformation or growing cost-of-living […]
The war in Ukraine, the changing world order, states striving for supraregional power such as Iran, and other global challenges make it clear that Europe needs strategic partners and political allies. In this context, European policy looks to Israel for good reasons.The small nation in the eastern Mediterranean is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its […]
The phenomenon even has its own name: German Vote. The Brussels bubble uses this term to describe the frequent German abstention in the Council of Ministers – but the term stands for even more: for the speechlessness of the largest member state in the European legislative process. The German representative in the Council bodies is […]
The casualties in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine extend well beyond the Ukrainians whom Russian forces are directly targeting. Russia’s aggression also threatens the global sustainability agenda, with potentially devastating consequences for the entire planet.Already, the COVID-19 pandemic redirected global attention and resources away from the targets enshrined in the 2015 Paris climate […]
If the EU and the USA have their way, a raw materials club should bring together Western countries and resource-rich countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa to enable raw materials partnerships on an equal footing. Under discussion is whether governments can waive export restrictions or tariffs in mutual trade in mineral resources, and whether […]
As the war in Ukraine passes the 100-day mark, it is worth asking how much damage Western sanctions have done to Russia’s economy, and whether forthcoming measures – especially the European Union’s newly announced embargo on most Russian oil – can change Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategic calculations.Oil used to provide the bulk of Russia’s […]