With just over a year to go until the June 6-9, 2024 European elections, the tone between European parties is gradually getting harsher. At the beginning of May, Iratxe García Pérez, the Socialist group leader in the European Parliament, said that “cooperation is no longer possible” with the Christian Democratic EPP. Frans Timmermans, Commission Vice […]
Following the German government’s attempts to make gas green last year or to enforce an e-fuel loophole in the combustion engine phase-out in Europe only last month, Olaf Scholz’s team has a fresh chance to put its climate reputation straight: the global shipping industry.The international shipping sector is one of the dirtiest polluters. Countries – […]
A noun that first appeared in France around 1830 has resurfaced in recent days: Casserolade. The word refers to a form of protest which consists of a group of people making noise by banging pots, lids, pans and other noisy utensils. Protesters sometimes take a decidedly creative approach to their protest, and the same goes […]
When it comes to environmental protection, many people first think of clean rivers, blooming meadows, and nature reserves. When it comes to climate action, wind farms, EVs, and heat pumps come to mind. Undoubtedly, renewable energies and nature conservation are central building blocks for making our country climate-neutral and preserving natural living conditions. However, another […]
The history of the Single Market is remarkable: after crippling stagflation in the early 1980s, the Single European Act in 1987 and then the Maastricht Treaty gave the EU’s economic integration a new impetus. Since then, the Single Market has harmonized hundreds of pieces of product legislation and has set minimum standards in consumer protection […]
Do you know the Mundat Forest? An ordinary German forest, you might think. But it has a special history – especially a certain section of the forest that belongs to the Upper Mundat Forest. This 680-hectare area is administered by the French Office National des Forêts and managed according to French law.The Upper Mundat Forest […]
Germany and France’s support for the implementation of the European Green Deal is essential – and unequivocal. It is particularly evident in the fact that the climate component of the pact was adopted at the end of 2022. This is intended to bring it into line with the target of reducing emissions by 55 percent […]
The idea of a climate club to complement the international regime of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been discussed in economics for over a decade. In 2015, Nobel economics laureate William Nordhaus proposed that members of such a club should coordinate their emissions trading systems or CO2 taxes among themselves. […]
There is hardly anything ordinary about the La Poesia restaurant, which opened in Paris on Nov. 2, mainly because meals are prepared with products supplied by the Italian organization Libera Terra. The organization manages agricultural land that has been seized from the Mafia. Even the cuvées are not ordinary: Each bottle honors on the label […]
The EU Commission wants to save media freedom in Europe – with a European supervisory authority. Spot the mistake.But let’s start at the beginning: For years, there has been a decline in press freedom in some EU member states. Especially, but not only, in Hungary and in Poland independent media are under pressure. The Rule of Law […]