There is tension between Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and Head of State Emmanuel Macron. The reason is the state of the French state budget, known in Parisian jargon as “fipu” for “finances publiques.” The national deficit increased surprisingly significantly last year and amounted to 5.5 percent of GDP. The government had only […]
Six weeks from yesterday, Thursday, the first polling stations will open in the Netherlands. And things are slowly getting serious in the European election campaign. The last plenary week of the European Parliament in this election period is coming to an end, the leading candidates of the European parties will meet next Monday in Maastricht […]
The technological rivalry between the USA and China is dominating the course of the global economy. At present, Europe is not proactively shaping where the new global dividing lines will run, especially in critical technologies. Europe runs the risk of being left out of the shaping of a new geo-economic order.There are already signs of […]
It was a textbook parliamentary debate. For two days, students battled each other over arguments and political strategies. The Simulation of the European Parliament (SIMEP), a European political simulation game that we, as Young European Federalists (JEF), have been organizing for many years, was also a success in 2023. And yet, is it thought-provoking that […]
“Europe is the political DNA of Emmanuel Macron,” says a well-informed liberal source to Table.Media. “He has built his political identity around Europe.” The problem: While the President’s camp still has no leading candidate for the European elections on June 9, the Rassemblement National (RN) is polling about ten percentage points ahead of the lost […]
It is THE topic of the day in the Brussels climate-environment bubble: Diederik Samsom, the real eminence grise for climate issues in the European Commission, is leaving his post as Head of Cabinet of Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra. The departure of this expert on international climate negotiations gives rise to one of the Brussels bubble’s […]
The EU hydrogen strategy provides for an ambitious growth plan: The capacities for the production of green hydrogen are to be increased from six gigawatts (GW) planned for this year to 40 GW by 2030. The target by 2050 is 500 GW. However, installed capacities only amounted to around 0.2 GW by the end of […]
In the Brussels bubble, everything is political, and the EBU is no exception. Despite its discretion, Swiss headquarters, and the respectability of its 74-year existence, the EBU is responsible for organizing the debate of lead candidates at the Brussels seat of the European Parliament ahead of the European elections.Before delving into the political minefield, here […]
The Rassemblement National (RN) campaign for the 2024 European elections will be launched in Marseille on Sunday. In France’s second-largest city, MEP Jordan Bardella, lead candidate of the far-right party, will hold his first election event, accompanied by Marine Le Pen. For the party with the flame, which is leading in the polls, the choice […]
The political change in Poland is raising expectations of a more ambitious Polish energy and climate policy. The new government’s active foreign policy does indeed offer the opportunity to intensify energy cooperation with neighboring countries, including Germany. Cooperation on green hydrogen, among other things, makes sense.However, a rapid Polish energy transition is not a foregone […]