Tag: European policy
The EU’s Mercosur agreement is in danger of collapsing
Ursula von der Leyen and Lula in Brazil According to Brussels, the Mercosur agreement should not be completed in the summer. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels, Berlin The Mercosur agreement could create…
“The relationship is not in crisis”
Berlin Starting Sunday, Emmanuel Macron will be the first French President to pay an official state visit to Germany in 23 years. Macron has been to Germany several times before,…
EU states are struggling to find a common position
Viktor Orban with Giorgia Meloni and Mateusz Morawiecki In the asylum dispute, the interior ministers made a majority decision at the beginning of June that Poland and Hungary did not…
“Energy demand in Europe must fall by 34 percent by 2050”
Engie boss Catherine MacGregor The engineer has been general director of the French energy group since 2021. (Photo: BDEW) Berlin The general director of the French energy group Engie sees…
Le Maire calls for room for investment
Bruno Le Maire The French Finance Minister indirectly criticized Lindner recently at the informal meeting of ministers in Stockholm and accused him of “old ideas”. (Photo: AP) Luxembourg France’s Finance…
heating rebel? This is how FDP MP Schäffler fights against the GEG
Berlin The chimney sweep recently visited Frank Schäffler. The FDP member of the Bundestag asked him what he would have to invest in his house in Bünde in East Westphalia…
The History of the West – The Turn for the Worse
G7 Summit At a meeting of the G7 in Japan, the West was united. (Photo: dpa) Bonn The British historian Timothy Garton Ash, born in London in 1955, has been…
Bert Rürup and Michael Hüther in the podcast
Would a two-speed Europe be a political option? Bert Rürup asks this question in the podcast. The problem: The total economic output of the USA is around 25 trillion US…
There is only a European solution for migration
Scholz and Meloni Scholz renewed the offer to the refugees’ countries of origin to conclude contracts for legal migration to Germany. (Photo: AP) Rome Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime…
“It’s a tremendous effort” – Faeser is pushing for an agreement on the EU asylum reform
Berlin Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) emphasized the urgency of a rapid reform of the EU asylum system. “We now have to make the right decisions to finally organize…
“Von der Leyen has gambled away”: Rising interest rates put a strain on the EU budget
Brussels In the Ukraine war and in the fight against the energy crisis, the EU mobilized billions – and thinned out its own budget. Now there is another stress factor…
Are new EU laws coming to a halt now?
Ursula von der Leyen When she took office, the President of the European Commission promised to delete one law for every new law. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels Manfred Weber is in…
Heating law is to go into parliament before the summer recess
Union calls for an end to uncertainty about heating plans In view of the violent dispute in the traffic light coalition about the planned heating law, the Union calls for…
Controversy over the role of nuclear power
Brussels, Paris Actually, the EU states and the European Parliament had already agreed on the new guideline for the expansion of renewable energies at the end of March. The adoption…
Controversy over the role of nuclear power
Brussels, Paris Actually, the EU states and the European Parliament had already agreed on the new guideline for the expansion of renewable energies at the end of March. The adoption…
Stricter EU emissions regulations are in danger of failing
Traffic in Dortmund Eight EU countries are opposed to new emissions standards. (Photo: Imago) Dusseldorf, Brussels The EU Commission’s efforts to tighten emissions standards for cars threaten to fail due…
Geywitz and Habeck want to collect energy data about every building by law
According to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Germany must not become an import country for electricity. That is why, in view of the increasing demand for electricity, the rapid expansion of capacity…
25 years of the ECB – the eternal provisional
Can this go well? A single central bank for meanwhile 20 European countries, plus Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican as officially associated mini-countries. In addition, Montenegro and Kosovo…
Controversial heating law not in the Bundestag this week
According to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Germany must not become an import country for electricity. That is why, in view of the increasing demand for electricity, the rapid expansion of capacity…
Scholz wants to make the EU the hinge to the emerging countries
Berlin, Strasbourg The location and timing alone make this Chancellor’s speech remarkable. On Europe Day, Olaf Scholz came to the European Parliament in Strasbourg – and used his appearance to…