Tag: European policy
EU Commission increases pressure on European armaments companies
Shells at an exercise in Britain Ukraine urgently needs 155mm ammunition for western weapons such as howitzers to be able to defend itself against the Russian attack. (Photo: AP) Brussels…
IBM expects hiring freeze due to artificial intelligence
German associations and creative people want stricter regulation of ChatGPT & Co A good 40 German associations and trade unions are demanding stricter rules from the EU to avoid copyright…
British government fails to meet its Brexit target
UK Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch The 43-year-old Tory politician is under pressure from Eurosceptics in her party. (Photo: Reuters) London The British government wanted to free itself from…
Franziska Brantner – the secret minister
Franziska Brantner, Robert Habeck “If only Robert were a bit like Franziska.” (Photo: Imago (3)) Berlin They are bright green, the arms of Franziska Brantner’s glasses. She’s worn it for…
“Germany must not become a permanent blocker in Brussels” – this is how the debt dispute is dividing Europe
Christian Lindner Lindner has reservations about the debt sustainability analysis. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels, Paris The federal government rejects the reform proposals of the EU Commission for the European debt…
Franziska Brantner – the secret minister
Franziska Brantner, Robert Habeck “If only Robert were a bit like Franziska.” (Photo: Imago (3)) Berlin They are bright green, the arms of Franziska Brantner’s glasses. She’s worn it for…
Storage operators consider gas shortages to be possible in cold winters
Scholz and Habeck defend Rügen LNG plans – Mukran in focus The federal government has defended plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal at the Rügen site. One cannot cope…
Budget policy: EU Commission rejects Lindner
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner The federal government had proposed that highly indebted euro countries be subject to a uniform minimum requirement for annual debt reduction. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels…
How Ursula von der Leyen earned respect
Ursula von der Leyen The EU Commission President has a good chance of a second term. (Photo: Reuters) When Ursula von der Leyen was appointed President of the Commission in…
Macron wanted to send a signal of European unity – and achieved the opposite
The author dr Jana Puglierin is Head of Office and Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). According to reports, French President Emmanuel Macron would have…
Paris rejects criticism of Macron’s Taiwan statements
Berlin, Paris In view of the violent reaction to Emmanuel Macron’s statements on European China policy, the Élysée Palace felt the need to clarify: the French President had only repeated…
The German government’s proposal to reform the EU debt rules is balanced
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner For a long time, the traffic light parties did not agree on the question of reforming the EU debt rules. (Photo: Reuters) It has been…
Lindner’s reform plan for EU debt rules has met with mixed responses
Christian Lindner The Federal Finance Minister has presented his own proposals for a reform of the EU debt rules. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels, Paris The federal government has received praise…
Where prices are highest in Europe
Young woman is shopping in the supermarket While the prices of goods in the EU internal market have already leveled out, there are still major differences in services. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek)…
Political tensions are once again putting Northern Ireland to the test
Mural painting in Belfast The time of the so-called “Troubles” is still omnipresent in the Northern Irish provincial capital. (Photo: Getty Images) London Northern Ireland had never heard of it:…
“Important role” of China in the Ukraine conflict
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jingping “I know I can count on you to bring Russia back to sanity and everyone around the negotiating table,” Macron told…
Federal government draws red lines for reform
The EU and the Federal Ministry of Finance are at odds over debt rules European Parliament in Brussels: A new agreement is to be reached for the EU debt regulation.…
Federal government draws red lines when reforming EU debt rules
Berlin The debate about reforming the EU debt rules is heating up. While the EU Commission wants to quickly pour its proposals into a draft law, Federal Finance Minister Christian…
Macron and von der Leyen want to achieve this in China
Berlin, Beijing, Brussels, Paris When it gets dark in Beijing these days, you can often see people crouching in front of small fires on the sidewalks. They burn so-called death…
Jens Spahn calls for funding program for heating replacement
Spahn calls for a comprehensive funding program for heating replacement Union parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn (CDU) has called for comprehensive heat pump funding for the federal government’s plans to…