Tag: European Union
That is changing for investors
European Commission According to plans by the EU Commission, there should be a ban on commission for pure “execution transactions”. (Photo: imago images/Shotshop) Brussels The EU Commission wants to attract…
Battery subsidiary PowerCo plans to employ up to 1,500 people by the end of 2023
Visualization of the Gigafactory in St. Thomas, Canada Around 3,000 jobs are to be created around the largest VW battery plant. The factory is scheduled to open in 2027. (Photo:…
The EU Commission wants to save the Stability Pact
Brussels Christian Lindner left no stone unturned, he also published an article for the “Financial Times” on Tuesday. However, the Federal Minister of Finance’s efforts to force the EU Commission…
The EU Commission’s reform proposals are met with resistance
Germany’s financial metropolis Frankfurt The German banks and savings banks see massive interventions in their security systems in the EU reform plans. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Frankfurt, Brussels According to the…
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…
Conditions for AI – EU parliamentarians want to regulate ChatGPT more strictly
Brussels The European Parliament apparently wants to regulate the popular artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT more strictly. “There is a majority in favor of classifying ChatGPT as a high-risk technology,” says…
Donald in New York: Bad Boy
Good morning, dear readers, yesterday evening at around 9:30 p.m. German time, after around two hours, the New York Supreme Court said: Donald has left the building. The former President…
“Our banking sector is resilient” – Will Europe get away with it?
Brussels Before the weekend, the banking crisis returned with force. Above all, massive price losses at Deutsche Bank, whose shares lost 15 percent at times, fueled fears that the turbulence…
Digital euro could stress smaller banks
Frankfurt The possible introduction of a digital euro is making the German banking industry nervous. One of the reasons: If too many customers use the digital euro and if this…
EU director-general apparently accepted nine free flights to Qatar
Qatar Airways plane at Vienna Airport EU officials can be invited by third parties as long as there is no conflict of interest, a spokesman said. (Photo: Imago) Brussels In…
McKinsey needs to reinvent itself
Good morning dear readers, the consulting firm McKinsey is used to analyzing other companies, criticizing them and, if necessary, ordering them to radically change course. Now the heavyweight in the…
Brussels and London are getting closer
Good morning dear readers, It’s like so many breakups: after a period of hurt, blame and teasing, there comes a point when two ex-partners get closer again – and find…
Euro zone debt: Sovereign debt in southern Europe shrinking
Rome The debt burden is also falling for Italy. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Brussels It wasn’t long ago that economists prophesied about a return of the debt crisis in the euro…
According to the report, the EU wants to reduce CO2 emissions from trucks and buses by 90 percent
Truck under toll bridge Previously, it had been planned that CO2 emissions from trucks and buses would fall by 30 percent by 2030. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to the EU…
Reform of the EU debt rules threatens to fail – “So not acceptable”
Brussels Ten months is not a long time in politics, especially not in Brussels. This is how much time the Europeans have to adapt their fiscal rules to the post-corona…
Two MEPs arrested in EU corruption scandal
Brussels/Naples The two MEPs Marc Tarabella and Andrea Cozzolino have been arrested in the EU corruption scandal. After the Belgian Tarabella was arrested in Brussels on Friday afternoon and questioned…
Fences, controls, deportations – the EU relies on isolation
Polish border Several countries are now building fences at the EU’s external borders. (Photo: imago images/NurPhoto) Brussels The EU countries want to take more action against illegal immigrants. At their…
EU spends more money on subsidies than US
Wind farm in Texas The US promotes the green transformation more pragmatically than the EU. (Photo: AFP) Brussels The American subsidy program for green technologies has alarmed Europeans. The 27…
EU spends more money on subsidies than US
Wind farm in Texas The US promotes the green transformation more pragmatically than the EU. (Photo: AFP) Brussels The American subsidy program for green technologies has alarmed Europeans. The 27…
The EU countered with tax rebates in the billions
Ursula von der Leyen The head of the Commission wants to keep companies with tax rebates in the EU. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin, Brussels The EU Commission wants to provide the…