Tag: European Union
“A terrible day for Ukraine and a dark day for Europe”
Olaf Scholz The Chancellor describes Russia’s attack on Ukraine as a “blatant breach of international law”. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The German government is horrified by Russia’s military action against Ukraine.…
Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks out after the Russian attack on Ukraine
Berlin The German government is horrified by Russia’s military action against Ukraine. “The Russian attack on Ukraine is a blatant breach of international law. Nothing can justify it,” said Chancellor…
“A terrible day for Ukraine and a dark day for Europe”
Olaf Scholz The Chancellor describes Russia’s attack on Ukraine as a “blatant breach of international law”. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The German government is horrified by Russia’s military action against Ukraine.…
“Russia depends on cooperation with the EU”
Berlin Since Russia has been threatening Ukraine militarily, Finland and Sweden have again been discussing NATO membership. Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto is also demanding a much stronger role for…
Lindner wants to improve the EU stability pact
Christian Lindner (FDP) in Rome The Federal Minister of Finance took part in a roundtable with representatives of the Italian financial and banking sector. (Photo: imago images/photothek) Rome Finance Minister…
Final proposal on sustainability of gas and nuclear power coming
nuclear power plant The final proposal on the sustainability of gas and nuclear power comes this Wednesday (Photo: dpa) Brussels It is one of the trickiest political projects in current…
EU commissioner wants to vote against EU taxonomy
Johannes Hahn and Ursula von der Leyen in December The final EU taxonomy proposal is expected next week. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels It is one of the EU’s most sensitive political…
EU finance ministers before historic decision: will the debt rules be changed?
Two new ones in Brussels Dutch Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag and her German colleague Christian Lindner. (Photo: REUTERS) Brussels Is Christian Lindner a hardliner that the EU colleagues have to…
EU Parliament: Roberta Metsola – The most promising candidate
Brussels A woman is once again at the head of the European Parliament: MEPs in Strasbourg elected Roberta Metsola on Tuesday in the first ballot with 458 of 616 valid…
EU Parliament: Roberta Metsola – The most promising candidate
Brussels As of this Tuesday, a woman should once again be at the head of the European Parliament. The Christian Democratic European People’s Party (EPP), the largest group in the…
The West fears escalation
Berlin, Dusseldorf Amos Hochstein is hardly known in Europe – nevertheless, the 49-year-old American could play a key role in the Ukraine conflict. Hochstein is the US special envoy for…
The West fears escalation
Berlin, Dusseldorf Amos Hochstein is hardly known in Europe – nevertheless, the 49-year-old American could play a key role in the Ukraine conflict. Hochstein is the US special envoy for…
After the Russia talks is before the escalation
Berlin, Dusseldorf Talks in three cities, zero result: First between the USA and Russia in Geneva, then at the first Russia-NATO Council in two and a half years in Brussels,…
“A question of life and death”
Berlin The American-Russian meeting in Geneva could not have started under worse conditions. In the event of a failure to agree, Moscow threatens “military measures, Washington announces severe economic sanctions.…
Which EU countries want to classify gas and nuclear power as sustainable?
Brussels People in Brussels know very well that this is a sensitive political project. On New Year’s Eve 2021, two hours before the new year began, the EU Commission sent…
What Germany can learn from digital Finland
Digital health communication A Corona app was also built into the Kanta system. (Photo: dpa) Berlin While the new health minister, Karl Lauterbach, has just postponed the start of the…
The new Cold War must not get hot
When Mikhail Gorbachev announced the end of the Soviet Union to his people on December 25, 30 years ago, he didn’t even get his usual cup of tea in the…
Directive on the overall efficiency of buildings: What the EU Commission is planning
Brussels, Berlin You are one of the greatest culprits in the climate, but also an area with considerable potential for social divide: buildings. There are up to 240 million properties…
Small Lithuania & huge China problem in the EU
Eva Fischer Eva Fischer, correspondent in the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because anyone who…
Annalena Baerbock relies on Angela Merkel’s EU maxim in Poland
Annalena Baerbock and Zbigniew Rau The new German Foreign Minister meets her Polish counterpart for the first time. After Paris, Warsaw is the second national capital to which the first…