Tag: Inflation Reduction Act
The economics ministers of Germany and France travel to the USA on a joint industrial policy mission
Robert Habeck The Federal Minister of Economics on his way to Washington DC (Photo: dpa) Brussels, Berlin, Paris Robert Habeck and Bruno Le Maire are flying to Washington separately on…
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…
Private jet traffic at a record level: does it have to be?
Good morning, dear readers, thanks to high energy prices, the big oil and gas companies are posting record profits. The US companies Exxon Mobil and Chevron alone earned 91.1 billion…
Is the EU threatened with fragmentation?
Berlin, Brussels Paolo Gentiloni should not spend easy days in Berlin. The EU Economic Commissioner spoke with Chancellor Wolfgang Schmidt (SPD) on Tuesday morning, the meeting was scheduled to last…
Democrat rebel Joe Manchin takes on Biden – and the EU
Joe Manchin The US senator is taking advantage of his role in tipping the scales in Congress. (Photo: AP) Washington 75-year-old Joe Manchin is one of the most prominent senators…
EU Commission leaders warn of a subsidy race with the USA
Brussels The EU Commission is divided over the European response to the American Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on the ecological restructuring of the economy. The three most important deputies of…
Battery production: Europe makes itself independent
Battery production at VW in Salzgitter In the coming years, many new production sites are to be built in Europe. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) Brussels The demand for batteries will increase…
Macron and Scholz want to speed up industrial policy in the EU
Paris When Olaf Scholz got out of his state limousine in Paris, Emmanuel Macron smuggled him straight to a white tent that had been set up for the Franco-German government…
EU Council President Michel presents four-point plan against IRA
EU Council President Charles Michel Michel believes that high EU investments are necessary in response to the American subsidy package. (Photo: dpa) Brussels, Berlin The European response to the US…
SPD economic wing wants to defend industrial location with new EU debts
wind power industry “Both the private sector and households should also receive tax credits on everything that promotes the expansion of renewables,” the paper says. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Berlin As…
The US wants to defuse the state aid dispute with the EU
Joe Biden The US President wants to promote green technology in the USA – according to the motto America first, the EU fears. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) Brussels The US…
Ulrike Malmendier: “Germany needs a China protection crash course”
Ulrike Malmendier “We now know that the winter of 2023/2024 will not necessarily be easier.” (Photo: Ed Caldwell/Haas School of Business) Berlin Economics Ulrike Malmendier suggests leaving the remaining three…
Ulrike Malmendier: “Germany needs a China protection crash course”
Ulrike Malmendier “We now know that the winter of 2023/2024 will not necessarily be easier.” (Photo: Ed Caldwell/Haas School of Business) Berlin Economics Ulrike Malmendier suggests leaving the remaining three…
EU slows down reconstruction in Ukraine
Luxembourg Reconstruction in Ukraine threatens to falter before it has really got started. At the end of the year, the guarantees from the EU countries, with which the European Investment…
EPP leader Weber calls Selenski’s US visit a “wake-up call” and calls for tank deliveries to Ukraine
Brussels In view of the trip to Washington by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the head of the European People’s Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, called on Europeans to have a “winter…
USA grants delay in the dispute over e-car incentives
U.S. government The Inflation Reduction Act comes with numerous “Made in America” regulations. (Photo: Reuters) Washington The US government wants to postpone the start of the planned tax incentives for…
The green revolution in the US is Biden’s legacy
Joe Biden The US President launched the green transformation by agreeing on the huge subsidy packages. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Washington In a few weeks, the American President’s power to act will…
After the boom: real estate trends 2023
Good morning dear readers, In the past 15 years, it has been incredibly easy to earn money with real estate in Germany – provided you have at least 20 percent…
Europe needs its own investment support program
Person loads electric car The Inflation Reduction Act aims to benefit buyers of US-built electric cars. (Photo: Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images) There is great outrage at the US government’s Inflation Reduction…
Brussels will fulfill the dream of the telecommunications companies
Good morning dear readers, the EU Commission is apparently about to fulfill a dream of the European telecommunications companies: US companies such as Netflix, Meta and Youtube, which cause a…