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Feature | Circular economy

Circular Economy Act: What stakeholders are demanding

The consultations on the EU Circular Economy Act have been completed. The results show which reforms companies and NGOs are pushing for, particularly in terms of economic incentives and legal standards.

By Nicolas Heronymus

News | EU budget

MFR: Crisis meeting between von der Leyen and Metsola scheduled for Monday

On Monday, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Parliament President Roberta Metsola and the Danish Council Presidency will meet in order to avoid an escalation of the conflict over the EU's multiannual financial framework.

By Janos Allenbach-Ammann and Julia Dahm

Opinion

Why Europe must answer the system question

In order to keep up with international competition, the European Union must be able to adapt its entire structure. In the spirit of Niklas Luhmann, it urgently needs to answer the systemic questions that arise.

By Henning Vöpel

On 24 March 2025, Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and Space, received Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), and other representatives of the European Space Agency (ESA).
News | Space travel

Space Act: ESA warns against duplicate structures

The EU Space Act is intended to create a uniform legal framework for space travel in Europe. This also has consequences for the ESA, which is not an EU organization. ESA, DLR and BDLI warn of overlaps and too much bureaucracy.

By Corinna Visser

News | Nuclear power

Nuclear power: Romania pushes for EU funding

In the Council, 16 member states form a nuclear alliance. The Romanian government has now stated which nuclear energy projects it would like to finance with the help of which EU funds.

By Manuel Berkel

News | REPowerEU

REPowerEU: The ball is in the Commission’s court

In the first trilogue on the import ban on Russian pipeline gas, the Council insisted on a phase-out in 2028. The EU Parliament is now seeking help to bring forward the ban.

By Manuel Berkel

MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 17: Spokesperson for the Together for Catalonia Party (Junts) Miriam Nogueras (R) attend a session of control to the Government in the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, Spain on 17 September, 2025. Burak Akbulut / Anadolu
News | Spain

Spain: Puigdemont’s Junts block government

The Catalan separatists want all legislative projects to be discontinued. This seals the break with Pedro Sánchez’s minority government.

By Isabel Cuesta

Ursula von der Leyen at her State of the Union adress
Feature | Poverty

EU poverty strategy: what it can achieve

It is to be the EU’s first poverty strategy – and a very ambitious one at that. Poverty is to be “eradicated” in the 27 member states by 2050. Previous attempts have failed.

By Alina Leimbach

News | Transportation

Lisbon: EU investigates alleged Chinese subsidies in metro tender

Brussels is taking a closer look at a bid for the construction of a new metro line in Lisbon. The suspicion: possible illegal state subsidies from China, which could have given the CRRC rail group a competitive advantage.

By Amelie Richter