The Legal Affairs Committee in the EU Parliament is in charge of the omnibus law on sustainability reporting obligations. The EPP Group has drawn up the report for the package. Swedish MEP Jörgen Warborn is taking over the report.
By Markus Grabitz
The EU Commission has published an internal estimate of how much green hydrogen the industrial, shipping and aviation sectors will have to use by law by 2030. However, the range of fluctuation is wide.
By Manuel Berkel
The EU wants to tackle the shortage of skilled workers with the Talent Pool, a kind of Tinder for jobseekers – and at the same time create legal pathways into the EU for migrants willing to work. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) wants improvements in the interests of jobseekers.
By Alina Leimbach
The Commission is proposing to restrict investments from the SAFE instrument to European manufacturers. It is still unclear how many member states want to benefit from SAFE. There is also criticism of the use of the national escape clause to circumvent EU debt rules.
By Marc Winkelmann
Many existing skills have so far remained invisible to the labor market. This also has consequences for our democracies, argues Martin Noack from the Bertelsmann Stiftung.
By Experts Table.Briefings
Shortly before the EU summit deals with the issue, the Commission presents its ideas for the savings and investment union. There are still tensions regarding centralized market supervision. European savings and investment accounts are also intended to help mobilize capital for European investments.
By Marc Winkelmann
Europe is not well enough equipped for economic disputes with Russia, China or the new Trump administration, write the authors of a study. They propose a new network of authorities to coordinate the monitoring of sanctions, for example.
By Till Hoppe
The EU is working on an alternative to NATO military aid coordination for Ukraine. This is because there are fears that US President Trump wants to force an end to the arms aid.
By Stephan Israel
The US foreign broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is also set to fall victim to the Trump administration's rigorous austerity measures. Several member states want to prevent this and are in favor of European funding.
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German Chancellor Scholz and French President Macron assured Ukraine of their support following Trump's phone call with Putin. The announced suspension of attacks on energy infrastructure was a first step. However, the goal must be negotiations on a permanent ceasefire – with the participation of Ukraine.
By Viktor Funk
