At the start of 2025, Swiss researchers will once again have full access to the EU's research framework program, Horizon Europe. It remains unclear whether they will also be allowed to participate in FP10 from 2028. The agreement would first have to pass a referendum.
By Tim Gabel
Andrius Kubilius is to present a White Paper on the future of European defense in the first 100 days. However, the EU Commissioner for Defense is battling against high expectations and the red lines of some member states. Which is why even the timing is a problem for Berlin.
By Stephan Israel
FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl is now negotiating a joint government with the ÖVP. His appointment as chancellor would shift the balance of power in the EU further to the right. For the Christian Democrats, the question of how to distance themselves from the right has taken on a new urgency.
By Till Hoppe
Since the beginning of the year, CAP direct payments in Germany have also been linked to compliance with labor law standards. However, trade unionists still see gaps in the implementation of so-called social conditionality.
By Julia Dahm
German politicians are setting the wrong priorities in the fight against fake news, says Natascha Zowislo-Grünewald from the Bundeswehr University in Munich. Instead of an "endless search" for bots or trolls, we need communicative resilience.
By Experts Table.Briefings
Sergey Lagodinsky, Vice-Chairman of the Green Group in the European Parliament, may be about to move to the German Bundestag. The Pankow district association will vote on his candidacy on Wednesday. His rival is Stefan Gelbhaar, who is facing allegations of sexual assault.
By Markus Grabitz
The opportunity to participate in the EU internal market strategy has begun. However, interested parties must hurry, the deadline is the end of the month.
By Manuel Berkel
It only lasted around five hours. But the unannounced visit by Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Mar-a-Lago on Saturday evening shows the position that the right-wing foreign minister has already taken.
By Almut Siefert
After the end of Russian gas flows through Ukraine, other routes will become important for security of supply. A large pipeline is due to be completed in 2029 and will bring new revenue to Ukraine and Slovakia. However, national egotisms, the consequences of the Russian invasion and the general move away from gas as an energy source are increasingly complicating European trade.
By Manuel Berkel
Commission President von der Leyen has canceled her external appointments for the first two weeks of January. The reason is severe pneumonia. The absence is particularly sensitive in view of Donald Trump's inauguration.
By Till Hoppe
