With the Clean Industrial Deal and the Affordable Energy Action Plan, the EU Commission wants to reduce energy prices in the short and long term – including through subsidies. This also harbors risks, write Lukas Bertram, Andreas Eisl, Philipp Jäger and Philipp C. Verpoort in today's Opinion.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The Commission has sent a paper to the participants of the Strategic Dialogue on Cars in preparation for the final round on Monday. Demands from manufacturers and suppliers, for example to avert the penalties and end the phase-out of combustion engines, are not addressed. The industry is disillusioned.
By Markus Grabitz
The scientist and volunteer soldier from Ukraine, Fedir Shandor, becomes the new ambassador to Hungary. Kyiv thus fills a long-vacant post.
By Redaktion Table
How can the EU attract more private capital to the energy sector? This was the subject of an industry dialogue held by the Commission. However, it became clear that the interests of operators and the financial sector are sometimes fundamentally divergent.
By Manuel Berkel
The idea of a rearmament bank to cover rising defense spending is circulating in Europe. Innovation researcher Said D. Werner sees major risks.
By Redaktion Table
One week before the special summit, the contours of the package of measures that the EU heads of state and government want to put in place are emerging.
By Till Hoppe
EU Council President von der Leyen is on a two-day visit to New Delhi. Among other things, she will call on India to reduce customs duties on cars and spirits.
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The terms have not yet been defined down to the last letter, but the draft agreement between the USA and Ukraine on an investment and reconstruction fund that has become public puts Zelenskiy in a good position.
By Viktor Funk
