Leading FDP politicians are in favor of deepening relations with the UK in light of Donald Trump's policies. At the end of the rapprochement, the United Kingdom could also return to the EU.
By Till Hoppe
With the Waste Framework Directive, the member states and the EU Parliament have agreed to reduce food waste by ten percent. Per capita waste from retail and households is to be reduced by 30 percent. Textile manufacturers are to be held more accountable.
By Leonie Düngefeld
The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopts an own-initiative report on the upcoming tenth research framework program (FP10). MEPs call for more money to continue funding cutting-edge research.
By Corinna Visser
The Commission is urging European gas companies to conclude long-term supply contracts for gas, thereby contradicting its climate targets. It even wants to provide more support for terminals in producing countries. What experts criticize about this.
By Manuel Berkel
The new EU Waste Framework Directive provides for "extended producer responsibility." The collection and recycling of textile and shoe waste is to be regulated in this way. Trade associations are calling for lessons to be learned from established systems.
By Leonie Düngefeld
The Regulatory Control Council is calling for the next German government to have "clear responsibilities" in order to help reduce bureaucracy in Brussels. In addition, EU projects should be examined for their bureaucratic cost implications for Germany. The EU ex-ante procedure must be restructured.
By Okan Bellikli
In the EU free trade agreements with Mercosur and Mexico, the part relating to trade is to be separated out in order to facilitate ratification, says Bernd Lange, Chairman of the Trade Committee in the European Parliament. This means that the procedure should be the same as for the former agreement with Chile.
By Marc Winkelmann
French President Emmanuel Macron has invited EU counterparts to a second Ukraine meeting in Paris today at short notice. This time, representatives of member states who were not present at the first meeting on Monday have been invited. Canada is also to be present.
By Redaktion Table
Next week, the EU Commission intends to present its Clean Industrial Deal, a plan to make Europe's industry more climate-friendly while remaining competitive. The first concrete details have now emerged from a draft of the plan. Among other things: social leasing.
By Redaktion Table
The Ukrainian president criticizes the exclusion of his country at the start of the Russian-American negotiations. In Brussels, US special envoy Kellogg refused to give the EU leadership any assurances about the future role of the Europeans at the negotiating table.
By Stephan Israel
