British Prime Minister Starmer has invited EU leaders to a bilateral summit in May. However, rapprochement after Brexit will not be easy. And then US President Trump could also intervene with punitive tariffs.
By Eric Bonse
Andreas Jung is the spokesperson for climate and energy for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag. In an interview with Alex Veit, the deputy chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) explains what the political party bloc sees as a business-friendly climate transformation, whether efficiency and technological openness are not contradictory, and his opinion of the joint vote with the far-right AfD.
By Alex Veit
Serbia's protest movement is questioning the power of President Aleksandar Vučić for the first time. The demonstrators criticize the EU. In their opinion, the Union is stabilizing the autocrat's system of rule in Belgrade with its silence.
By Frank Stier
Because France still did not have a national budget for this year, the French Prime Minister pushed it through the National Assembly with a special clause and without a vote. His minority government is now facing the next vote of no confidence. However, it is expected to survive the vote.
By Redaktion Table
As of today, the Euromat is available online for the 2025 Bundestag elections. The tool evaluates the election programs of all parties represented in the Bundestag.
By Markus Grabitz
The first bans of the AI Act are already in force. However, parts of the law are still too unclear, too vaguely formulated, criticizes Alexander Rabe, Managing Director of the Eco Association of the Internet Industry. This poses the risk of inconsistent national implementation.
By Corinna Visser
The Social Democrats accuse Monika Hohlmeier (CSU) of an outrageous attack on environmental organizations. The former head of the Committee on Budgetary Control had criticized contracts between the Commission and environmental NGOs.
By Markus Grabitz
Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who has been in office since December 2023, is struggling to implement change. His coalition is losing support among the population. Tusk must get his candidate through in the presidential election in May.
By Frank Stier
The Commission has awarded the multilingual AI project OpenEuroLLM the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) label. The participants are developing powerful open-source language models for all official EU languages.
By Corinna Visser
