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Deforestation Regulation: What a group of member states is now demanding from the EU Commission

In a ministerial letter to EU Environment Commissioner Sinkevičius, Germany and other EU member states are calling to speed up the Deforestation Regulation. So far, the EU Commission has lagged behind in terms of country benchmarking and the digital information system. One member of the Commission is therefore already in favor of allowing the rules of the regulation to enter into force later.

By Merle Heusmann

Freedom or servitude – Europe faces fateful years

In the face of competition from China and the USA, the EU must reinvent itself. The ability to act is limited by the treaties and governance, warns Henning Völpel, Director of the Center for European Policy (Cep), ahead of the European elections.

By Markus Grabitz