The former Spanish Finance Minister Nadia María Calviño will become the new President of the EU Development Bank EIB. She succeeds Werner Hoyer. Margrethe Vestager, who lost the race to head the bank, is returning to the Commission as Vice-President.
By Max Mustermann
Negotiations on the emergency instrument for the internal market have failed. The member states are not prepared to set up fast lanes for technicians, medical staff and other service providers. Instead, they insist on retaining their own registration procedures.
By Markus Grabitz
The Industry Committee in the EU Parliament yesterday adopted the provisional agreement on a legislative text for the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA).
By Leonie Düngefeld
The Council wants to add two technologies to the list of eligible technologies proposed by the Commission in the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA). This is in line with the general approach adopted by the Competitiveness Council.
By Markus Grabitz
Within just a few days, the Spanish EU Council Presidency has presented a new proposal to break the deadlock among the member states regarding the mid-term review of the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
By Max Mustermann
In the latest trilogue on the Building Directive, an agreement was reached yesterday. The energy consumption of residential buildings must decrease by 16 percent by 2030. The CDU warns the Berlin traffic light coalition not to exceed EU standards.
By Manuel Berkel
After 22 hours of marathon negotiations, the Commission, Council, and Parliament have interrupted their deliberations on the AI Act. They are due to continue today, Friday, at 0900. A conclusion now seems more likely than a postponement or even an abandonment.
By Corinna Visser
Jan Philipp Albrecht spent four years as Minister for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalization in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, before which he was a member of the European Parliament for nine years. Today, as Co-Chair of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, he campaigns for democracy, the achievement of climate targets and cross-media discourse.
By Tim Winter
The fifth trilogue on the Artificial Intelligence Act has turned into an ultramarathon. The negotiations, which began at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, were still ongoing at the time this edition went to press.
By Corinna Visser
