Last year, the EU development bank EIB invested €49 billion in climate protection and sustainability. The total financing volume amounted to €88 billion. According to the EIB’s now-published figures for 2023.
By Max Mustermann
Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Manfred Weber have called for the release of €50 billion in EU funds for Ukraine. A special EU summit on February 1 will decide on the matter.
By Redaktion Table
Politics and poetry are by no means contradictory as the work of Eva van de Rakt demonstrates. The head of the EU and North America department at the Heinrich Böll Foundation published a volume of poetry in 2019.
By Redaktion Table
The Net-Zero Industry Act is intended to attract investment in climate-friendly technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines and heat pumps in the EU member states. However, the trilogue negotiations in Brussels are stalling and the schedule is shaky.
By Till Hoppe
Farmers are taking to the streets in Europe: the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Germany and now France. Farmers are protesting against financial burdens and environmental regulations.
By Claire Stam
French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Wolfgang Schäuble at the state ceremony in the Bundestag. The deceased politician was a great servant of Germany, a great European and a great friend of Germany.
By Okan Bellikli
The foreign ministers reached an agreement in principle on securing commercial shipping in the Red Sea. However, many details are still unresolved. There is also little progress in the dispute over a two-state solution in the Middle East. The EU increases pressure on Israel, but a ten-point plan for negotiations fails to gain majority support.
By Eric Bonse
VCI, ZVEI, Gesamtmetall, Stiftung Familienunternehmen, and other German business associations are calling for the EU supply chain law to be stopped at the last hurdle. In a letter to the German government and the EU Council Presidency, they describe the directive as impractical and urge the Council to reject it.
By Leonie Düngefeld
The member states and parliamentarians do not have much time to examine the almost 900-page, four-column document on the AI Act. It is already clear that there is no consensus of opinion either in the German government or in the respective parliamentary groups.
By Corinna Visser
