In the Competitiveness Council, the Spanish Council Presidency has quietly succeeded in reaching a general agreement on the Euro 7 emissions standard. The limits for passenger cars are not to be tightened at all, while the limits for commercial vehicles are to be tightened only slightly. E-fuels were not included.
By Markus Grabitz
The bloody escalation in northern Kosovo casts a bad light on the mediation efforts of EU foreign affairs envoy Josep Borrell and his special envoy Miroslav Lajčáku. They could be forced to make a course correction.
By Stephan Israel
In the interview, Sigmar Gabriel doesn't have many good things to say about his successor, Annalena Baerbock. He also strongly criticizes the handling of the German auto industry, emphasizing the need to learn how to vigorously pursue one's own interests in politics, especially when it concerns a pillar of one's own prosperity.
By Michael Radunski
