All Articles

Europe.Table

Packaging: Lobby battle over reusable targets

The EU Commission wants to set targets for the reuse of packaging. This is meeting with enormous resistance, particularly in the takeaway sector: a new lobby alliance is calling for the negotiations to be paused and insists on recyclable single-use packaging. Members of parliament are also divided over the reusable quotas.

By Leonie Düngefeld

EU care obligations: the consequences for third countries

Supply Chain Act, Conflict Minerals Regulation, ban on products from forced labor: A whole series of new requirements for corporate due diligence are emerging at EU level. These also have consequences for countries that export to the EU, as you can read in our overview.

By Charlotte Wirth

Energy Charter: withdrawal with uncertain outcome?

The EU has so far been unable to agree on a position on remaining in the Energy Charter Treaty, and it is, therefore, blocking its modernization. Now the Swedish Council Presidency has presented a proposal to break the stalemate.

By Charlotte Wirth