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Ukrainian Deputy Agriculture Minister lowers expectations for Solidarity Lanes

The EU has set up an action plan to help get millions of tons of food out of Ukraine by truck and rail. Markian Dmytrasevych, Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Agriculture, has now lowered expectations. He said that exports of this size would only be possible by sea. He pleaded in the EU Parliament for a strengthening of the Danube region.

By Timo Landenberger

Taxonomy: Committees vote against nuclear power and natural gas

Nuclear energy and natural gas projects as "sustainable" economic activities: The EU Parliament's Environment and Economics Committees want to prevent this. In three weeks, the plenum in Strasbourg will decide whether the veto will succeed and the Commission will have to row back.

By Leonie Düngefeld

Sophie Pornschlegel ist Senior Policy Analyst am European Policy Center und Leiterin des Projekts Connecting Europe.

'Carrying on the status quo cannot be the solution'

Many governments lack the will to carry out real reforms of the EU, criticizes Sophie Pornschlegel, Senior Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre. Member states simply do not want to give up power, she says in an interview with Till Hoppe.

By Till Hoppe