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EU Agriculture Commissioner Hansen: 'Protests against CAP budget cuts would be absolutely understandable.'

Whether EU Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen will be able to save farmers from budget cuts in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) remains to be seen. However, it is already clear that reducing bureaucracy will be a recurring theme throughout his term of office. Nevertheless, climate and environmental action should not fall victim to the simplification package he presented this week, he says in an interview with Table.Briefings.

By Julia Dahm

News

Romania: Run-off vote will decide the country's European course.

The run-off election in Romania will also decide whether the country remains on a pro-Western course: The far-right George Simion is the favorite going into the second round on Sunday. However, the pro-European challenger and Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan has recently caught up.

By Frank Stier

News

TikTok: Commission sees breach of transparency obligations.

According to the Commission's initial investigations, TikTok's ad archive does not comply with the requirements of the DSA. TikTok now has the opportunity to respond to the Commission's preliminary findings.

By Corinna Visser

Opinion

Opinion: How EU debt rules ignore the climate – and why this is dangerous.

The EU debt rules ignore obstacles to growth that can arise from climate damage. They therefore lead to fiscal policy decisions that are no longer appropriate for the times, argue fiscal policy expert Philippa Sigl-Glöckner and fiscal policy expert Vinzenz Ziesemer.

By Experts Table.Briefings

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Suspected corruption: Judiciary investigates NATO employee.

There are suspicions that employees of the NATO procurement agency NSPA passed on confidential information to arms companies when purchasing armaments such as ammunition and drones via NATO. The Belgian judiciary is also investigating indications that money from these illegal practices was laundered through the establishment of consulting firms, among other things.

By Redaktion Table

Feature

Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskiy may be traveling to Istanbul in vain.

The EU has revised the 17th sanctions package and is threatening further punitive measures if Vladimir Putin is not prepared to agree to a ceasefire. The tone will be "toughened," said French Foreign Minister Barrot. However, on the day of the decision, it is unclear what the threat is worth.

By Stephan Israel

News

Ethics authority: EPP to terminate interinstitutional agreement.

The Christian Democrats in the EU Parliament do not agree with the interinstitutional agreement on the creation of an ethics authority. They therefore led a right-wing majority in the Constitutional Affairs Committee against an amendment to the Rules of Procedure. Now they want to vote in plenary on whether the interinstitutional agreement should be revoked by Parliament.

By Markus Grabitz