The EU Commission's steel and metals action plan promises European industry rapid protection against cheap imports. There is criticism of the measures on energy prices.
By Alex Veit
Barely in office, the new Belgian federal government is already plunged into crisis again. Belgium is heavily in debt and is being urged by the EU Commission to follow a strict austerity course. At the same time, however, the EU is now demanding higher spending on armaments.
By Eric Bonse
According to the European Commission, Alphabet may be violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA) with its Google search offering. Alphabet's services would be displayed preferentially in search results for shopping, hotels or sport. Apple has also been admonished under the DMA.
By Redaktion Table
The Legal Affairs Committee in the EU Parliament is in charge of the omnibus law on sustainability reporting obligations. The EPP Group has drawn up the report for the package. Swedish MEP Jörgen Warborn is taking over the report.
By Markus Grabitz
The EU Commission has published an internal estimate of how much green hydrogen the industrial, shipping and aviation sectors will have to use by law by 2030. However, the range of fluctuation is wide.
By Manuel Berkel
The EU wants to tackle the shortage of skilled workers with the Talent Pool, a kind of Tinder for jobseekers – and at the same time create legal pathways into the EU for migrants willing to work. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) wants improvements in the interests of jobseekers.
By Alina Leimbach
Europe is not well enough equipped for economic disputes with Russia, China or the new Trump administration, write the authors of a study. They propose a new network of authorities to coordinate the monitoring of sanctions, for example.
By Till Hoppe
The EU is working on an alternative to NATO military aid coordination for Ukraine. This is because there are fears that US President Trump wants to force an end to the arms aid.
By Stephan Israel
The US foreign broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is also set to fall victim to the Trump administration's rigorous austerity measures. Several member states want to prevent this and are in favor of European funding.
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For the first time in the history of the European Parliament, the resolution on the discharge of the 2023 budget failed in committee. The resolution will now also not be presented to the plenary. This means that the EU institutions will not receive the demands and instructions to remedy the situation that the political groups had previously agreed on.
By Markus Grabitz
