Green MEPs have presented their vision for a sustainable industrial policy. Among other things, they are calling for better coordination between member states when it comes to subsidies in order to reduce disadvantages for small member states.
By Lukas Knigge
A recent survey shows: Germans have an ambivalent attitude towards the EU. A small majority would like the EU to take a leading role in climate policy.
By Alexandra Endres
The Commission has created the conditions for a possible EU-wide right to switch off. The social partner hearings started on Tuesday. Negotiations between employers and trade unions had previously failed.
By Alina Leimbach
According to Head of State Andrzej Duda, Poland would like to advance European relations with the USA and Ukraine during its EU Council Presidency in 2025. To mark the 20th anniversary of EU enlargement, Minister Annalena also urged for a security union.
By Redaktion Table
The French conservatives Les Républicains have finalized their election list. In second place is an agricultural expert who is likely to play a key role in shaping the EPP's agricultural policy after the elections.
By Claire Stam
Forests are not in good condition. New evidence now suggests that conventional reforestation may hardly be possible in the future.
By Nicolas Heronymus
China's head of state and party leader Xi Jinping will visit France, Hungary and Serbia at the beginning of May. Xi will visit the Balkans on a critical date.
By Redaktion Table
Following the EU Parliament, the Council also adopted the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact on Monday. This means that new rules for reducing government debt will soon apply.
By Redaktion Table
The lead candidate of the Christian Democratic party family in the European elections, Ursula von der Leyen, is not categorically ruling out cooperation between the EPP and the conservative ECR party family. This was her response to a question from Bas Eickhout (Greens) at the Maastricht Debate 2024, a debate with the candidates of the other party families.
By Markus Grabitz
The new EU Commission should make the European single market even more of a "geopolitical safe space," demand researchers from the Center for European Policy. Domestic manufacturers should be better protected against strategically subsidized competitors from China, for example.
By Till Hoppe
