In Brussels, the campaign for the next European elections is slowly getting underway. In Paris, the focus is already on the next presidential elections in 2027, with a duel developing in President Macron's camp between the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Education.
By Claire Stam
In the run-up to the European elections, Table.Media regularly publishes a current projection by political scientist Manuel Müller on the composition of the next European Parliament. Seven months before the election, the Socialists, Liberals, Greens, and Left are losing ground. The EPP and right-wing forces are making gains.
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Ahead of this week's Ecofin meeting of EU finance ministers, the NGO Fiscal Future is calling for the EU framework for economic governance to be relaxed to allow sufficient investment for social and environmental goals. The austerity course that Germany is helping to drive forward would be expensive in the long term, write Carolina Ortega Guttack and Carl Mühlbach.
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Excessive emissions, insufficient measures – the transportation sector is the problematic child in Germany and Europe when it comes to climate protection. Now, it has the opportunity to transform into a model student, writes Kim Kohlmeyer of T E. However, to achieve this, the Ministry of Transport must stop dragging its feet.
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The issue of water is still a blind spot for most political and economic actors in Europe. Yesterday, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) presented its plan for an EU water strategy: Water should be seen as a scarce resource that needs to be protected.
By Claire Stam
Migration is on the agenda at this week's EU summit. Italy plays a major role. But Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is unable to keep her promise and stop immigration, says Renew MP Sandro Gozi. She cannot show any results, he says, and limits herself to looking for scapegoats.
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Central banks, such as the ECB, should be obliged to comply with fundamental normative frameworks of humanity in financial transactions, demands business ethicist Harald Bolsinger. These include the UN Human Rights Charter, the Paris Climate Agreement and the regional EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. But such an obligation will not come about for the time being after the rejection of an EU petition in the EU Parliament – a glaring mistake!
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German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir met with his Moldovan counterpart Vladimir Bolea. The trip to the country with access to the Danube was worth it, writes Per Brodersen of the German Agribusiness Alliance. He says the potential for agribusiness is enormous.
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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) imposes many new obligations on companies. However, due to its similarity to the German Supply Chain Law, the effort involved can be reduced.
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The scientist and book author Benjamin Schraven does not think much of the thesis that the number of refugees to Europe will increase by leaps and bounds because of climate change. Instead, the EU member states must prepare for more climate migration within Europe. But so far, they still seem very careless.
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