On September 13, the EU Parliament will vote on the new Renewable Energy Directive. Unlike before, this time Brussels is not just calling for "higher, faster, further" but is also showing how this can be achieved more cheaply and with less regulation. But the member states must also pick up the ball, writes EPP rapporteur Markus Pieper.
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The EU Commission President will deliver the annual State of the Union address in Strasbourg on Sept. 13. The speech traditionally marks the political pulse in the EU bubble. This is all the more true in the year before the elections: The agricultural issues of the Green Deal have explosive power.
By Claire Stam
In France, the left-wing parties are divided over the question of forming a joint list for the upcoming European elections. La France Insoumise, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, supports this idea, while the Greens aim to field their own separate list.
By Claire Stam
The transformation of the industry to climate neutrality involves a conflict of goals between climate protection and competitiveness. To overcome this quickly, what is needed is not a classic industrial policy but a reliable regulatory framework that sets appropriate incentives in the market and creates stable expectations in competition, write Henning Vöpel, André Wolf and Götz Reichert of the Center for European Policy (cep).
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The exceedingly ambitious legislative package sets crucial directions but burdens smaller companies with its many quotas, emission reduction targets and detailed regulations. Therefore, the Commission should reduce reporting obligations and conduct an impact assessment for businesses with each legal action.
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The Directorate General for Competition needs to be radically reformed because its strategy and competencies are no longer appropriate for the technological world of the 21st century, writes André Loesekrug-Pietri of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI). The EU authority is contributing to the decline of European competitiveness, he says.
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Negotiations are underway in Brussels between the co-legislators on an EU law on artificial intelligence (AI). Jan Oetjen, CEO of Web.de and GMX.de and Chairman of the Board of the European netID Foundation, explains under which conditions AI will succeed in Europe.
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The new EU standards for sustainability reports require systematic process management from companies. Some will have it easier, others much more difficult, write Hilke Posor and Thomas Leppert. The concerns due to dilution are justified – however, companies should prepare themselves for the methodological further development that is now possible.
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In mid-July, the Commission presented its proposal for sustainable European freight transport. The Commission has high hopes for combined transport. Sven Wellbrock from VTG explains which five measures are necessary to make the project a success.
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