Hardly anyone in Brussels still expects the EU Commission to present the framework for a sustainable food system before the end of this legislative term. This is probably due to the election campaign, but puts the food sovereignty of future generations at risk, says Elisa Kollenda of WWF.
By Experts Table.Briefings
On Tuesday, the General Council will negotiate whether Catalan will become an official language in the EU. Unanimity is required. There are currently five languages in the EU that are official languages in member states but not official languages of the EU. One of them is Catalan.
By Experts Table.Briefings
The vote in the Environment Committee (ENVI) next Wednesday will decide who will be asked to pay for the reuse of wastewater: only industry, as the Commission envisages – or industry and consumers.
By Claire Stam
Ahead of the European elections, Table.Media regularly publishes a current projection by political scientist Manuel Müller on the composition of the next European Parliament. This time, it shows that the EPP's lead over the S D Group is shrinking – almost as close as once before.
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The upcoming European elections in France will be European in name only: The ballot is primarily viewed in Paris as the final electoral test before the next presidential elections scheduled for 2027. President Emmanuel Macron will not be running for re-election.
By Claire Stam
At the end of July, the EU Commission adopted the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), and the new reporting requirements will become binding for many companies as early as 2024. This will also further strengthen ESG issues. Seven recommendations on what companies should pay attention to.
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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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