The controversial EU emissions trading scheme for buildings and road transport (ETS 2) can effectively reduce CO2 emissions and should be designed in a socially responsible way. The European Parliament and member states should not squander this climate policy opportunity, demand Martin Menner and Goetz Reichert.
By Redaktion Table
Creating a sense of European community requires more than a conference, argue our guest authors Andre Wilkens (European Cultural Foundation) and Paweł Zerka of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). They see two areas in particular as crucial, which need to be given special attention.
By Falk Steiner
More tapas, less one-pot:The unanimity rule, under which all member states must agree unanimously on certain sensitive issues, is a thorn in the side of many of Europe's citizens, as the conference on the future of Europe revealed. Will there be a far-reaching reform of the European project?
By Claire Stam
In the event that Russia turns off the gas tap to additional member states, the EU should be prepared, write Isabella M. Weber and Karsten Neuhoff. Negotiations on contingency plans should begin immediately. In doing so, they say, particular attention should be paid to issues of fairness, solidarity and legitimacy.
By Redaktion Table
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced the European Union to accelerate the pace of our energy and climate policy. Since the Kremlin has increasingly used energy as a tool for political influence, we must deprive it of its leverage by radically reducing our dependence on fossil-fuel imports from Russia.
By Redaktion Table
Vins d'Alsace and pierogis – that's what's on the Brussels menu this week.
By Claire Stam
Putin's cold-blooded attack on Ukraine has shown that the member states of the European Union have many more common tasks to perform than the EU Treaty currently provides.
By Redaktion Table
First the pandemic, now the war: With the pressure from the crises, the climate targets are fading into the background. To achieve them regardless, business and civil society must first and foremost expand and refine the ESG criteria.
By Redaktion Table
Haute cuisine, parliamentary cafeteria and dabbawala – this is what's on the menu in Brussels this week.
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He criticizes rigid deadlines in the Digital Services Act, but welcomes the expansion of service providers to include platforms. In his guest article, Alexander Rabe, managing director of eco, takes a look at key points of the DSA and calls for: only the EU should set the rules.
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