Host Keir Starmer spoke of a "new era," Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of a "historic" agreement: the EU and the UK want to remove some Brexit hurdles and pave the way for a closer defense and security partnership.
By Stephan Israel
The new special fund may deliver less additional funding for climate protection than originally promised. The Finance Ministry is reportedly planning to shift climate investments from the regular budget into the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF), and to use the fund to finance energy price relief measures. This is precisely the scenario the WWF warns against in a recent analysis.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
The new environment and climate minister faces major problems right at the start of his term of office: The Council of Experts warns that Germany is not on course for climate neutrality, the ministry first has to find its feet, and the coalition agreement remains vague on the social climate policy Schneider wants.
By Bernhard Pötter
Researchers in the UK see major potential in extracting carbon dioxide from the ocean. However, the technology still faces significant hurdles, and the current potential for marine CO₂ removal remains limited.
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Rafał Trzaskowski has achieved a disappointing result in the presidential election in Poland as the candidate of Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition. The run-off election with the right-wing populist Karol Nawrocki from the PiS is likely to be extremely close.
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The USA has stepped up the pressure in the race with China for AI leadership. New guidelines penalize the use of Huawei chips.
By Jörn Petring
Young people from China and Germany live in entirely different worlds, yet they are more similar than almost any previous generation. They grow up with a sense that the golden years could be over.
By Emily Kossak
Following the failure of the reform of the Rules of Procedure to establish the inter-institutional ethics authority, the EPP has a plan: it wants to reform the internal parliamentary procedures in the event of misconduct and then put the termination of the inter-institutional agreement to a vote in plenary.
By Markus Grabitz
For the first time since Brexit, EU leaders and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are meeting for a summit in London today. A security and defense agreement threatened to fail due to old conflicts ranging from fishing rights to youth mobility.
By Stephan Israel
On May 19, the EU Member States will have one of their last chances to influence the rules for low-carbon hydrogen. The Commission has tightened the criteria for production from natural gas so much that only a few producers could remain.
By Manuel Berkel
