According to insiders, Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul is traveling to China next week. The visit serves as preparation for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's upcoming trip next year.
By Amelie Richter
A COP decision on a fossil fuel phase-out allegedly failed due to resistance from many countries, the COP Presidency said in Belém. However, research shows that the number of opponents was enormously overestimated.
By Bernhard Pötter
In Brussels, German Labor Minister Bärbel Bas and her counterparts have agreed on more aid for employees on the brink of unemployment. Now the EU Parliament has to decide its position on expanding the European Globalization Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF).
By Marion Bergermann
The Polish government wants to use the Commission’s Industrial Accelerator Act to put the hydrogen targets for 2030 to the test. It is also in favor of European preference criteria in procurement.
By Manuel Berkel and János Allenbach-Ammann
As announced in the summer by the Commission and Council Presidents, Canada will participate in the EU defense fund. Meanwhile, talks with the UK on its participation broke down.
By Marion Bergermann
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs has criticized the US strategy for peace negotiations in Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron backed Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting at the Elysée, which was also attended by Friedrich Merz and other heads of government.
By Stephan Israel
The position paper on climate and energy policy, which Table.Briefings had previously reported on, has been adopted unchanged by the DIHK. Sharp criticism came from the German Renewable Energy Federation.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
EU countries are not seizing the opportunity to steer markets with a green procurement system and thus reduce emissions. A study shows how they could redirect public spending amounting to EUR 2 trillion a year.
By Kai Schöneberg
The environmental organization Client Earth argues that the planned tender for eight gigawatts of gas-fired power capacity violates EU state aid law. Its complaint to the EU Commission is one of almost 3,000 climate complaints that have been submitted since the Paris Agreement.
By Lukas Bayer
Russia wants to sell oil and weapons to India to finance the war in Ukraine. The offer is viewed pragmatically in New Delhi. The heads of government will meet on Thursday to discuss possible agreements.
By Angela Köckritz
