With the Waste Framework Directive, the member states and the EU Parliament have agreed to reduce food waste by ten percent. Per capita waste from retail and households is to be reduced by 30 percent. Textile manufacturers are to be held more accountable.
By Leonie Düngefeld
A new report by the Jacques Delors Centre shows that in recent years, only a small proportion of state aid has flowed into strategically important sectors of the future. With the Clean Industrial Deal, the EU must dare to set priorities, demands the Berlin think tank.
By Marc Winkelmann
The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopts an own-initiative report on the upcoming tenth research framework program (FP10). MEPs call for more money to continue funding cutting-edge research.
By Corinna Visser
Leading FDP politicians are in favor of deepening relations with the UK in light of Donald Trump's policies. At the end of the rapprochement, the United Kingdom could also return to the EU.
By Till Hoppe
Are workers being forgotten in the Clean Industrial Deal? Trade unions and the Greens in the European Parliament fear so. The current draft mainly contains requests for testing.
By Alina Leimbach
The Draghi report was used by the participants in the working session on value chains and batteries to describe the problems in the automotive industry. Associations and suppliers called for significant changes to EU regulation during the meeting with Commission Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné.
By Markus Grabitz
A new "vision paper" is to set the direction for EU agricultural and food policy over the next five years. There are hardly any concrete announcements, but it is clear that the Commission is turning away from the Farm to Fork Strategy's approach of comprehensively regulating environmental protection and healthy nutrition.
By Julia Dahm
The Chinese professional soccer club Shandong Taishan has withdrawn from the Asian Champions League in the current competition. By dropping out of the final group game, the club is continuing the inglorious history of Chinese soccer.
By Marcel Grzanna
The Federal Police has cooperated with several Chinese security authorities in recent years. It has also exchanged information with authorities suspected of being partly responsible for human rights violations in the People's Republic.
By Emily Kossak
Clean energy is becoming an important pillar of the Chinese economy. Three "new" industries are primarily responsible for this.
By Emily Kossak
