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How Robert Habeck envisions the EU's future

Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck wants to reform the distribution of power in EU bodies and is calling for European competencies in foreign and security policy. Germany will ultimately benefit from a fiscal union.

By Manuel Berkel

Deforestation Regulation: What a group of member states is now demanding from the EU Commission

In a ministerial letter to EU Environment Commissioner Sinkevičius, Germany and other EU member states are calling to speed up the Deforestation Regulation. So far, the EU Commission has lagged behind in terms of country benchmarking and the digital information system. One member of the Commission is therefore already in favor of allowing the rules of the regulation to enter into force later.

By Merle Heusmann