Energy policy

The European Commission rejects the introduction of a price cap of €180 per megawatt hour as a permanent instrument in electricity. Rapporteur Nicolás González Casares (S&D) had proposed making the previously temporary measure permanent.

Von Claire Stam

Philipp Nimmermann fully meets the most important criterion that Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck had set internally for Patrick Graichen's successor as State Secretary for Energy: He is not part of the closely interwoven energy scene that was Graichen's undoing. On the contrary, the 57-year-old economist has had little to do with the subject of energy.

Germany's attempts to stabilize Mali ended in a debacle. Regardless, it is sensible for Germany and other European states not to withdraw from Africa, leaving the field to China and Russia. In this respect, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's trip was of more political-symbolic significance.

Von Experts

The tender round for the first joint gas purchase under the EU energy platform AggregateEU ended on May 15. The Commission thinks this new program was a success.

Von Newsdesk