For Chile's Environment Minister Maisa Rojas, climate action and just social development go hand in hand. In this interview, she talks about her plans for a just climate transition, the reasons for Chile's renewables success and her expectations for COP29 in Baku.
Von Alexandra Endres
During his hearing in Parliament, Stéphane Séjourné warned of Chinese overcapacity. He also discussed how he intends to save the European steel and automotive industries.
Von Table.Briefings
Christdemokraten, Sozialisten und Liberale im Europaparlament können sich noch nicht einigen, welche Kandidaten schlussendlich Vizepräsidenten in der neuen EU-Kommission werden sollen. Sie wollen noch einige Tage verhandeln.
Von Alex Veit
Kaja Kallas from Estonia confirmed at the hearing that she can speak plainly when it comes to Vladimir Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine. However, she remained conspicuously vague on other topics such as the Middle East conflict.
Von Stephan Israel
Wishful thinking and reality are far apart when it comes to climate transformation. Over half of the 160 largest German companies lag behind their own CO2 targets.
Von Anna Gauto
Die designierte EU-Bildungskommissarin Roxana Mînzatu will so nicht genannt werden. Das sei verstörend, finden die EU-Abgeordneten in ihrer Anhörung.
Von Table.Briefings
The Romanian Roxana Mînzatu has been appointed Executive Vice-President of the Commission and Commissioner for Employment. She appears well prepared in the committee – without always having anything concrete up her sleeve.
Von Alina Leimbach
In the future, Meta will offer users in the EU the choice between detailed and less personalized advertising or a paid ad-free subscription. Critics such as Max Schrems find this insufficient.
Von Corinna Visser
Henna Virkkunen knows her way around the EU's digital policy. As a MEP, she has helped to shape it to some extent. The Finnish Commissioner candidate's confirmation hearing was probably the least controversial of the day.
Von Corinna Visser
Consumer protection authorities and the Commission are calling on Apple to stop geo-blocking. This should give consumers in Europe free access to all services.
Von Corinna Visser
