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What's cooking in Brussels? Von der Leyen and the farmers

The EU Commission President will deliver the annual State of the Union address in Strasbourg on Sept. 13. The speech traditionally marks the political pulse in the EU bubble. This is all the more true in the year before the elections: The agricultural issues of the Green Deal have explosive power.

By Claire Stam

Commission: no e-fuels proposal before November

The Commission wanted to present a proposal in the near future that would allow vehicles powered exclusively by e-fuels to be registered even after the 2035 deadline for combustion engines. That was the promise when the German government and the Commission settled their dispute in March. Now Brussels says the legislative proposal won't come until November.

By Markus Grabitz