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EVP Timmermans in Bucharest

Frans Timmermans: 'We are going full steam ahead to the end'

The Vice President of the EU Commission rejects a regulatory pause. In an exclusive interview with Claire Stamand and two journalists of the news service Contexte, Frans Timmermans defends his proposals on the nature conservation package against criticism, especially from the EPP. The Christian Democrats must ask themselves whether they are still willing to compromise in view of the alliances with right-wing parties.

By Claire Stam

Africa strategy – between impotence and pragmatism

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, writes Rainer Tetzlaff in today’s Opinion.

By Experts Table.Briefings