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Kaili case: EP suspends eleven NGO employees

Parliament President Roberta Metsola makes the reform of transparency rules a top priority. She had received an invitation to the World Cup from Qatar herself, Metsola explained on the sidelines of the EU summit.

By Markus Grabitz

How Europe intends to respond to the IRA

In the dispute between the EU and the USA over the Inflation Reduction Act a compromise is in sight. Nevertheless, the member states and the EU Commission fear a creeping exodus of European industry. At the EU summit, they instructed the EU Commission to develop countermeasures. Many of these measures are already on the horizon.

By Till Hoppe

Emission reduction pathways in the ETS

Jumbo trilogue: the three sticking points of the EU climate package 

European climate policy is in for some decisive days: This weekend, the most important parts of the EU’s Fit-for-55 climate package are expected to be finalized in the trilogue. The negotiations will focus primarily on European emissions trading. Associated with this are talks on the Social Climate Fund and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) – as these are big topics in themselves, some call it the jumbo trilogue.

By Lukas Knigge

Lukas Hermwille forscht am Wuppertal Institut zu Fragen der globalen Energie-, Klima- und Verkehrspolitik

The climate club can still make a difference

Originally, a climate club was supposed to help its member countries drive climate action through coordinated CO2 prices. The climate club recently established by the G7 no longer has much to do with this. Nevertheless, it can have a positive effect – if it can be cleverly developed further.

By Experts Table.Briefings