Shipping continues to have a significant impact on the climate and the environment. This is revealed in a recent EU report. Speed limits could be a first step towards improving the situation.
By Lukas Franke
British Prime Minister Starmer has invited EU leaders to a bilateral summit in May. However, rapprochement after Brexit will not be easy. And then US President Trump could also intervene with punitive tariffs.
By Eric Bonse
Serbia's protest movement is questioning the power of President Aleksandar Vučić for the first time. The demonstrators criticize the EU. In their opinion, the Union is stabilizing the autocrat's system of rule in Belgrade with its silence.
By Frank Stier
Andreas Jung is the spokesperson for climate and energy for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag. In an interview with Alex Veit, the deputy chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) explains what the political party bloc sees as a business-friendly climate transformation, whether efficiency and technological openness are not contradictory, and his opinion of the joint vote with the far-right AfD.
By Alex Veit
According to a new study, providing special support for small farms through EU agricultural subsidies is only effective under certain conditions. They recommend "more rather than less conditionality." These findings were criticized by the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture.
By Julia Dahm
Because France still did not have a national budget for this year, the French Prime Minister pushed it through the National Assembly with a special clause and without a vote. His minority government is now facing the next vote of no confidence. However, it is expected to survive the vote.
By Redaktion Table
The first bans of the AI Act are already in force. However, parts of the law are still too unclear, too vaguely formulated, criticizes Alexander Rabe, Managing Director of the Eco Association of the Internet Industry. This poses the risk of inconsistent national implementation.
By Corinna Visser
The Commission has awarded the multilingual AI project OpenEuroLLM the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) label. The participants are developing powerful open-source language models for all official EU languages.
By Corinna Visser
Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who has been in office since December 2023, is struggling to implement change. His coalition is losing support among the population. Tusk must get his candidate through in the presidential election in May.
By Frank Stier
