The free trade agreement between the EU and New Zealand starts on May 1. Customs duties will no longer be levied on clothing, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, cars and food from the EU. More beef can be imported from New Zealand.
By Markus Grabitz
Following the EU Parliament, the Council also adopted the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact on Monday. This means that new rules for reducing government debt will soon apply.
By Redaktion Table
The EU is investigating whether Apple's iPad poses a risk of abuse of competition. The company now has six months to ensure that the device complies with the DMA's preventive measures.
By Markus Grabitz
The new EU Commission should make the European single market even more of a "geopolitical safe space," demand researchers from the Center for European Policy. Domestic manufacturers should be better protected against strategically subsidized competitors from China, for example.
By Till Hoppe
Forests are not in good condition. New evidence now suggests that conventional reforestation may hardly be possible in the future.
By Nicolas Heronymus
China's head of state and party leader Xi Jinping will visit France, Hungary and Serbia at the beginning of May. Xi will visit the Balkans on a critical date.
By Redaktion Table
The lead candidate of the Christian Democratic party family in the European elections, Ursula von der Leyen, is not categorically ruling out cooperation between the EPP and the conservative ECR party family. This was her response to a question from Bas Eickhout (Greens) at the Maastricht Debate 2024, a debate with the candidates of the other party families.
By Markus Grabitz
Anyone operating a heat pump need not fear being forced to connect to a new district heating network at a later date. Such a compulsion would be disproportionate in practically all cases and is therefore inadmissible, according to a recent legal opinion.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
The German government wants to promote "climate-friendly new construction in the low-price segment" with a new funding program. However, the conditions are to be designed in such a way that they can already be easily met with current building practice, warns Deutsche Umwelthilfe on the basis of an expert report.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
38 countries are discussing which standards low-carbon industries need to meet, particularly in cement and steel production, and what fair competition could look like. Discussions on this have now begun in the Climate Club under German-Chilean leadership.
By Bernhard Pötter
