At his first EU summit, the Chancellor sees a great willingness to "get the trade agreement off the ground now." Commission President von der Leyen also presents an idea for a new alternative to the WTO at the summit.
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EU countries are pushing for even broader exemptions from the supply chain directive than those proposed by the European Commission. Former senior EU and UN officials have voiced sharp criticism.
By Marc Winkelmann
Fresh momentum for Regulation 883: Numerous EU member states are calling for swift progress in negotiations over the social rights of mobile workers. Now the Polish Council Presidency must respond.
By Alina Leimbach
Karol Nawrocki, supported by the PiS, may have won the Polish presidential election with a narrow majority. The initial results of the count indicate this. If the trend is confirmed, this would make Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government work much more difficult.
By Maximilian Stascheit
Just ahead of the final trilogue negotiations on the EU’s Green Claims Directive, German industry associations are calling for a pause. Conservative MEPs are also urging the European Commission to conduct an impact assessment before moving forward.
By Alex Veit
The Council of Ministers has cleared the way to amend the EU’s CO2 fleet rules so that penalties are temporarily suspended. Automakers now have until 2027 to meet the new emissions targets.
By Markus Grabitz
Following the failure of the reform of the Rules of Procedure to establish the inter-institutional ethics authority, the EPP has a plan: it wants to reform the internal parliamentary procedures in the event of misconduct and then put the termination of the inter-institutional agreement to a vote in plenary.
By Markus Grabitz
In the old mandate, there had been a narrow majority in the European Parliament in favor of setting up a cross-institutional ethics authority. In the new Parliament, the majorities have changed. The agreement could now be overturned.
By Markus Grabitz
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is repeatedly thwarting the efforts of member states to sanction Russia for its war of aggression against Ukraine. The Estonian Foreign Minister is therefore calling for Hungary's voting rights in the Council of Ministers to be suspended.
By Markus Grabitz
Emmanuel Macron is inviting several European partners and the NATO Secretary General to a crisis meeting in Paris today. On the agenda is the urgent question of how the Europeans should position themselves with regard to Trump and his unilateral approach to peace negotiations on Ukraine.
By Stephan Israel
