The European Commission is moving towards a new budget fund to compensate farmers for any negative effects of the EU-Mercosur deal, hoping that this action will help overcome French resistance to the trade deal. Notably, the plan, confirmed by four officials, comes as the EU and the South American bloc aim to finalize the landmark … Read more
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has set new staffing rules for incoming commissioners as they form their first teams. The rules aim to ensure diversity in terms of nationality, gender and seniority in the offices of all 27 commissioners – one for each EU country – including her own, her office said in … Read more
The acquisition of TERNA ENERGY by Masdar was approved by the European Commission, based on the EU merger regulation. The transaction mainly concerns the electricity sector from renewable sources. The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, given the limited market position of the companies resulting from the proposed transaction. The … Read more
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Alasdair Bakker 1 hour agoin domestic Strasbourg – Brussels needs to get involved in locking up companies’ fleets. PVV State Secretary, Chris Jansen (Environment) made this call in a letter to the European Commission. Stay informed If you want to be informed about everything about the war in Ukraine, sign up for our informed newsletter. … Read more
Germany and France call on the European Commission to start working to design a migration and asylum agreement for the European Union with the United Kingdom. In a letter sent to the Community Executive a few days ago, the Interior Ministers of the two largest EU countries assure that Brexit – the departure of the … Read more
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confesses in his political memoirs that he thought about invading the Netherlands through a military water attack to take away millions of AstraZeneca vaccines for Covid-19. In an excerpt from his book ‘Unleashed’, published by the ‘Daily Mail’ newspaper this Friday, the former Conservative leader recounted how, after two … Read more
The new European Commission will reach a critical stage after Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to create a second team of commissioners. This process is essential in consolidating European policies in the coming years. On September 17, the president proposed a new list of candidates to become European commissioners. At this time, as it did … Read more
| Editorial staff | 22.09.2024 Approval by the European Commission is still pending, but a corresponding recommendation has now been received by the authority for review. The new vaccine is adapted to the KP.2 variant, which is particularly prevalent in early summer, but should also offer increased protection against the virus type that is currently … Read more
The President of the Commission seems to have kept her promises by giving to those who supported her and to those who helped her to reach an elementary balance between men-women, north-south and correlation of political forces. Finland, one of the first countries to publicize the name of a woman, received as a reward the … Read more
If nothing goes wrong during the “grilling” in the plenary session of the European Parliament, the fifth Czech European Commissioner will be in charge of “international partnership”. When the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the composition of her team for the upcoming election period, two types of reactions came, quite … Read more