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The debate about Germany as a business location resembles the one from 20 years ago.

Germany: The 2030 Agenda Is on Its Way

By: EBR | Monday, December 30, 2024

The older folks among us have been experiencing a sense of deja vu in recent weeks

After all, it is right in line with the strategy of maximizing tensions that extreme political groups of both the right and the left use as a tactic of choice.

Germany After Magdeburg: The AfD‘s Call for Massive Street Protests

By: EBR | Monday, December 23, 2024

A reflection on maximizing tension and street violence against the backdrop of modern European history: Is the far-right’s strategy working?

The AI Office in the European Commission, however, is massively understaffed for the task, counting so far only around 85 staffers – out of which only around 30 team members are specifically tasked with the implementation of the AI Act.

Getting serious about AI rules: Lack of enforcement capacity puts EU at risk

By: EBR | Friday, December 20, 2024

The European AI Office needs to grow to over 200 staff members implementing the rules for AI next year

As a matter of fact, seeing to it that the German economy could throw off a lot of the overregulation that kills GDP growth is the message that has been sent daily for some years now by most Germany companies.

The Death of Economic Liberalism in Germany?

By: EBR | Thursday, December 19, 2024

Olaf Scholz’s SPD and the Greens, along with their dedicated supporters in the media, are out to blame Germany’s small liberal party

Scholz’s government has grown increasingly unpopular in Germany, with Scholz also one of the least popular chancellors ever, according to a September opinion poll.

German cancellor faces confidence vote likely to lead to snap elections

By: EBR | Monday, December 16, 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a confidence vote on Monday he is expected to lose

The Serbian spyware, dubbed “NoviSpy” by Amnesty, then took covert screenshots of mobile devices, copied contacts, and uploaded them to a government-controlled server, the report said.

Serbia used Israeli firm’s tech to enable spy campaign, Amnesty says

By: EBR | Monday, December 16, 2024

Serbian officials installed homegrown spyware on the phones of dozens of journalists and activists, Amnesty International said in a report

“It has been no secret that Giorgia Meloni intended to step down as the president of the ECR. Equally, it has been well-known that Mateusz Morawiecki was the frontrunner to succeed her,” the newspaper Il Giornale reported on Thursday.

Poland’s Morawiecki to replace Meloni as ECR head

By: EBR | Friday, December 13, 2024

Former PiS prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki will take over from Italian Prime Minister and Fratelli d’Italia leader Giorgia Meloni as president of the EU’s conservative ECR

Faced with growing regional differences in electricity prices and a price spike in the south of the country, the Swedish government is considering new measures to help households and businesses cope with the rising pressure.

Swedish minister open to new measures to tackle energy crisis, blames German nuclear phase-out

By: EBR | Friday, December 13, 2024

Sweden is ready to introduce new measures to tackle the country’s soaring energy prices, Energy Minister Ebba Busch announced

The visit comes as a set of European leaders, including France, Poland, Germany and Italy, as well as the UK, look to act together in the face of a second Trump presidency and ensure unwavering support for Ukraine.

Macron to head to Warsaw to brief Tusk, Duda on US-Ukraine talks

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 11, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected in Warsaw to debrief on conversations with US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the weekend

It is a major win for farmers who want more freedom to shoot animals that threaten their livestock. Hunters cheered the decision.

Wolves, farmers and VDL

By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Although experts had warned that the EU’s bid to change the protection level of wolves was rounded in prejudices,the members of the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife approved the bid to modify the status of wolves

In the first address by a British chancellor to the Eurogroup since Brexit, Reeves will say resetting relations means "breaking down barriers to trade" as well as helping "businesses sell in each other’s markets".

Closer UK and EU ties will boost growth, says Reeves

By: EBR | Monday, December 9, 2024

Closer relations between the UK and the European Union (EU) will boost economic growth, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will tell finance leaders on Monday

Warsaw counts on Rome to block Mercosur deal

By: EBR | Monday, December 9, 2024

As an EU-Mercosur deal was reached after 25 years, it faces one last stumbling block: member state approval and Poland hopes Italy will play a part in blocking the deal

Since the spring of this year, solar panels on the roof have been powering the sites’ washing machines and dryers in a partnership with local energy cooperative Brupower.

Local energy communities pinning hopes on new Commission

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 4, 2024

An energy community project in south-west Brussels is cutting energy bills for a homeless shower facility

The EU needs to show how listening to others advances its strategic interests in the current global context.

“Listening to Others” as European Foreign Policy?

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 3, 2024

A bold and prominent commitment to “listen to others” has embedded itself at the heart of European foreign policy

The Draghi and Letta reports have been widely reported as being about industrial policy and the need for EU member states to abandon economic nationalism.

The Draghi & Letta reports: Surgeons without a scalpel

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 3, 2024

It’s either too soon or too late to speculate on the fates of the Letta and Draghi reports

The European Commission said in a statement that the payment has been suspended for six months because Bulgaria has not met its commitments on energy, anti-corruption, and public procurement reforms.

Brussels halts EU recovery plan payment for Bulgaria

By: EBR | Monday, December 2, 2024

Bulgaria will not receive the second €653 million disbursement under the recovery and sustainability plan due to the country’s unfinished reforms

"A vote against (the government) is not inevitable. All Barnier has to do is accept to negotiate," Le Pen said in an interview with La Tribune newspaper.

Le Pen tells France’s Barnier to negotiate or be felled

By: EBR | Monday, December 2, 2024

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier must make further budget concessions to avoid a no confidence motion that could topple his government, National Rally lawmaker Marine Le Pen said

However, the internal document, which dates from July, says that the paper would be a “broad policy reflection" to "inform a possible European reform towards a fully integrated internal market for electricity."

Commission mulling 2025 white paper on electricity market reform

By: EBR | Friday, November 29, 2024

The European Commission’s energy department may issue a White Paper in 2025 which would lay the ground for further electricity market reforms

Output of all cars dropped by more than 15% from a year earlier, mainly due to a fall in exports following weak demand, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.

UK electric car production drops with firms ’under pressure’

By: EBR | Friday, November 29, 2024

UK car production fell sharply in October amid industry concerns about "intense pressure" on investment in electric vehicle-making

“Poland’s upcoming presidency comes at a time when Europe is facing many challenges, but also many opportunities. We look forward to supporting the Polish presidency’s work, for example through the requested exploratory opinions, in order to advance our shared European goals,” he added.

Poland makes security a key priority of its EU presidency

By: EBR | Thursday, November 28, 2024

Poland has outlined the political direction of the rotating presidency the country will hold from January to June 2025

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One year after the Draghi report: China’s trade surplus increased by almost 20 percent

By: N. Peter Kramer

At the presentation of his 400-page report in September 2024, Mario Draghi said, the EU will face a ‘slow death’ if it doesn’t quickly close the gap with economic superpowers such as the United States and China

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The EU must define its red lines in a tough new security doctrine

Realpolitik, greatly enhanced by television, has in recent weeks sent an embarrassing message around the world – the European Union isn’t the global player it claims to be

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