Join us in at Europa Viva in Madrid, May 17-19, for a 2 day political festival filled with high level panels, cultural landmarks and networking opportunities.
EU liberals’ lead candidate slams von der Leyen’s ‘extremely poor’ performance on 29/04/24 Ursula von der Leyen's performance as European Commission President was “extremely poor”, the lead candidate for the German and European liberals, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann said on Saturday (27 April), citing prescriptive climate policy and bad approval ratings among businesses.
Bolt lobbying revelations: Estonia official says human error behind missing correspondence on 26/04/24 The omission of emails from the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs to Bolt and other mobility tech firms, demanded in a freedom of information (FOI) request, was due to human error, the Ministry's Deputy Secretary General Sandra Särav told Estonian news agency ERR.
Vestager says probes into Chinese firms are not a message to Beijing on 26/04/24 The EU’s recent spate of investigations into Chinese firms’ state subsidies and procurement practices is not meant to send a message to Beijing but rather shows that the Commission will protect the interests of European businesses, the bloc's competition chief Margrethe Vestager said on Friday (26 April).
Macron pitches ‘made in Europe’ to guarantee prosperity in ‘Sorbonne II’ speech on 26/04/24 "Europe could die," French President Emmanuel Macron warned in a much-awaited speech on the future of the EU at Sorbonne University on Thursday (25 April), stressing the importance of an industry 'Made in Europe', particularly in sectors like energy and digital.
Europe’s net-zero industry law will do little for manufacturing ambitions, experts say on 26/04/24 The EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) will make little difference for its target to produce more of the technologies needed for the energy transition by itself, experts told Euractiv, arguing that a new large-scale initiative was needed after the EU elections.
Energy taxation directive: No progress expected before EU elections on 26/04/24 Despite the presentation of a new compromise text to national governments on Thursday (April 25), no serious progress is expected on the revision of the energy taxation directive before the next term of the EU Parliament and Commission.
ECB should not only target inflation – France’s Macron on 25/04/24 The European Central Bank should no longer focus solely on keeping inflation under control, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, urging it to take on a decarbonisation target as well.
Latest News
