Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, As Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, it is great to be here in Budapest for the 25th edition of the Inter-parliamentary Conference (IPC) for the Common Foreign and Security Policy as well as the Common Security and Defence
The latest very concerning news from the Volkswagen Group was not really surprising. It had been clear for months that the hoped-for sales figures for electric vehicles would not be achieved, even though VW had placed so much emphasis on e-mobility, much more so than
Zu Beginn dieser Woche hat die Europäische Kommission Beihilfen in Höhe von 200 Millionen Euro genehmigt, mit denen die Niedersachsen Ports GmbH & Co. KG (NPorts) beim Bau von vier neuen Liegeplätzen im Hafen von Cuxhaven unterstützt wird. Dazu erklärt der Vorsitzende des Auswärtigen Ausschusses im
As Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the European Parliament, I led a delegation of Members from several Committees to Kyiv in March (25-26 March) this year. We met with representatives of the government, parliament and civil society to reiterate one clear message: The
Somehow the coalition in Berlin has now reached an agreement after all. At the last minute, the last hurdles were cleared so that the Bundestag and Bundesrat could receive the draft for the federal budget for 2025 on time. 12 billion euros still have to
Am 20. Dezember 2023 hatte die Europäische Kommission ihre Bereitschaft erklärt, den Schutzstatus des Wolfes unter der Berner-Konvention von „streng geschützt“ zu „geschützt“ zu ändern und Gleiches für die FFH-Richtlinie zu übernehmen. Auf diese Weise ließe sich die Entnahme des Wolfes deutlich flexibler gestalten – dafür