Tag: EU Commission
Energy talk at Illner: EU wants to skim off excess profits on the electricity market
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to skim off high profits from energy companies. These excess profits are intended to support people with low incomes. However, this should…
No profit from the gas levy: Lindner asks Brussels for a tax exemption
No profit from gas surcharge Lindner asks Brussels for a tax exemption 08/14/2022 12:51 p.m The gas surcharge is intended to save stumbling importers. According to the current status, it…
Emergency plan provides for 15 percent: Germany wants to save more gas than required by the EU
Emergency plan provides for 15 percent Germany wants to save more gas than required by the EU 7/26/2022, 5:57 p.m The EU gas contingency plan is a compromise that provides…
Reduce consumption by 15 percent: EU countries agree on gas emergency plan
Reduce consumption by 15 percent EU countries agree on gas emergency plan 7/26/2022 3:44 am The way for a gas emergency plan in the EU is apparently clear: according to…
EU partners should help with gas: When Berlin asks for solidarity, it becomes uncomfortable
Years ago, the EU came up with an instrument that EU states should use to help each other out in the event of a supply failure of energy sources. Germany…
Commission plan: EU countries should be forced to save gas in an emergency
Commission plan EU countries should be forced to save gas in an emergency 07/20/2022, 12:22 p.m As a result of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, gas reserves are…
7.6 percent in the euro area: the EU Commission expects record inflation in 2022
7.6 percent in the euro area The EU Commission expects record inflation in 2022 07/14/2022, 11:08 am The war in Ukraine and the associated energy crisis are weighing on the…
19 degrees to save gas: the EU Commission is considering requirements for heating
19 degrees to save gas EU Commission is considering requirements for heating 07/14/2022, 08:18 am In Brussels, people are rather pessimistic about the future: the situation with regard to Europe’s…
Dispute over the Kaliningrad exclave: Lithuania does not want to freeze in front of Putin
In the face of the snake, Lithuania does not want to be the rabbit. Instead of giving in to Putin’s threats about the partial blockade of Kaliningrad, Vilnius went one…
EU demands fight against corruption: Von der Leyen gives Ukraine homework
EU demands fight against corruption Von der Leyen gives Ukraine homework 7/1/2022 11:52 am “Hard work, determination and unity” is what she expects from Ukraine on the way to EU…
“Outstanding interest”: EU countries are tightening their climate policy targets
“Outstanding Interest” EU countries are tightening climate policy targets 06/27/2022, 4:25 p.m The EU is calling for ambitious climate protection goals by 2030 – and the countries are following suit.…
EU politician on Ukraine: Barley: “There must be no hasty accessions”
EU politician on Ukraine Barley: “There must be no hasty accessions” 6/18/2022 3:42 am The Vice-President of the European Parliament, Katarina Barley, makes it clear that Ukraine should only become…