Jonathan Packroff

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday (24 April) to update the EU's plans for its core transport networks, aiming to boost freight transport by train by setting higher technical standards for core rail routes.

Cutting the EU regulatory burden could imply undercutting workers' protections Esther Lynch, head of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), warned in an interview with Euractiv.

Est. 4min Content-Type: The EU's Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) will have little impact on Europe's target to produce more

The Berlin economy and environment ministries, both held by the Greens, have been accused of mishandling the shutdown of the country’s last three nuclear power plants during the 2022 energy crisis.

Est. 5min Content-Type: Germany's liberal coalition party FDP accused Christian Democrat (CDU) opponents of “hiding” their

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.

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On International Workers’ Day, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD/S&D) and trade union representatives have voiced opposition to calls by business leaders and pro-business parties for longer working hours and to increase the retirement age.

German State Minister for Europe Anna Lührmann (Greens) on Monday stressed the need to move to qualified majority voting to prepare for EU enlargement, citing lessons to be learned from Polish history.

The European Commission is too slow when it comes to retrieving misspent EU funds, the EU Court of Auditors said in a new report published on Tuesday (7 May), noting that it takes particularly long for money that goes into third countries.