Von der Leyen lends an ear to German industry (again) as climate and trade crunches loom

Von der Leyen lends an ear to German industry (again) as climate and trade crunches loom

Shorouk Express Indeed, just as the CEOs were pouring out their woes to the Commission president, a few floors below, Teresa Ribera, commissioner for a clean industrial transition, was presenting the bloc’s climate targets for 2040. Von der Leyen’s center-right European People’s Party is widely accused of watering down the EU’s environmental agenda in order…

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Auf den Spuren von Merz und Trump beim Nato-Gipfel

Auf den Spuren von Merz und Trump beim Nato-Gipfel

Shorouk Express Am zweiten Tag des NATO-Gipfels in Den Haag geht es um die zentralen Streitpunkte: Die Finanzierung der europäischen Sicherheit, das auch von Kanzler Friedrich Merz vorangetriebene 5-Prozent-Ziel, eine gemeinsame Haltung gegenüber den USA und wie die Ukraine bei diesem Gipfel teils zurückstehen muss. Gordon Repinski und Rixa Fürsen analysieren aus Den Haag die…

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EU must assert independence with arms spending and Ukraine accession, says von der Leyen

EU must assert independence with arms spending and Ukraine accession, says von der Leyen

Shorouk Express She identified four central tasks to bring about independence: Securing peace by increasing defense spending; strengthening innovation and competitiveness to stimulate growth; expanding the bloc in what she referred to as “a historic reunification”; and renewing and strengthening democracy to protect member countries from internal and external threats. “That we are now enabling…

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