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How to navigate Spain’s EU presidency policy agenda like a pro – POLITICO

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Spare a thought for Spanish diplomats in Brussels. They’re going to be working flat-out until Christmas.

Sweden has spent the last six months trying to process a huge pile of legislative files, many of which were proposed late by a European Commission distracted by COVID-19 and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Despite commendable progress, many of these files still need a lot of work before being passed into law. Look at the files we’ve laid out below, then look back at

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A wonk’s guide to the Swedish EU presidency policy agenda – POLITICO

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Sweden’s policy smorgasbord is already groaning with some chewy (and even unpalatable) items — but the Commission keeps adding more to its plate.

By this point in a five-year EU election cycle, the vast majority of new policy proposals have already arrived from the EU executive branch, and are already on their legislative journey. But as Sweden takes over the rotating Council presidency with a year-and-a-half left until the next European election, that’s not the case.

With massive official bandwith

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Railroad Freight Companies reduzieren den Service vor einem möglichen landesweiten Streik

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Vier der größten Eisenbahnunternehmen des Landes haben begonnen, den Service vor einem möglichen landesweiten Streik zu reduzieren, der zu massiven Verzögerungen in der Lieferkette führen könnte.

BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern und Union Pacific kündigten diese Woche Embargos für ausgewählte Lieferungen an. Verhandlungen mit zwei der größten Eisenbahngewerkschaften des Landes, der International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division (SMART-TD) und der Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), müssen bis Freitag ein stilllegen.

„Obwohl die Bahnindustrie

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Uber Freight skizziert die Vision des autonomen Lkw

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Uber Freight skizzierte eine umfassende Vision, wie Roboter-Lkw funktionieren werden, und wies darauf hin, dass menschliche Fahrer weiterhin eine bedeutende, sich aber verändernde Rolle im Frachttransport spielen werden.

Die Division sagte in einem Blogbeitrag vom Donnerstag und einem begleitenden Whitepaper, dass autonomes Lkw-Fahren eine Lösung für den anhaltenden Mangel an Berufskraftfahrern und andere Hindernisse in der Lieferkette darstellt.

Man geht davon aus, dass die Kommerzialisierung des autonomen Fahrens mit einem Hub-to-Hub-Modell beginnen wird, das auf an Autobahnen angrenzenden Depots basiert.

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How the Greens duped Christian Lindner into killing ‘das Auto’ – POLITICO

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BERLIN — Christian Lindner needed a victory.  

He didn’t get one.

With his approval ratings in free fall, Germany’s hard-charging finance minister resolved last month to win back his restive liberal base by rescuing that ur-symbol of German ingenuity and prosperity: the internal combustion engine.

In a calculated show aimed at the faithful of his Free Democratic Party (FDP), Lindner vowed to block a European Commission proposal to halt new registrations of fossil-fuel-powered

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How Germany’s big parties line up on climate, mobility policy – POLITICO

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BERLIN — When it comes to tackling climate change, Germany’s leading political parties aren’t exactly on the same page.

While all four main parties focus on measures to slash the country’s carbon emissions, there are stark differences in how they plan to do so in practice, according to a POLITICO analysis of the manifestos of the Christian Democrats, the Greens, the Social Democrats and the Free Democrats ahead of federal elections set for

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