Tag: Subsidies
Berlin hopeful Brussels will greenlight large-scale hydrogen subsidies – EURACTIV.com
Berlin has been making “good progress” in its talks with the European Commission on the potential scope of national subsidies for hydrogen power plants, according to German Economy and Energy Minister Robert Habeck.
In a bid to decarbonise its power sector and ensure the provision of climate-friendly energy even during lulls in wind and solar power production, the German government is looking to significantly ramp up the country’s fleet of hydrogen power plants.
But the significant tenders required to reach
French minister blasts NGOs’ ‘permanent spirit of demolition’ on EU farming subsidies – EURACTIV.com
NGOs are suing the European Commission for having approved France’s national plan for implementing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) despite allegedly breaching EU law – a move that French Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau called a “destructive battle”.
Read the original French article here.
The French national plan, a roadmap detailing how subsidies are to be used to achieve the CAP’s objectives, was validated by the Commission on 31 August 2022. In November of the same year, British NGO ClientEarth and
German government’s first year in office — rated – POLITICO
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BERLIN — A historic coalition set out ambitious goals for reforming Germany. Then the war hit.
The storied tradition of consensus-building in the German government reached a new level over the past year, as the EU’s most-populous country struggled to lead Europe after Angela Merkel’s tenure of 16 years.
One year ago, Olaf Scholz was elected as the ninth German chancellor since World War II, leading an unprecedented “traffic-light
A wonk’s guide to the Swedish EU presidency policy agenda – POLITICO
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
A self-defeating G7 fails on all fronts – POLITICO
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ZUGSPITZE, Germany — If they need reminding about the urgency of climate change and their role in stopping it, all G7 leaders needed to do was look up.
High above the opulent Schloss Elmau, the resort in which the leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies have held earnest (and not so earnest) discussions over the past three days, Germany’s largest — soon to be last — glacier sits in a saddle at
A wonk’s guide to the Czech EU presidency policy agenda – POLITICO
This article is part of POLITICO’s Guide to the Czech EU Presidency special report.
The Czech presidency needs to carry the EU through an energy crisis, galloping inflation and a war in Ukraine — all on a shoestring budget.
Call it the crisis presidency.
In the midst of a war and a gathering economic crisis, the small Central European country will be tasked with making sure the EU secures a lasting supply of energy while not letting go of its
The Portuguese presidency’s policy efforts, marked – POLITICO
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Portugal’s presidency of the Council of the EU started with empty press centers, fresh Brexit headaches and a slew of problematic policy fights that had been prolonged by the pandemic.
As the six-month stint closes Wednesday, the country was celebrating a mega-deal on the bloc’s agricultural subsidies, a coronavirus vaccine travel passport coming July 1 and agreements on a host of other tricky issues.
The easing of pandemic restrictions lent a helping hand,