Consumer prices rose by only 8.5 percent, according to a first estimate from Eurostat. Experts had expected higher inflation. Germany's data had to be estimated because the statistical office did not deliver.Inflation in the euro zone eased further at the beginning of the year. Consumer prices rose by 8.5 percent in January compared to the same month last year, according to the statistics office Eurostat on Wednesday. Experts had expected a rate of 8.9 to 9 percent. In a month-on-month...
Consumer prices rose by only 8.5 percent, according to a first estimate from Eurostat. Experts had expected higher inflation. Germany's data had to be estimated because the country didn't deliver on time.Inflation in the euro zone eased further at the beginning of the year. Consumer prices rose by 8.5 percent in January compared to the same month last year, according to the statistics office Eurostat on Wednesday. Experts had expected a rate of 8.9 to 9 percent. In a month-on-month...
Cum-Ex, mask affair, corruption by EU parliamentarians: An index by Transparency International shows that trust in the integrity of politics and business has been weakened."Germany hasn't made any significant progress in fighting corruption for ten years," says Margarete Bause, deputy chairwoman of Transparency International Germany. On Tuesday morning, the NGO published the Corruption Perceptions Index 2022. The result: "Scandals such as the mask affair or Cum-Ex have recently weakened trust in the integrity of politics and business," said Bause. The...
In two weeks, the controversial EU gas price cap will come into force - and the most important gas exchange in Europe is preparing for it by building a parallel market outside the European Union. The exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) now shared, from February 20 to offer transactions in TTF futures and options, i.e. securities for future gas deliveries, also in London. TTF stands for "Title Transfer Facility" and is the name of the most important gas exchange in...
"Germany hasn't made any significant progress in fighting corruption for ten years," says Margarete Bause, deputy chairwoman of Transparency International Germany. On Tuesday morning, the NGO published the Corruption Perceptions Index 2022. The result: "Scandals such as the mask affair or Cum-Ex have recently weakened trust in the integrity of politics and business," said Bause. The study covers 180 countries and uses surveys to evaluate perceived corruption in politics and administration.Germany ranks ninth behind Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Denmark...
A man attacked people with a knife near the EU Commission. The police managed to apprehend the attacker. source site
Whether e-cars or wind turbines: the USA massively subsidizes the industries. In response, the EU Commission wants to relax the state aid rules. But some governments fear disadvantages. source site
Vehicle sales alone are no longer the most important thing: VW CFO Arno Antlitz on the new money-making strategy. source site
energy policy:France relies on Ukrainian nuclear powerJan 29, 2023 11:32 amReading time: 3 minsOpen detailed viewThe Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine is the largest nuclear facility in Europe - and it came under fire during the war. (Photo: Uncredited/dpa)Brussels wants to enter into a partnership with the Ukrainian government to import hydrogen. France and eight other European countries are demanding that the nuclear industry also benefit from this. Environmentalists are alarmed.from Björn Finke, BrusselslistenNoticeSplitfeedbackIt will be about further...
The Swedish government launched a campaign this week to fix its country's image in the rest of the world. Refugees please stay outside, there is no longer a welcoming culture in Sweden - that's roughly the message. Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, who belongs to the "Moderate Coalition Party", which is considered to be moderate right, stands for the turning point in Swedish politics, which she recently described with the controversial sentence: There is a "shadow society" shaped by migrants, and...
