The EU summit starting today is supposed to produce results on a geopolitical level. However, a clear strategy is not yet emerging. Some member states warn against putting Ukraine on the fast track, while the Western Balkan countries remain in the slow lane.
By Eric Bonse
On Wednesday, the EU Commission presented its plans for a nature conservation legislative package. According to the package, the use of pesticides is to be halved and damaged ecosystems restored. Environmentalists welcome the proposals – agriculture and forestry are up in arms.
By Timo Landenberger
For a long time, Wandel durch Handel ("change through trade") was the unofficial slogan of the European security architecture. The war in Ukraine has ruthlessly revealed that the German government's long and naively negligent adherence to this principle has tended to rather bring about the opposite of peace and democratic progress in Europe. Now is the time to rebuild the European integration landscape on the basis of democracy and the rule of law.
By Redaktion Table
In the negotiations on corporate sustainability reporting, the EU institutions have reached an agreement. Pressure from Parliament paid off: Unlisted companies and companies based outside the EU are also affected.
By Leonie Düngefeld
The director of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Mario Holzner, warns against further stalling the candidate countries in the Western Balkans. The EU must act to push back geopolitical rivals such as China and Russia, he said in an interview with Hans-Peter Siebenhaar. Therefore, the states should be given access to the single market ahead of accession.
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