Germany, the EU’s leading car exporter, is expected to be hardest hit by the tariffs. Car shipments to the US were worth €25.2 billion in 2024, followed by Italy (€3.4 billion) and Slovakia (€3.1 billion)
The EU had initially set a deadline of June 30, 2023, for all 27 Member States to submit their plans detailing how they intend to contribute to the European Union’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030
The panels, a hallmark of participative democracy in the Union, will focus on the theme “A new European budget fit for our ambitions” and are set to convene in Brussels between March 28-30 and May 16-18, 2025
MEP Ivo Hristov extended heartfelt goodbye to French novelist Milan Kundera. He mentioned that all the summaries need to be corrected. As for him, he was the last milestone achieved in developing the novel, after which the genre lost ambition, form, and energy, drowned in opaque commercialism and pointless experiments.
MEP Sylwia Spurek shares her views on the voting of the European Parliament for amendments to the Industrial Emissions Directive. She also mentioned that calling this revision a game-changer takes a lot of work.
Member of the European Parliament, Anna Fotyga expressed that African countries must be aware of Russia's colonial policies at the European Parliament in Strasbourg yesterday.
French Minister for European Affairs Laurence Boone states that EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders is not competent to comment on law enforcement in France and the actions of our police. She commented on Reynders' words regarding "France's very high level of violence" and the proposal to "think about how to organize policing."
MEP Asim Ahmed Ademov felt honoured to emphasize that he and his European People's Party colleagues joined the protest before the European Parliament building in Strasbourg.
He added that, they expressed their support against the law to restore nature together with European farmers from their largest organization, Copa-Kodzeca.
