PwC Analysis: The negative impacts of the EU ETS 2 can be reduced by capping the allowance price
The original Czech goal was not to introduce these emission allowances. However, a majority has not yet been achieved in the EU.
The Commission presented the Mediterranean Pact – European Firefighting Center in Cyprus
“The Mediterranean region has immense geopolitical significance,” while referring to recent events, emphasizing that the area is “on the razor’s edge,” noting that “we must change our relations with our southern neighborhood,” stressed the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas.
A. Tzitzikostas from New York: ‘EU and USA are creating the largest travel market in the world’
In his opening speech at the “Transatlantic Skift Summit,” Mr. Tzitzikostas referred to the importance of transatlantic travel flows, the new strategy for European tourism that he is formulating, the challenges facing the mobility sector, as well as the opportunities arising from innovation, the diversification of tourism habits, sustainable and multimodal transport.
Dombrovskis: Russia’s war in Ukraine harms American companies
Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Dombrovskis stated that in 2023, the assets owned by the U.S. in Europe were valued at approximately $19.2 trillion, or accounted for about 64% of all foreign assets of American companies worldwide. Sales from the European subsidiaries of American companies amounted to $3.9 trillion.
Lived Solidarity and ‘Fire Brigade Erasmus’: More Cross-Border Disaster Protection in the EU
Some people go on vacation to Spain – others, on the other hand, to combat a forest fire. For firefighters from EU member states, it is likely to happen more often in the future that they will have such deployments far away from their own fire station.
Commission does not withdraw proposal for sanctions against Israel
The European Commission has not yet withdrawn the proposal to impose sanctions against Israel. The situation has changed now that there is a ceasefire, but it remains to be seen whether other parts of the peace plan will also be implemented, said a spokesperson for the European Commission.