As the European Week of Regions and Cities is in full swing, Committee of the Regions President Vasco Alves Cordeiro urges the need to strengthen the EU’s Cohesion Policy – and with it the fight against poverty and social exclusion that many Europeans face every day.
After EU countries approved a tariff of up to 35.3 percent on electric cars from China, German carmakers warn that the decision will distort competition and damage global trade.
Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has become the new Secretary General of NATO. With Russia’s war against Ukraine raging on and Donald Trump’s possible return to the US White House, Rutte faces a tough balancing act between the military alliance’s 32 members and other international partners such as the European Union.
In a first visit, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in an effort to reset the relations between the UK and the European Union. It remained unclear how Britain aims to improve ties with the EU but the Labour prime minister identified migration, among others, as an area for cooperation with the bloc.
A new report investigating the EU member states’ agricultural plans found that the plans are not sufficiently protecting the environment. The European Court of Auditors highlighted that the European Commission’s move to pacify farmers risked impacting the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).