In December, EU leaders agreed to open accession negotiations with Ukraine. While the European Commission said in a recent report that the country needed to implement further reforms, the German government has now said that Ukraine has fulfilled these reforms.
Maximilian Krah, the lead candidate for Germany’s far-right AfD party in the EU elections, will no longer make public appearances after telling the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that not all members of the SS were criminals.
The European Commission has approved a German state aid scheme worth 2 billion euros to help industrial businesses reduce their carbon emissions and switch to more renewable energy sources.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Borjana Krišto has presented the first draft of the country’s reform plan to European Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi. A spokesman for the German FDP has accused Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of blocking talks on Ukraine’s EU accession. The latest Eurobarometer figures show a significant increase of citizens interested in the European elections compared to 2019.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is concerned over the increase in antisemitic incidents in Europe and calls for better protection of Jewish life. In other news: Franco-German nuclear tensions, as France insists on the recognition of the role nuclear power can play in the production of low-carbon hydrogen. The next steps are taken towards a digital euro as a complement to cash.