Brussels is resetting the Green Deal’s course—centering the transition on power-market rules and grid build-out to keep prices stable, shield industry, and scale electrification. It dovetails with a new international strategy linking climate ambition to competitiveness and security, and hints at more steps beyond the 2024 market-design reform. Yet one question looms: in the race […]
The Commission asks that every new passenger-car or van model must be at least 85 % reusable/recyclable and 95 % reusable/recoverable by mass, a threshold that already exists but is now implemented only via a directive; the regulation would make it directly binding EU-wide. From 2030, 25 % of a vehicle’s plastics must come from recycled sources […]
The Commission’s plan faces multiple hurdles: massive capital needs for megawatt charging hubs and grid upgrades; battery weight and range limits that cut payloads; dependence on scarce raw materials; uneven state-aid capacity among Member States; uncertain resale values without a robust battery-health market; and a looming skills gap as combustion-engine jobs disappear. integrated rail/road/ports-waterways freight transport, with […]
The European Commission has unveiled a sweeping “Roadworthiness Package” that promises to make Europe’s highways cleaner and far safer. By 2050 the plan could save 7 000 lives, prevent 65 000 serious injuries and crack down on odometer fraud, all while moving your car’s paperwork to a tap-on-screen digital passport. By eEuropa 8 MINUTES […]
As Brussels unveils its first European Defence Industrial Strategy, throws €150 billion in EIB-backed SAFE loans on the table and pushes a continent-wide rail standard for troop mobility, Europe finally matches urgency with cash. Yet every euro depends on 27 divergent treasuries, parliaments and procurement habits. Germany and Poland cheer joint orders; France, Italy and […]
Brussels is asking Europe to cut its well-known red tape and build a true Single Market—one where good ideas can quickly get funding and turn into global successes. In its new plan, the European Commission promises to scrap the ten worst barriers inside the EU, shift most paperwork online, and give fast-growing mid-size companies the […]
On 7 May 2025 the European Commission opened a four‑week public consultation on a draft package of counter‑tariffs and export restrictions worth almost €100 billion, targeting U.S. goods should negotiations fail to roll back the latest American duties. At the same time it will take the dispute to the World Trade Organization. Below, we unpack what the initiative […]
As the EU rewrites its transport map, the revised TEN-T network promises speed, sustainability, and sovereignty—but only if member states move in unison. With which instruments? Achieving this will require coordinated investment strategies, binding deadlines, and a stronger role for the European Commission in monitoring progress. By Mark Strass Brussels, 18 April 2025 – 4 MINUTES […]
China has imposed new export controls on rare earths, escalating a trade war that now centers on critical resources. The EU and U.S. launched negotiations for a Critical Minerals Agreement (CMA) in 2024, aiming to secure essential raw materials for clean technologies and align EU supply chains with U.S. tax credit rules under the Inflation […]
The global trade order is entering a new phase of confrontation. With the U.S. slapping sweeping tariffs—34% on Chinese imports, 20% on goods from the EU, and 25% on automobiles—the world is watching a familiar rivalry reignite. China has already retaliated, the EU is preparing for delicate negotiations with President Trump, and the rest of […]