Brussels/Frankfurt, 21 March 2022 – Commenting on German Finance Minister Christian Lindner's push for a new attempt at a transatlantic free trade agreement (TTIP), Ulrich Ackermann, head of the foreign trade department at VDMA, said:
European energy policy has been turned on its head, almost overnight, according to SuperNode CEO, John Fitzgerald. Renewable energy remains our principal weapon against energy dependence and climate change, but they need grids and a pan-European approach, he argues.
With millions of children fleeing or displaced in Ukraine, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are calling on the Commission and the Council to urgently agree an EU-Ukraine Child Protection Package with the Ukrainian government.
Brussels, 16 March 2022 - TIC Council welcomes the European Parliament’s amendment to Article 34.3 of Directive 2013/34/EU, which ensures that independent assurance services providers can implement services to companies reports according to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
Brussels, 16 March 2022 - TIC Council welcomes the European Parliament’s amendment to Article 34.3 of Directive 2013/34/EU, which ensures that independent assurance services providers can implement services to companies reports according to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
PRESS RELEASE - Brussels, 17.03.2022 – Today the EU Environment Ministers reached a general approach on the proposal for a new Batteries Regulation. RECHARGE, the European association representing the battery value chains of the future, welcomes the short but reasonable implementation timelines and delays for developing secondary legislation. The industry also agrees to keeping the proposed recycling efficiency and recovery targets.
Today the European Parliament’s employment and social affairs, and women’s rights and gender equality committees voted for the negotiating mandate and Parliament’s position on the new pay transparency law, a first necessary step to end pay discrimination between men and women. This gap remains very high: on average, women in the EU earn 14.1% less than men in comparable positions.