“Geologists are the starting point of the entire process in the supply chain in raw materials. They are the starting point of land use planning. We need to invest in geology from the beginning. Investing in geology offers a return of up to 1000 times on investment By prioritizing geology, we can improve our competitiveness and well-being.” This was said ...
A step back just when the spotlight was ready to shine on him: this is how Boris Pistorius, the currently most popular politician in Germany, surprised everyone by announcing that he will not run for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). With a short video on his social channels, the current Defense Minister paved the way for outgoing ...
Viktor Orban has invited Benjamin Netanyahu for a state visit to Hungary, to protest against the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. “We have no choice but to challenge this decision” which “will have no effect” in Hungary, the Hungarian prime minister said in an interview with state radio. According to Orban, a staunch supporter of the Israeli ...
Europe has a new Lampedusa. It is the Spanish island of El Hierro, in the Atlantic Ocean, where a record number of landings have been recorded. This year, almost twice as many migrants as residents have arrived in the southernmost of Spain’s Canary Islands. According to the Red Cross, by mid-November around 19,400 irregulars had reached its coasts: the inhabitants ...
“Yesterday we witnessed a real farce.” The opinion of Valentina Palmisano, MEP of the Five Star Movement, on the green light in Parliament for the commissioners of Ursula von der Leyen’s team is clear. Last night it seemed that the green light for the Italian Raffaele Fitto and the Spanish Teresa Ribera was failing at the last second, due to ...
The political balance in Brussels is changing, and we are moving towards a centre-right majority in Europe. Paolo Borchia, head of delegation of Matteo Salvini’s League to the European Parliament, is convinced of this, after the conclusion of the commissioners’ hearings which saw the Italian Raffaele Fitto being confirmed vice president against the opinion of socialists, liberals and greens. And ...
For weeks the appointment of Raffaele Fitto has been in the balance, with the Italian minister risking being stripped of his position as vice-president of the European Commission. But in the end Giorgia Meloni’s man not only won, but brought home another important result for the prime minister: the Conservatives and Reformists (Ecr), the European group of which Fratelli d’Italia ...
In the end the green light arrived for the Hungarian commissioner, but Viktor Orbán’s man was deprived of some of the responsibilities initially assigned to him. MEPs are calling on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to withdraw oversight of the protection of reproductive rights and the management of pandemics from them. Approved but with fewer powers After a long ...
The EU Council rejected the changes proposed by the European Parliament on the regulation against deforestation, effectively rejecting the line of the EPP which, however, had forced a change to the text by forming a surprise alliance with the radical right of the Chamber. Coreper, the body that brings together the ambassadors of the member states, only gave its green ...
The decision on Raffaele Fitto, candidate to become executive vice-president of the European Commission, is in the balance. When it seemed that the political parties of the EU Parliament had found an agreement that would allow the Italian to get the green light from the Chamber, at the last second a clash over the Spanish socialist Teresa Ribera reopened the ...