TAG: Subsidy
German government backtracks on tax hikes for farmers following protests
BERLIN — Germany's three-party ruling coalition on Thursday partly backed down from a proposal to cu...
8 months ago
Europe’s farmer protests are spreading. Here’s where and why
The farmer protests sweeping the European Union may have taken political leaders by surprise. But th...
8 months ago
The EU got its first climate report card. It’s not good
Now’s not the time for Green Deal fatigue. In fact, Europe must accelerate its efforts. That’s the b...
8 months ago
EU mulls ‘Industrial’ twin for Green Deal as election pressure bites
BRUSSELS — Move over Green Deal, there’s a new buzzword in town — and just in time for the EU electi...
8 months ago
Oil and gas companies lash out at Labour’s new windfall tax plans
LONDON — More than 40,000 jobs in the U.K. energy sector could be lost because of Labour’s new oil and gas windfall tax plans, an industry group is warning.In a scathing attack on the U.K. opposition party's proposals, David Whitehouse, chief executive of...
6 months ago
EU snubs dying solar manufacturers as China poised to swallow market
BRUSSELS — Europe’s solar producers are hurtling towards extinction after the European Union hinted Tuesday that it wouldn’t bail out ailing manufacturers, according to a person familiar with closed-door talks — a move that puts thousands of jobs at risk...
6 months ago
EU takes the ax to green farming rules
The European Commission is finalizing a series of legislative proposals that would severely weaken environmental requirements for farmers — flying in the face of advice by its top scientists that agriculture must become more sustainable or it will be deci...
6 months ago
Industry bosses to EU: Help us level up in the global green tech race
HANNOVER, Germany — Europe’s industry is ready to take on state-subsidized Chinese and American rivals in the global green tech race — but Brussels must create the right conditions for it to do so.Failure to act will condemn Europe to deindustrialization:...
5 months ago
Macron meets Musk, world’s top executives amid political turmoil and Olympics
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday will host a lunch for some of the world's most influential executives to reassure them that France is still a top investment destination.At the Elysée, Macron will dine with some 40 top executives inclu...
2 months ago
Starmer’s ‘quiet’ climate radicalism sets up battle with Farage
LONDON — Early last year, U.K. Labour leader Keir Starmer’s top green lieutenant traveled to Berlin. He was there to take notes on a German government full of climate vim. Starmer’s man Ed Miliband — then in opposition, now the U.K. energy secretary — enc...
2 months ago
To do: 6 thorny issues lurking in MEPs’ inboxes
This article is part of the Brussels Survival Guide.Becoming a member of European Parliament isn’t just about fancy gifts and bottomless (well, €4,950 a month) general expenses. There’s also serious work to be done. But a new term doesn’t mean a blank sla...
2 months ago
Italy’s budget mess leaves earthquake-stricken towns in limbo
AMATRICE, Italy — Gaetano Galli surveyed the quiet street and casually pointed out where the earthquake had wrought its havoc. There, the splintered wreck of a bungalow that caved in on a family of six; across the road, the spot where over a dozen were cr...
1 month ago
The plan to save European farming
BRUSSELS — Business as usual is no longer an option for European farmers and businesses if climate collapse and economic hardship are to be avoided.That’s the top line of a joint report presented to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on We...
1 month ago
Secretive Draghi is echoing Soviet Union restructuring
Izabella Kaminska is senior finance editor at POLITICO Europe.For most of the past year, the big brain of Mario Draghi — Europe’s supreme technocrat — has been holed up in Brussels at the behest of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, draft...
1 month ago