Hoekstra is already starting to work in; appointment not yet certain
Former Dutch minister Wopke Hoekstra has started his training period in Brussels and Strasbourg as the new European Climate Commissioner, although his appointment is still...
State of the Union: what does Von der Leyen want with Green Deal and expansion
This week, European capitals are awaiting the annual speech by President Ursula von der Leyen with more than average interest. She...
New Green Deal Commissioner Ŝefĉoviĉ: We are not going to water down or postpone
The new European Green Deal Commissioner Maros Ŝefĉoviĉ has said immediately after his appointment that he does not intend to ...
Ukrainian grain can also be shipped from Dutch ports with a EU subsidy
European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski believes that Ukrainian grain can, if necessary, also be transported across EU territory via ports in Germany and the Netherlands. In...
Doubts about new Dutch EU Commissioner: not green enough
The appointment of the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra as the new Dutch EU commissioner is still quite certain.
Agriculture committee now steps on the brakes at SUR pesticide proposal
The European Parliament's Agri-Agriculture Committee has suspended discussion of the SUR proposal to halve pesticides in agriculture until further notice...
Timmermans' Nature Restoration Act passed by European Parliament
The European Parliament has passed the controversial nature restoration law with an unexpectedly large majority of several dozen votes (336 - 300 -13). That...
European Parliament: less livestock farming under stricter environmental rules
The European Parliament believes that large parts of livestock farming should not fall under the EU law against industrial pollution. Parliament wants...
EU liberals' very last minute solution for wildlife restoration law
In the European Parliament, the liberal Renew group is submitting a new compromise to break the blockade of the controversial nature restoration law. According to...
EU soil law and genetic food: step forward or threat
Dutch MEPs are moderately approving, reluctant, and sometimes disappointed with the four new nature and agricultural laws presented by the European Commission yesterday....
