Wolfgang Ischinger, long-time top diplomat and President of the Board of Trustees of the Munich Security Conference, has been appointed to the board of the non-partisan organization Global Bridges. Ischinger was previously State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office and German Ambassador in Washington, D.C. and London. He chaired the Munich Security Conference from 2008 […]
Teresa Ribera (Spain/S&D): Executive Vice-President for a clean, fair and competitive transition. Ribera will not only ensure that the decarbonization of industry is driven forward as part of the Green Deal, which she has already worked on as Spanish Environment Minister during the Spanish Council Presidency. Her new tasks in the Commission will focus in […]
It could have been an appearance in which Kamala Harris clearly showed her colors. However, the US Democratic presidential candidate spoke about the climate for just one minute and 44 seconds in the TV duel with her Republican opponent Donald Trump on ABC. And only once did the Vice-President mention the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), […]
In response to the unilateral actions of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the start of his country’s EU Council Presidency, Estonia is also temporarily refusing to send ministers to meetings in Hungary. “Through its actions, Hungary has abused its role as EU Council Presidency and thus seriously undermined its credibility,” a government spokesperson in […]
