As 2024 draws to a close, Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government expects 2025 to be eventful as it assumes the six-month presidency of the Council of the EU and presidential elections that will likely see Tusk’s camp take full power in the country.
Turkey’s net monthly minimum wage will be 22,104 Turkish lira ($630.36) in 2025, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, marking a 30% increase from 2024.
Amid an unusually calm political landscape by Italian standards, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is entering 2025 with high ambitions, including increasing her profile by liaising between the EU and US President Donald Trump and escalating a battle against Europe’s Green Deal.
Spaniards celebrate the start of the new year by eating twelve grapes, one for each month, but 2025 could bring some sour grapes for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D).
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk dispelled the reports that he is going to run in next year’s presidential election, stating he is not suited for the role and would be unlikely to win.
Electrolyser manufacturers in Europe committed on Thursday (5 May) to increase their manufacturing capacity tenfold – to 17.5 GW per year by 2025 – as part of a joint declaration with the European Commission in Brussels.
But it won’t be an EV.
Belgium will shut down all seven of its nuclear reactors by 2025 but will not close the door on new-generation nuclear technology, according to a deal reached Thursday (23 December) by the coalition government.
Ecodesign and energy labelling will deliver a third of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions target – but the European Commission is dodging the chance to set heating on the right path, by greenlighting the sale of polluting gas boilers beyond 2030, write Mélissa Zill and Davide Sabbadin.
