Germany and France vow support for Ukraine, including military
PARIS (Reuters) – Germany and France on Sunday vowed to assist Ukraine for as long as needed and to support efforts to prosecute war criminals.
PARIS (Reuters) – Germany and France on Sunday vowed to assist Ukraine for as long as needed and to support efforts to prosecute war criminals.
The German grid regulator and Green-led ministry of economy and climate action aim to construct up to 21 GW worth of additional gas power plants to guarantee a stable and reliable grid, according to internal documents.
The start of 2023 saw the EU’s new agricultural policy come into force in Germany, alongside new animal husbandry rules. However, some of German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir’s core projects remain in the planning phase.
As demand for critical raw materials to fuel the green transition surges, the German government announced on Tuesday (3 January) that it will revamp its raw materials strategy to reduce dependencies and avoid supply shortages.
The German government inaugurated its first floating terminal on Tuesday (15 November), built in record time and intended to receive liquefied natural gas as part of Berlin’s plan to replace Russian gas, with the first regasification ship set to dock in mid-December.
German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir is pushing a bill through the country’s parliament that aims for stricter control of antibiotics use in animal husbandry to counter the increasing risk of resistant germs. But associations warn restrictions should not come at the expense of animal health.
Germany is charging ahead with its own energy savings law, amid ongoing negotiations in Brussels over the EU’s flagship Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), according to documents seen by EURACTIV.
Following negotiations that went well after midnight, the Bundestag adopted a bill in the early hours of Friday (24 June), allowing more companies to register online.
The German government has escalated its warning over gas supplies to the “alert level” in accordance with the EU’s security of supply regulation following reduced gas flows from Russia.
Germany will re-examine its plans for the implementation of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in light of the war in Ukraine, the agriculture ministry said in response to the European Commission’s call to move towards ‘resilient and sustainable’ agriculture.
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