EMANUELE LOMBARDINI The death of the European Parliament President David Sassoli is a day of mourning for all those who love Europe and democratic institutions. So it is also – if not above all – for us Liberals. David Sassoli
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“You can live and die in many ways”: Sassoli’s lesson
Don’t set the price, set the rules!
Why higher taxes on meat and milk aren’t a good idea Johannes Eber – Good morning Europe blog There is an ongoing debate (in german) in Germany whether some food should become more expensive. The new German Minister of Agriculture,
Read moreA better plan: How to spend the money from the EU’s recovery plan
Which tasks do we need the European Union for? The short answer is: We need the European Union to produce those public goods that extend beyond the nation state Infrastructure can be such a good. If one country builds a cross-border railway line, its residents benefit from it. But not only theirs: the people in whose country the train route leads, benefit too. Though, since only the benefits of the building country’s population (voters) are regularly included in political decisions, too few cross-border train routes are built.
Read moreShould nuclear power and gas be classified as green energies? There is a better way
The EU commission wants to classify both nuclear and gas as “green” investments. On the evening of New Year’s Eve, the commission had sent member states a draft of its awaited so-called “taxonomy” list, laying out a classification system that determines which energy sources can be labelled green for investment purposes. What would the consequences of such classification be?
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