Diplomatic Boycott of China’s Winter Olympics

Reinhard Bütikofer

Commenting on today’s Foreign Affairs Council as well as tomorrow’s General Affairs Council, German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer, Foreign Policy Coordinator of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, has backed a diplomatic boycott of the winter Olympics in China. He said: “The Foreign Affairs Council and the General Affairs Council of the EU must prove…

Call for EU Road Collision Investigation Authority

Drive Pilot

The European Transport Safety Council is repeating its call for the setting up of an EU road collision investigation authority to conduct forensic analysis of crashes involving automated vehicles on EU roads. The call follows the announcement last week by Mercedes-Benz of the German launch of ‘Drive Pilot’, a system that allows for hands-off automated driving…

Does EU’s Hydrogen Strategy Lean on “Rogue” Ammonia Producers?

Green Ammonia Production

Hydrogen has long been seen as the fuel of the future. Consisting of the most abundant chemical substance in the universe, hydrogen fuel is set to make a major contribution to the energy transition away from fossil fuels.  The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson believes his country will be a major winner from the “Hydrogen…

2022 LUX Audience Award

Quo Vadis Aida

During a ceremony on Saturday, the three films shortlisted for the 2022 LUX Audience Award were revealed at the European Film Awards in Berlin. Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education Sabine Verheyen (EPP, DE) said: “European cinema is a mirror of our society. It is one of the easiest ways to communicate our…