He was a street-fighting revolutionary with a taste for flash cars and crisp shirts โ a moralising bank-robber who was eventually gunned down in the streets of Paris. As a film recreates this astonishing figureโs notorious trial, we speak to his old ac…
The German carmaker faces a triple threat from China, a lagging EV transition and labor worries.
Attempt to fend off influx of Chinese electric vehicles puts chances of EU-Mercosur trade accord at the November G20 summit in doubt.
The former president was unharmed.
Legally binding crackdown includes promotion of petrol cars, flights and cruise ships, and will come into force in 2025
According to the customs authorities, travellers leaving Estonia generally transport goods that are in short supply in Russia, such as spare parts for cars and machinery, components for drones and electronics and radio transmission devices.
High-quality meat served in a luxurious setting.
Offer of price floors or volume caps would not offset the injury caused by Chinese subsidies, European Commission says.
“We don’t need another war, in this case, a trade war. We need to build bridges between the EU and China,” Pedro Sรกnchez said in Shanghai.
Mini and Rolls-Royce models also affected by potential braking system fault likely to cost BMW almost โฌ1bnShares in BMW tumbled as the carmaker revealed it will have to recall 1.5m vehicles over a braking problem, costing it almost โฌ1bn (ยฃ0.84bn).The G…
German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi on Monday warned the EU may be staring at โslow agony.โ
Ryszard Czarnecki calls the allegations “lies and complete nonsense.”
The Draghi report is full of good intentions to mend a continent losing its way. But while the vision is bold, the politics are practically impossible.
Common debt, China threat, innovation and cars: Euronews summarises 400-plus pages to give you five takeaways from Mario Draghiโs landmark report.
Anne Hidalgo’s controversial move is part of a broader plan to limit the role of cars in the French capital.
Muskโs potential foray into government would represent a striking development for the billionaire.
The carmaker’s executives are locked in a stalemate with workers as the company’s future hangs in the balance.
The presidentโs son will be sentenced for tax evasion in December.
I feel safe in the capital. An hourโs drive away, white-pride tattoos remind me that we Berliners canโt take our safe, hedonistic lives for granted any moreI live on an island. I tend to forget this, but now with the last days of summer still perfect f…
The UK is mulling an alternative strategy to its allies that could lead to a surge of imports of Chinese EVs.
Plans underline European carmakersโ problems in switching from petrol and diesel cars to electric vehiclesBusiness live โ latest updatesVolkswagen is considering shutting two German factories in what would be the carmakerโs first closures ever in its h…
Try not to wreck the economy.
Locals and tourists alike complain that navigating the Greek capitalโs sidewalks by foot can be fraught with perilEarly this year I took a fall. In broad daylight, on a street in downtown Athens, I tripped, clipping my right foot on a marble step jutti…
EU steelmakers are pinning their hopes on Ursula von der Leyenโs plans to force public authorities and steel-using sectors to buy ‘clean’ as a key way to decarbonise European industries – an idea already endorsed by German politicians and seen by many …
In the month before the assassination attempt, the shooter searched online for information about Donald Trump, Joe Biden and both partiesโ national conventions.
Germany is starting to distance itself from China, but the auto industry isnโt so keen.
Subsidised Chinese exports increasingly threaten the viability of German top exporters on global markets, putting the two countries on a โcollision courseโ, experts have told Euractiv.
Singer says she was questioned on the Srebrenica genocide and on her support for protestors opposing EU-backed lithium mining.
Although Durov publicly distances himself from Moscow, his platform has become vital for Russian army coordination in Ukraine.
Musk isnโt the first media magnate to fall in love with a politician. See: The fallout over the bromance between Henry Luce and Dwight Eisenhower.
A 33-year-old Algerian is being held in the arson attack in southern France.
Ministers call for more security around Jewish schools and places of worship after doors of synagogue and two cars set alight in La Grande-MotteFrench police have been ordered to step up security around Jewish places of worship, schools and centres acr…
Industry Minister Adolfo Urso confirmed the government is courting Chinese carmakers.
Jacky Ickx and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele have just completed their 15th Mille Miglia. They talk careers and classic cars
Brussels is right to remain firm on the challenge posed by China’s overproduction of electric vehicles. But it’s necessary to find satisfactory long-term solutions for European manufacturers, without slowing down the green transition.
Island territory’s transition to greater autonomy “must include discussions” on defense against external threats, a scholar says.
Inquiry into eight EU countries is latest chapter in hostility between Beijing and EU over tradeChinese authorities have launched an anti-subsidy investigation into European dairy imports, in the latest sign of escalating trade tensions between Brussel…
Television presenter worries more about โcars and drugsโ than risks from three-week Interrailing trip with friendThe TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has defended her decision to let her 15-year-old son Interrail across Europe without her, on grounds that …
Railways are the most environmentally sustainable mode of transport, compared to cars or planes, yet, they remain chronically underfunded and underdeveloped in Europe. High prices, complex booking systems, and a lack of cross-border coordination are ju…
The European Commission said Tuesday it plans to slap five-year import duties on Chinese electric cars, unless Beijing can offer an alternative solution to the trade row over state subsidies.
The 9% tariff is much less than the up to 36.3% others face after investigation into Beijingโs โunfairโ subsidies of EVsBusiness live โ latest updatesTesla will face a 9% levy on its Chinese-made cars exported to the EU, the European Commission has sai…
A new microchips plant by world leader TSMC is a boon for Dresden, but Berlin wants to avoid alienating its major trade partner Beijing.
The win for the U.S. mogul comes amid fraught relations with the EU.
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The prime minister is pressing the heir of the once mighty Fiat to make more cars in Italy.
Tokyo now stands determined to be recognized as an important part of the transatlantic and European security architecture.
The rise of the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket filled an already chaotic campaign year with โbratโ and โweirdโ and flipped the Democratic Partyโs misery into a cautious euphoria.ย Now, the pair has 11 weeks to sell voters on what a Harris-Walz administration might actually mean.ย There are areas where the duo are effectively in lockstep [โฆ]
Ramzan Kadyrov said the vehicle would be sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.
Concerns about Chinese ownership impacted government’s thinking to keep microchips factory afloat.
Greece’s worst wildfire of the year eased on the outskirts of the capital Athens on Tuesday (13 August) thanks to weaker winds, pausing progress of a destructive blaze that killed one person and torched cars, buildings, fields and forests.
Trumpโs recent change in tone reflects a softening in rhetoric about EVs on the campaign trail.
The billionaire Tesla CEO has Trumpโs ear. Hereโs what he might tell the former president about rising temperatures, clean energy and making money.
Firefighters have been tackling a fast-moving wildfire outside Athens that caused residents to flee their homes as the blaze continued to spread through the night. The fire, fuelled by rising temperatures and windy weather, burned down trees, houses an…
Residents fled their homes on Sunday (11 August) as a fast-moving wildfire outside Athens fuelled by hot, windy weather burned trees, houses and cars and sent smoke clouds over the Greek capital.
What could possibly go wrong?
Environmental activists fear the project will pollute land and water in Serbia’s western Jadar region.
Musk endorsed Trump last month but has pledged he won’t donate to his campaign.
‘Puigdemont can’t just sneak in through a back door or through the kitchen … Maybe he’ll try to get smuggled in like Cleopatra in a carpet.’
The Minnesota governor may bring rural appeal but his policies reflect a progressive agenda.
Russian forces struck the Shevchenkivskyi district of Ukraine’s second-largest city with an Iskander missile, damaging a clinic, cars and other buildings, the authorities said.
What has happened, who is behind the violence and how the UK government has responded.
The EU aims to slash road deaths by 50 percent by 2030.
Tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EV) will likely boost investments in new European factories, which is good news but could also undermine Europeโs industrial base, to address this challenge the EU needs to strengthen and unify its investment rules…
Valdis Dombrovskis confident measure will enter into force in November
EU needs to up its game on military mobility, but it’s no easy task, General Bertrand Toujouse tells POLITICO.
President Joe Biden may no longer be on the 2024 ballot โ but his legacy is. And former President Donald Trump would have multiple tools to thwart his ambitions on energy, infrastructure and climate change.
The probable Democratic presidential candidate ruffled feathers when she visited Britain back in November.
The agreement would benefit carmakers like Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis, but is deeply unpopular in the country.
It was a love fest today. The green fights begin tomorrow
Estonia and Lithuania said on Wednesday (17 July) they would no longer allow Belarus-registered cars to enter through checkpoints on their borders with Russia or Belarus, citing European Union sanctions against the country.
Here are 11 EU lawmakers to keep your eye on in the new term.
Weโll fight on regardless of Washington support, says Ukrainian defence minister; US jails Russian military parts smuggler. What we know on day 876Germany plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine in 2025, to โฌ4bn, despite concerns over continued US s…
A German car association allegedly offered industry and lobbyists time with Transport Minister Volker Wissing in return for payment, according to a report.
European Commission to also attend signature in Belgrade on Friday
Euractiv’s Transport Brief brings you the latest on the transport sector in Europe.
Political commitment to screening is crucial.
Taoiseach criticises โreprehensibleโ scenes after bricks thrown at police guarding site in north DublinViolent clashes at a site designated to house asylum seekers in north Dublin were described as โreprehensibleโ by the taoiseach, after at least 15 pe…
Assassination plots have been a part of American political life since the 19th century.
As EU Socialists urge Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to stick to the 2035 ban on new petrol cars, German Transport Minister Volker Wissing warned that refusing to reverse the ban would be a “gigantic electoral fraud”.
The group is ditching some of its ambitions as it prepares to back conservative Ursula von der Leyen atop the EU executive.ย
The EU’s social democrats have set out their key demands for von der Leyen and the next Commission mandate. Banning petrol cars, linking EU funds to rule of law, and own resources on defence, all feature prominently.
Politicians and the truth have always been strained acquaintances, but faced with populist fabulists in our current post-truth era, is deception really the way to go?
A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.
The EU has long talked about unfair competition from China. After a nine-month probe, Brussels announced additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, establishing that those cars have benefited heavily from โunfair subsidiesโ, which pose a threat …
A trip north with the U.K.โs most powerful leader in a generation.
Pressure from German negotiators to repeal proposed tariffs on Chinese electric cars is set to intensify in the coming weeks after the Commission confirmed on Thursday (4 July) that provisional duties kick in from Friday, pending final approval from th…
By cementing the duties, Brussels is holding its ground against Chinese โย and German โย opposition.
China’s President Xi Jinping made a congratulatory call on Thursday (4 July) to incoming European Council President Antonio Costa, Chinese state media said, a few hours before European Commission curbs on Chinese electric cars are scheduled to take eff…
Such an inspection could result in Tesla getting a lower duty than the average of 21 percent on Chinese EV-makers.
One day before the preliminary application of tariffs on electric cars from China, due on Thursday (4 July), Germanyโs main car industry lobby VDA called on the EU to pull back on the tariffs, arguing that they will do more harm than good.
The European Peopleโs Party would be wrong to weaken the rule that is driving the EU car sectorโs climate and industrial transitions
Beijing’s hold on the coveted resources has long been seen as a threat to Western clean power and tech supply chains.
“The French are much more chauvinistic than we are,” the town’s mayor said.
Ahead of the meeting of EU heads of states and governments on Thursday and Friday (27-28 June), car manufacturers, energy companies and environmental NGOs have issued an โurgentโ warning against revoking the EUโs 2035 de facto ban to sell new petrol an…
Transport Minister Volker Wissing calls duties a โdestructive approachโ on third visit by a government leader in recent weeks.
Victims were made to pose as well off but once in Europe they were confined to workplaces and severely exploitedItalian police have busted a trafficking network that used luxury cars to smuggle Chinese migrants into Italy before confiscating their pass…
Itโs part of a growing resistance to the 2035 measure.
Five years ago this week, in the teeth of the Brexit wars, an outgoing Tory prime minister was looking for a legacy. Theresa May settled on net zero โand now itโs on Labour to keep that target alive.
(Adds background, quotes from analysts) By Joe Cash and Ryan Woo BEIJING, June 24 (Reuters) – Beijing wants the European Union to scrap its preliminary tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles by July 4, China’s state-controlled Global Times reported, afte…
Budapestโs friendly ties with Beijing run contrary to Brusselsโ de-risking efforts.
