In brief | 18 September '24
Reuters:
The leaders of Germany's conservatives have agreed to nominate Christian Democrat (CDU) chief Friedrich Merz to run as chancellor in next year's federal election, the head of Bavaria's conservatives, Markus Soeder, said
Bloomberg:
German economy minister Robert Habeck urged the European Union and China to find a political solution in a dispute over Chinese-made electric vehicles and said a trade conflict should be avoided 鈥渁t all costs.鈥�
Euractiv:
As expected, her commitment to climate action remains intact, but this time with a strong pro-business slant, Euractiv writes.
Euronews:
Climate activists and the renewable energy lobby have broadly interpreted Ursula von der Leyen鈥檚 commissioner picks 鈥� the Netherlands鈥� Wopke Hoekstra, Denmark鈥檚 Dan J酶rgensen and Spain鈥檚 Teresa Ribera 鈥� as signalling continuity with the Green Deal that marked her first mandate.
BBC:
At least 21 people have died in flooding in Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Austria.
Guardian:
Nordic country, paradoxically a major oil producer, has set target for all new cars sold to be zero emission.
Bloomberg:
The embattled US chipmaker鈥檚 move to delay the project in Magdeburg by about two years is a blow to the EU鈥檚 goal of producing one-fifth of the world鈥檚 semiconductors by 2030.
Bloomberg:
The financing comes on top of the 鈧�25 billion loan the Dutch government provided in January for its much-needed grid investments this year and in 2025, and after talks with Berlin over a sale of its German network failed.
