The Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling that several articles of the European treaties are incompatible with the Polish constitution has prompted much debate and challenges the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

Pro-Europeans see the Polish court’s challenge as an exceptional case which the European Union (EU) cannot ‘tolerate’ because it would lead to the ‘demolition of the EU’s legal order from within’ and argue the EU must take a tough approach to Poland by re-asserting the supremacy of EU law.

1. Germany would be the father and head of the family everyone has to listen if you don't act as he wants you get punished. On the other side, he actually wants the best for everyone.
2. France is the mother, she married Germany for his money, favors some of her children but in the end, follows her husband.
3. Ireland is an aunt who tries to convince everyone she has nothing to do with the UK.

Prices of gas have jumped more than 170 percent since the beginning of the year. There is an urgent need for a rapid certification of Nord Stream 2 to boost gas deliveries.

As of September 2021, 85 countries and the EU27 had submitted new or updated NDCs, covering around half of global GHG emissions. Some parties, like China and Japan, have proposed new targets but not yet submitted them formally while around 70 parties – including G20 countries like India, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – have neither proposed nor communicated a revised NDC target. Several parties have, moreover, submitted new NDCs without increasing ambition.

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LEGISLATED NET ZERO TARGETS

Denmark: Target date: 2050

The government set out plans in 2018 to build a “climate-neutral society” by 2050. Its package included a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and support for electric vehicles. Climate change was a major theme in June 2019 parliamentary elections and the victorious “red bloc” parties enshrined tougher emissions targets in legislation passed six months later.

France; Target date: 2050

1. Luxembourg: 38.72
2. Ireland: 29.97
3. Netherlands: 10.62
4. Slovenia: 9.88
5. Lithuania: 9.65
6. Malta: 9.61
7. Czech Rep.: 6.90
8. Poland: 6.76
9. Denmark: 6.49
10. Germany: 5.82
11. Sweden: 4.38
12. Austria: 3.77
13. Italy: 3.66
14. Hungary: 2.16
15. Bulgaria: 1.70
16. Spain: 1.49
17. Latvia: 1.16
18. Slovakia: 0.81
19. Belgium: 0.45
20. Finland: 0.38
21. Estonia: 0.14
22. Portugal: -1.97
23. France: -2.21
24. Romania: -4.46
25. Cyprus: -6.22

Big Tech has close ties to various think-tanks that can influence new regulations by publishing studies and position papers and organizing discussion forums but these ties are often not at all clear. This is a problem as it allows companies to create the impression that their interests are supported by seemingly independent advocates, making it easier for them to influence the political conversation in their own interests. On the flip-side, this situation makes it harder to scrutinise how these big companies exert influence.

A ruling by Poland’s top court questioning the primacy of EU law could trigger severe financial and political penalties from Brussels, but it won’t cause Warsaw to exit the bloc. Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Oct. 7 that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) does not have the power to interfere with the Polish government’s decisions on the judiciary. It also said that the Polish constitution takes precedence over EU laws on issues not explicitly delegated by member states to the bloc, such as the internal organization of the judiciary. 

Based on balance of GDP, Average Income and Social Progress Index

1. Germany
2. Netherlands
3. France
4. Denmark
5. Belgium
6. Sweden
7. Italy
8. Austria
9. Ireland
10. Spain
11. Finland
12. Luxembourg
13. Poland
14. Czech Republic
15. Portugal
16. Greece
17. Slovenia
18. Hungary
19. Cyprus
20. Lithuania
21. Estonia
22. Romania
23. Slovakia
24. Latvia
25. Croatia