On 13 July this year, [Polish mining firm] KGHM received a fundamental decision from the Polish Ministry of Climate and Environment regarding the construction of a small modular nuclear power plant. This is the first of several decisions required to build nuclear power plants – a similar one was recently issued for a large-scale power plant being built by the company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe. Orlen Synthos Green Energy is also awaiting the fundamental decision for six locations.
The West needs to start the reconstruction of Ukraine immediately, not wait for a peace settlement. The war in Ukraine will soon enter its ninth month, with no end in sight. Ukraine’s leaders have already begun presenting their vision for rebuilding the country at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, Switzerland in July. But many Western leaders and experts would prefer to wait for the war to end before providing Ukraine with development aid. This is the wrong way to rebuild the country.
Europe seems to be waking up from a strategic nap it has been having since 1989. The pandemic interrupted supply chains and made the continent more aware of its dependence on Asian manufacturing, and just-in-time logistics. Then the barbaric aggression against Ukraine exposed its addiction to Russian energy resources, previously brought up only by a handful of Central European countries.
"Brussels Times": We are living in an era of unprecedented challenges that must be faced simultaneously. The energy crisis caused by Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine cannot disrupt our efforts to combat climate change. Instead, it should mobilize us to take further action with greater determination.
When the state spends money on roads and railways, we call it ‘investment’. When the state spends on nurseries, school meals, or health care, we call it social, educational, and health expenditure.
“EURACTIV”: Plans to extend the EU’s carbon market to transport and heating fuels will have the greatest impact on the poorest households.
Piotr Arak, “Länder-Analysen”: Die Corona-Pandemie hat den globalen Digitalisierungsprozess beschleunigt. Ältere und Jüngere mussten lernen, sich wie in einem Science-Fiction-Film zu verhalten, in dem Videokonferenzen persönliche Treffen ersetzen.
Piotr Arak, “Financial Times”: Reforming the global tax system and stopping the race to the bottom that we’ve seen for many years is a great aim.
Piotr Arak, “The Brussels Times”: Societies and politicians in Western and Eastern countries have complained for years as multinational companies shifted profits from the grip of tax collectors to low-tax havens.
Piotr Arak, “Länder-Analysen”: Die Corona-Pandemie hat den globalen Digitalisierungsprozess beschleunigt. Ältere und Jüngere mussten lernen, sich wie in einem Science-Fiction-Film zu verhalten, in dem Videokonferenzen persönliche Treffen ersetzen.
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