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Security, migration & local weather
Denmark has taken over the EU Council Presidency
At the beginning of the second half of the 12 months, Denmark took over the EU Presidency. Can Germany stop northern neighbors all through massive conflicts?
Denmark has taken over the rotating presidency of the EU’s Council each six months. Germany’s neighbor within the north succeeds Poland, which held the chairmanship within the first half of the 12 months.
Danish authorities officers will thus lead quite a few ministerial conferences by the tip of the 12 months and can act as an middleman for disagreements between the 27 EU international locations. The predominant factor is to ensure the graceful doable expiry of the EU legislative procedures.
Use and local weather safety
Thematically, the Danes wish to marketing campaign beneath the motto “A strong Europe in a changing world”, particularly for mutual upgrading in opposition to Russia and for extra competitiveness within the EU.
In addition, the federal government of the Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hopes to have the ability to advance the struggle in opposition to undesirable migration and measures for local weather safety. An instance of that is the proposed settlement on a local weather purpose for 2040, which is meant to allow local weather neutrality in 2050.
Great challenges for the Danish Presidency of Council are more likely to turn into the persistent Hungarian blockade of EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and the European cohesion within the customs dispute with the United States.
There can also be a danger of cash with regards to cash as a result of the discussions concerning the long-term EU price range ought to start within the subsequent few months from 2028 to the tip of 2034. The positions of the Member States differ broadly. For instance, Germany, as a web payer, resists the price range of the price range of greater than a trillion euro.
The begin of the Danish Presidency of Council is well known on Thursday in Aarhus, the second largest metropolis within the Scandinavian nation. Prime Minister Frederiksen has invited EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her group in addition to EU Council President António Costa.
The social democrat Frederiksen, who has been ruling since 2019, is likely one of the longest -serving head of presidency within the EU and is taken into account an advocate of intensive help from Ukraine.
Most lately, she made headlines internationally with the truth that US President Donald Trump made it a decisive cancellation when it comes to his Greenland claims. Frederiksen and their three-party coalition, that are prolonged over the political middle, are additionally identified for a inflexible migration coverage.
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https://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/sicherheit–migration—klima–daenemark-hat-eu-ratsvorsitz-uebernommen-35854190.html