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The theme of the day: Europe's Green Deal
Carbon neutral by 2050 - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has presented the plan for this goal for the EU today. The "European Green Deal" - not to be confused with the New Deal of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt or the "Green New Deal", for which the Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is currently campaigning in the US - is intended to help European economies make the next 30 years independent of fossil fuels.
In order for no new greenhouse gases from Europe to reach the atmosphere from 2050, the energy supply, industrial production, transport and agriculture must be turned around. From the Leyens "Green Deal" is something like the timetable - but not in detail elaborated package of measures.
The first legislative initiatives are due by June 2020. By 2023, Member States should update their climate plans. By 2030 emissions are expected to be 50 to 55 percent below 1990 levels. An interim destination.
The European Parliament had already demanded that a year ago. The EU Commission, as the only European initiative, can now equip the goal with measures and money. Now it depends on whether all 28 Member States are involved. Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary have no interest.
German industry is also unconvinced by von Leyens plans and fears for international competitiveness. My colleague Michael Kröger wishes in his comment more entrepreneurial spirit from the bosses instead of the complainers: "The later we start, the more expensive it gets."
The number of the day: 220,000 pounds
It is commonly called just the "Travolta dress": the night blue velvet dress that Princess Diana wore in 1985 while dancing with John Travolta. Now it has been auctioned for 220,000 pounds (262,000 euros). The strapless design by London designer Victor Edelstein was one of the best known robes of Diana, who died in a car accident in 1997.
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Princess Diana and John Travolta dance on November 9, 1985 in the White House in Washington (USA).
News: What you need to know today
- Tax money for Thomas Cook vacationers: All-inclusive vacationers affected by the Thomas Cook bankruptcy should be compensated with tax money.
- Federal government resists Putin's assertion about murdered Georgians: Vladimir Putin said that Russia has been demanding for years the extradition of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, who was murdered in Berlin.
- Suu Kyi Rejects Rohingya Genocide: Dozens of countries accuse Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority. The head of the government says there have been no "genocidal intentions" in military violence.
- French pension reform is significantly weakened: Individual occupational groups are apparently excluded from hard cuts.
- Pacific Island Bougainville wants to become independent: A guarantee that a separation from Papua New Guinea is implemented, but there is not.
Opinion: The most discussed comments
How I involuntarily became a Reich Citizen: Margarete Stokowski was born in Zabrze, Poland - the German state makes it the historic "Hindenburg". It is currently being discussed in Berlin, whether the namesake of the honorary citizens list should be deleted.
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Harald Schmidt
And then it splashed: cappuccino in the car? Very bad idea finds Harald Schmidt. Click here for the video.
Stories: The most read texts at SPIEGEL +
Your bad first year: CDU party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer started well and is then quickly greased. How could that happen? And what chances does she have?
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Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
"Trump, like Hitler, has a certain charisma": Economist Daron Acemoglu believes that Donald Trump will win the next election. That was bad for the US and good for China.
My evening: the recommendations for your end of workday
WDR / Frank Dicks
From the movie "The King of Cologne"
What you could look like: You also come from the Rhineland? Then you know for sure how that goes with the "short way to service", the "Rhenish interpretation of the principle of networks," writes Anja Rützel in her criticism. You are not coming? Never mind! You should look at the satire "The King of Cologne" anyway. On the ARD theme evening "Kölner Klüngel" she tells the story of the Arcandor bankruptcy. And anyway: "corruption, carnival, on top of it a round of Kölsch", who can resist it?
I wish you a nice finishing time.
warmly
Milena Hassenkamp from the Daily Team
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