Europe articles
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Germany says Europe is open to Chinese cars but not at any price
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pressed his case on Monday for an open and fair European market for Chinese cars but warned against dumping, overproduction and intellectual property infringements as he spoke to a group of students in Shanghai. Scholz, together with three ministers and several leading German executives, is on a visit to China that is being watched for signs on how Europe will calibrate its response to what it believes is Chinese goods being dumped on its market. “At some point...
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How Swiss women won a landmark climate case for Europe
Last week a group of older women successfully challenged the Swiss government’s climate policies at the European court of human rights. Isabella Kaminski reports“It took me a while until the penny dropped that we’d actually won.”Elisabeth Stern, 76, is a climate activist with the KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz (Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland), a campaign group of 2,400 older Swiss women. Continue reading
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Six Nigerian strikers enduring goal droughts in Europe
In the throbbing heartbeats of football arenas across Europe, a tale of frustration unfolds as six Nigerian strikers find themselves ensnared in a web of goal droughts. These forwards are currently grappling with a stark absence of goals in their respective leagues and are on a quest for that elusive strike, PETER AKINBO writes Paul Read More