The aim of the LiPLANET Network is to create a European innovation and production ecosystem and reinforce the position of the European Union (EU) in the Lithium battery cell manufacturing market. For that, as part of the Horizon 2020 program, the European Commission funded the LiPLANET project to lay the foundation for establishing the network during the two-year project runtime. Now, one year and a half later, the structures for a sustainable network have been established. The LiPLANET Network is now up and running as an Association in founding.

Moving to a system of individual taxation (from a joint or family-based taxation) would substantially increase the supply of labour in Germany, stimulate the economy and help reverse labour market gender inequalities, according to a report published by The Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies and prepared on their behalf by the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research.

• Chiesi Group, the largest international pharmaceutical company certified B Corp, reinforces 2035 carbon neutral target with #ActionOverWords campaign to encourage measurable sustainability commitments and invite accountability.

Brussels/Frankfurt, 7 May 2021 - Ulrich Ackermann, Managing Director of VDMA's Foreign Trade Department, says about the upcoming EU-India Summit: