About: Hans-Olaf Henkel

MEPs agree to bolster EU’s draft renewable energy target for 2030
The European Parliament’s energy committee confirmed on Monday (4 August) that MEPs want renewable energy targets to be more ambitious than the proposal put forward by the Commission.
AfD co-founder pondering new Eurosceptic party
Bernd Lucke, a founder of Alternative for Germany (AfD) is considering creating a new party with his association Weckruf 2015, after a dramatic shift right in the party. EURACTIV Germany reports.
SOS for science-based EU policy-making
The past few months have not been a triumph for science-based policy making in the EU, writes Hans-Olaf Henkel.
Henkel MEP: Moscovici is ‘the Trojan Horse in the Commission’
German Eurosceptic MEP Hans-Olaf Henkel explains why he thinks Moscovici is France's "Trojan horse" in the European Commission and why Chancellor Merkel is secretly pleased with the appointment. He also talks about EU-US free trade negotiations, saying that without transparency on what is being negotiated, it is impossible to have a legitimate opinion on the agreement.![Alexander Gauland, top candidate in Brandenburg from Germany's Eurosceptic AfD, is threatening to withdraw from the regional race amid divisions within the party over the Russia-Ukraine conflict. [blu-news.org/Flickr]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/12137480156-1bb247e9ae-k.jpeg)
Russia-Ukraine conflict divides Germany’s Eurosceptics
Germany's Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) is polarised over the Ukraine conflict, with Russian criticism coming from the party's leader Bernd Lucke and Brandenburg's top AfD candidate Alexander Gauland threatening to withdraw from the upcoming regional elections. EURACTIV Germany reports.![The EU's European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO)’s aid supports the government’s policy of free healthcare for children and pregnant women as a part of the Partnership for Transition in Côte d’Ivoire. 2013 [European Commission/Flickr]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/06/9985581746-db5163a60c-b.jpeg)