Despite the ever increasing body of scientific and real-life evidence for the accelerating pace of global temperature rise, climate campaigners fear the EU executive is looking at ways to introduce loopholes before proposing a target to reduce Europe’s carbon footprint.
Category: 3. Europe
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Renewed concern over direction of EU climate policy in wake of alarming 2024 weather report
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US markets edge slightly higher as Trump's tariff volatility eases
Wall Street teetered toward small gains in relatively calm trading Tuesday morning after President Donald Trump appeared to let up on some of his tariffs and stress from within the US bond market eased.
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Curtain call for commissions: Is British theatre in crisis?
A study from the BBC has found that last year, the 40-top funded theatre companies put on 229 original commissions, a 31% drop from the 332 productions put on in 2014.
For the research, it analysed the showings from 2014 and 2024 at the UK’s top 40 venues, festivals and touring…
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Leaders meet in London to raise funds for Sudan on second anniversary of civil war
On the second anniversary of the outbreak of Sudan’s civil war, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced €140 million in new aid during an international conference in London.
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Suburbs surge, cities slide: Which EU countries saw rents and house prices rise?
According to the latest Eurostat figures, the EU is facing a continued upward trend in housing costs.
In the last three months of 2024, house prices across the EU rose by 4.9%, while rents increased by 3.2% compared with the same period in 2023.
And in 2024, while house prices…
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Dutch government faces 'difficult' defence spending talks, minister says
The Netherlands is preparing itself for “difficult” conversations about potentially doubling its spending on defence over the coming years, Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans has told Euronews.
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What impact will driving at 17 have on road safety?
Around 20,000 people lost their lives in car accidents in the EU last year. To help increase road safety, the bloc is reviewing legislation on driving licenses. Would lowering the minimum driving age to 17 years be a good idea?
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Germany’s new coalition partners are already disagreeing — over what they just agreed – POLITICO
While the coalition agreement includes such a measure, Merz stressed that all commitments are conditional on the funding available, referring to a clause in the 144-page coalition agreement stating that every policy — from tax relief to infrastructure spending — must be financially viable…
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Multi-Pole-arity: How Poland can help Europe think big on China
Summary
- China’s strategic approach to its industrial policy—particularly its trade surplus and dominance in clean technologies—is a growing risk to Europe’s competitiveness and economic…
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