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EU Energy Plan faces two-year uphill battle

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EU

The proposals are the latest in a long line of attempts to establish a more integrated approach to energy policy within the EU and greater coordination of energy diplomacy with…

German diplomacy averts Greek-Turkish conflict for now

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EU/TURKEY

The role of Germany, holder of the six-month EU presidency, has been crucial in averting war between Greece and Turkey. However, the EU has found it difficult to reach a common…

Mercosur-EU trade deal will face wide opposition

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MERCOSUR/EU

Twenty years to the day after talks began, the EU and Mercosur announced that a free trade deal had been reached on June 29. The agreement is predicted to save European exporters…

Resistance to Mercosur-EU trade deal will persist

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MERCOSUR/EU

In Europe, environmentalist groups and farmers oppose the deal and have growing support among governments and in the European Parliament, in particular as a result of Brazil’s…

Economic woes to drive Greenland's hydrocarbons effort

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GREENLAND

Prospects for the hydrocarbons sector under the new government

Erdogan’s ambitions will strain EU ties further

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TURKEY/FRANCE

Rising tensions over the conflict in Libya have produced a severe crisis in French-Turkish ties and threaten to exacerbate strains in Ankara’s relations with the EU. By placing…

The EU’s grand coalition on climate is in peril

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EU

The vote came against the backdrop of growing opposition from centre-right politicians over the law and green deal more broadly. The NRL passed with significant amendments, which…

Serbia will face renewed opposition to lithium mining

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SERBIA

The project was scrapped by the government two years earlier after protests against it had erupted across the country. Local environmental groups suspected that the project had…

EU moves will not stop Turkey prospecting off Cyprus

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EU/TURKEY/CYPRUS

Mitsotakis has chosen Cyprus for his first trip abroad two weeks after the EU announced sanctions against Turkey over prospecting operations in disputed parts of the seabed off…

New Brazilian environmental promises clash with policy

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BRAZIL

During last month’s virtual climate summit, President Jair Bolsonaro promised ambitious environmental targets, including eliminating illegal deforestation by 2030. However, one…