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Morocco will be a major player in green hydrogen

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MOROCCO

The investment reaffirms OCP’s central role in the kingdom’s accelerating plans to become a major producer of green hydrogen feedstock. The government has foreign investors signed…

The EU is ramping up its climate legislation

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EU

The EU is preparing for a new phase of climate change action in which it hopes to expand existing green technologies and develop those required to allow deep decarbonisation.

Ukraine war makes EU climate targets less achievable

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EUROPE

The plan focuses on decoupling from Russian energy primarily via an acceleration of the energy transition, rather than falling back on more carbon-intensive coal or building new…

EU’s green agenda will expose large divergences

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EUROPE

The extent of their preparedness reflects a combination of willingness and ability. Willingness is evident in government policy and in the public's environmental consciousness and…

Right are slight favourites ahead of Portugal election

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PORTUGAL

Costa’s Socialist Party (PS), which is now led by Pedro Nuno Santos, is tied in opinion polling with the centre-right opposition Democratic Alliance (AD). The far-right Chega is…

Next Dutch government will likely be ‘greener’

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NETHERLANDS

Government formation should have been relatively straightforward but a series of political controversies have damaged VVD leader and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s credibility…

The international strength of the euro will grow

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EU

The proposals identified areas where the euro could potentially become more dominant, such as the issuance of green bonds, digital currencies, and international trade in raw…

Fit for 55 could weaken EU industrial competitiveness

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EU

Further strengthening of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), combined with phasing out free allocations and introducing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), looks…

France’s economic plan focuses on short and long term

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FRANCE

Amid one of the steepest economic contractions in Europe, with GDP expected to shrink by 11% this year, the relaunch programme aims to reduce the tax burden on business and to…

German spending crisis will have key implications

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GERMANY

The ruling means there is a gap of at least EUR17bn (USD18.4bn) in next year’s spending that needs to be addressed. The coalition parties are divided on how to resolve the issue.