Pragmatism over principle: Europe’s Greens adapt to survive 

The group is ditching some of its ambitions as it prepares to back conservative Ursula von der Leyen atop the EU executive. 

EU agrees 2040 fossil boiler ban in revamped green buildings law

Fossil fuel boilers will need to be completely phased out by 2040 and subsidies cut from 2025 as part of a political agreement reached by EU legislators on Thursday evening (7 December) to revamp the bloc’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EP…