The 2020s will be a rollercoaster ride in terms of energy and climate legislation in Brussels, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made clear in the mission letters sent to her commissioner-delegates on Tuesday (17 September).
Pro-nuclear countries have expressed worries that Teresa Ribera won’t support the technology as the EU’s next green chief.
What the portfolios tell us about the EUโs power dynamics.
Europeโs new energy and climate Commissioners are leaning more to the centre-right than their predecessors, with key lawmakers expecting more pragmatic policymaking.ย
Everything you need to know about Ursula von der Leyen’s team for her second term.
Energy demands of AI place strain on power supplies
Angela Eagle, border security minister, says prime minister has to answer why he has accepted ยฃ76,000 worth of gifts since 2019 electionDavid Lammy, the foreign secretary, has just started delivering his speech on the climate crisis at Kew Gardens in L…
The incoming Commissioner for Energy must be tasked with delivering the clean heat transition: phasing out fossil fuels in heating and cooling is the gateway towards energy security, affordability, European industrial competitiveness, and essential cli…
Commission president hands out the top jobs in her new team.
European Commission president reveals team after extensive negotiations and balancing, including nominating women and representing centre-right partiesValdis Dombrovskis, from Latvia, was nominated to be commissioner for economy and productivity.Dan Jรธ…
He has been a prominent negotiator at the annual United Nations COP climate summits.
The European Green Deal was meant to align ambitious climate policy with economic competitiveness and social protection, but policymakers are now focused on a file where environmental, social and economic trade-offs are toughest to navigate – energy ta…
The new French commissioner-designate could oversee parts of trade, research and innovation, economy and financial services and capital markets union.
Countries opposed to Moscow are spending ever more on cheap fuel made from Russian oil, according to a new analysis shared with POLITICO.
Bold policies and investments are needed to achieve climate neutrality and boost economic growth. Expanding electrification, creating the business case for pioneering low carbon solutions and energy security need to be at the core of political action, …
The famous singing competition is highlighting a striking aspect of Switzerlandโs form of government.
The risk of Ukraine losing the war this winter has pushed Washington and London to reconsider how Kyiv uses Western-supplied long-range missiles, but the U.S. remains fearful of escalation.
Destruction of Ukraineโs energy infrastructure puts botanical gardenโs rare and exotic species in dangerZhanna Yaroslavska showed off a barrel-shaped stove in the middle of a tropical greenhouse. Nearby was a large pile of logs. โItโs a pretty neandert…
Johnstown, Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh: A POLITICO analysis of campaign stops tells a story about how the vice president thinks she can win.
The government has appointed teams to draft specific laws to address a renewed Italian interest in nuclear energy, as well as parliamentary committees that will examine the possibilities.
Romania will ask the Council for compensation for the much higher energy prices in its region compared to Western Europe, Romanian Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said on Thursday, confirming that his country had joined forces with Greece and Bulgaria.
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The war has done nothing to still the president’s populist impatience with the complexities of governing, and it’s playing against the country’s strengths.
The new British government and the new Commission will have to sit down at the negotiating table for the revision of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), scheduled for 2026. An overview of the energy issues at stake between London and Brussels.
Berlin escalates feud with former US president, even though he could soon regain the White House.
The agreement allows the EUโs two most Kremlin-friendly countries to skirt around restrictions imposed by Ukraine.
Europe’s transition to renewable power is rapidly accelerating, with a growing range of technologies and actors coming together in innovative ways to power our cities, homes and businesses. This map shows inspiring examples of successful local energy s…
Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.
However, top diplomats from the U.S. and the U.K. did bring large aid packages and pledged continued support.
The annual State of the EU Energy Union report shows Europe still relies on Russia for nearly a fifth of its gas imports, while the EU executive is concerned at the slow pace of the transition away from fossil fuels.
Mario Draghiโs EU competitiveness report, launched with much fanfare in Brussels yesterday, included a proposal for an electricity market reform that the European Commission shied away from during the energy crisis of 2022.
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Cities need EU help to decarbonise heating
He had some advice for the former president.
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Euractivโs Green Brief brings you a roundup of energy and environment news of the week from across Europe.
The latest โState of the Energy Unionโ report will be presented by later today (9 September) by Green Deal Commissioner Maroลก ล efฤoviฤ. Ahead of its release, Euractiv polled industry associations, NGOs and think tanks to get their take on the state of …
Britain has been drilling off the Scottish coast for generations. But the new Labour government has greener plans.
The deal will allow Viktor Orbรกn’s government to bypass Kyiv’s sanctions on Russian oil giant Lukoil.
EU energy industry associations welcomed the Draghi report, lauding its restraint to attack the blocโs energy market principles, while MEPs want to make sure it is politically recognised.
The offshore wind potential in the Baltic Sea region is estimated to be close to 100 GW by 2050. The first Baltic offshore projects will come online in the next few years and will gradually contribute to the decarbonisation of the Baltic energy systems
German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi on Monday warned the EU may be staring at โslow agony.โ
The Draghi report is full of good intentions to mend a continent losing its way. But while the vision is bold, the politics are practically impossible.
โGermany will not agree to this,โ country’s finance minister tells POLITICO.
The EUโs top court rules on final appeals of Appleโs state aid payback and Googleโs first big antitrust fine.
AI is an opportunity for Europe while common borrowing is needed to fund defense, former ECB chief says in landmark report. Read the full paper here.
A sense of inevitable finality permeates every frame of Marusya Syroechkovskayaโs documentary, composed of personal footage shot over a decadeAt the age of 16, in 2005, Marusya Syroechkovskaya was already certain that she would die young. โEveryone kno…
Bulgaria and Germany signed a declaration on cooperation in energy, green policies and climate protection, the Bulgarian Energy Ministry announced on Sunday.
Neither candidate has broken away with less than two months to go.
Like Gorbachev’s Perestroika, the report from the former ECB chief could herald a change of historic proportions. It’s far less innocuous than it sounds.
Ursula von der Leyen is about to hand out key jobs in her team. Hereโs POLITICOโs version of the next Commission.
A blueprint to make the EU more competitive with the rest of the world is published on Monday. It’s likely to prove controversial.
This weekโs indictment of a social media content firm shows how itโs getting easier and easier for Russia to influence U.S. elections.
Healthy ticket sales, record TV ratings โ a nation once indifferent to parasport is now cheering its athletes on to new levels of successWhen French athlete Aurรฉlie Aubertโs sharp strategy and ice-cool precision won her a boccia gold at the Paris Paral…
A top political strategist explains how the Latino vote is shifting.
Czechia’s trade minister and the likely next EU energy commissioner has urged the incumbent Kadri SImson and Berlin, Budapest, Bratislave and Vienna to intensify efforts to wean the bloc off Russian gas
Czechia has sufficient gas network capacity to support other countries in case of disruption of Russian supplies via Ukraine, Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef Sรญkela (STAN, EPP) wrote in a letter to EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson.
The presidentโs son will be sentenced for tax evasion in December.
Spanish minister tipped for key role in the next EU executive says power grid expansion should be a core European project for the second von der Leyen Commission.
Critics warn changes are likely to further concentrate power in presidentโs hands
A day after Franceโs newest nuclear reactor started up for the first time, it automatically shut itself down. The operator, the state-owned energy company EDF, said there was no need for concern and that shutdowns can happen during such โlong and comp…
The Spanish energy minister and designated Commissioner Teresa Ribera says connecting EU countriesโ grid would further the European project, meaning that France may have to abandon its obstruction of power links across the Pyrenees.
Exclusive: Lord chancellor says she wants to โinject energyโ into stalling efforts to set up Nuremberg-style trialThe new Labour government wants to inject renewed energy into the two-year-long international effort to set up a special tribunal with the…
Untreated dossiers like hydrogen, nuclear energy, and carbon capture are piling up on the desks of absent ministers, as France remains without a government since the July elections. Industry fears this governmental paralysis puts the country’s energy a…
A parliamentary majority and martial law mean the Ukrainian president has the right to assemble his government as he sees fit, but the opposition is crying foul.
Critics say Labour โshould have run a mileโ from LetterOne after it is acquires 15% of Aberdeen-based Harbour EnergyThe government faces growing criticism after a company backed by two sanctioned Russian oligarchs was allowed to become a part-owner of …
To dominate the country once more, Republicans need to hasten the move to a post-Trump party.
The Green Energy Corridor launched in Bucharest two years ago, entered a new phase on Tuesday with the establishment of a joint venture company to carry out the feasibility study and oversee the implementation of the gas supply initiative from the Casp…
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Elected on a landslide two months ago, the new British PM ought to be on top of the world. Instead his glumness is beginning to grate.
The Harris campaign launched a bus tour on reproductive rights in the former presidentโs adopted home state of Florida, where abortion laws are a centerpiece of the forthcoming election.
Two foreign directors quit Ukrenergo board over allegedly improper removal of Volodymyr Kudrytskyi
The beleaguered electricity system is braced for a catastrophic winter as a result of Russian attacks.
Energy dependence puts Mongolia โ sandwiched between Russia and China โ in a tough spot.
Will the results from Saxony and Thuringia influence Germany’s energy transition and support for Ukraine?
Regional parlaments in Germany have no foreign policy competence and limited influence on national energy policy. But will the results from Saxony and Thuringia influence Germany’s energy transition and its support for Ukraine?
UK energy companies were allowed by regulator to recoup rising costs through customer bills
Hungary and Slovakia have been accused of trying to benefit from cheap Russian oil despite the alternatives.
Battle ahead for Labour as it introduces higher taxes and tougher environmental rules on producersBusiness live โ latest updatesUK politics live โ latest updatesAn oil and gas company has slowed down work on a large North Sea oilfield, citing uncertain…
The country’s vast reserves helped the continent avoid a market crisis last winter.
Are Labourโs ambitions for delivering clean energy an inspired example of ‘mission thinking’ โ or one more doomed big idea?
The SNP met in Edinburgh for the first time since July’s disastrous election result.
Try not to wreck the economy.
Putinโs boycotting of the anniversary of the Geneva conventions further demonstrates his opinions on international humanitarian law and the laws of warThe huge waves of lethal Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities last week had three ma…
The two sides say they are close to an agreement that could end one of the former Soviet Union’s longest-running territorial conflicts.
Ukrainian President dismissed Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk after a top pilot died in an aerial battle on Monday.
Foreign Minister Szijjรกrtรณ sat down for three hours with the CEO of the Russian energy giant.
Eurozone inflation fell to its lowest level in more than three years this month thanks to falling energy costs, official data showed on Friday, raising expectations of a European Central Bank (ECB) interest-rate cut.
Ex-ECB chief will brief political groups of European Parliament before official launch in coming weeks.
Sofia puts forward Ekaterina Zaharieva and Julian Popov.
Reduction of about a fifth of workforce in two subdivisions part of plan to slash up to $3bn in costs by end of 2025Shell is to cut hundreds of jobs from its oil and gas exploration operation in the latest move by the chief executive, Wael Sawan, to sl…
A Russian drone and missile attack earlier this week forced Ukraine to disconnect several nuclear power units from the grid, posing a risk to the nuclear power sector, a Ukrainian mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Thursday (29 A…
Vice president participates in first interview of candidacy
Martin Vladimirov is director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Center for the Study of Democracy. Announcing its plans for what could be called TurkStream 2 on Aug. 21, Turkey finally dropped all pretenses. According to the countryโs energy minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, the state-owned gas monopoly BOTAล would now be able export around [โฆ]
Colonel Oleksiy “Moonfish” Mes was a fervent advocate of giving Ukraine the advanced fighters.
Combining farming with green energy production could also increase food security and generate additional income for farmers, according to a new study.
New Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to “reset” EU relations after saying the Brexit deal was “botched”
Each of the major parties have put forward a candidate, with the interim prime minister yet to decide.
French president says Serbians “should not fear” a loss of national identity if they join the bloc.
