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The European Commission is set to unveil later on Tuesday its new sanctions package against Russia, which will include a proposal to lower the oil price cap for Russia’s crude to $45 per barrel and to ban the use of Nord Stream infrastructure, sources with knowledge of the plan told …

The European Commission considers allowing European Union countries more flexibility in reaching a 90% emissions cut target by 2040, diplomats told Reuters on Friday, amid growing backlash against the too stringent EU climate policies. In early July, the European Commission is set to propose a 2040 climate target that would …

On May 27, the European Union formally approved its 150 billion-euro ($170 billion) scheme to boost defense spending in the bloc. The so-called SAFE (Security Action For Europe) regulation was first proposed in March by the European Commission in response to calls from member states for financial and political support …

The European Commission is already preparing its 18th package of sanctions against Russia, which will disconnect about 20 banks from the SWIFT payment system and impose trade bans exceeding €2.5B in value. The EU also intends to impose sanctions on the Nord Stream gas pipeline projects for the first time. …

The U.S. Administration wants the EU to make unilateral cuts to its tariffs on American goods and abolish a proposed digital tax for trade negotiations to advance, sources briefed on the U.S. trade negotiators’ latest stance have told the Financial Times. The U.S. hit the EU with a 20% ‘reciprocal’ …

The EU is already working on the 18th sanctions package against Russia, which will include a lower price cap, sanctions on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, more shadow fleet tankers designated, and additional sanctions on the Russian financial sector, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said …

The recent blackout in Spain and Portugal has reignited the debate around the closure of nuclear power plants across the European Union. Political forces such as the European Greens, alongside environmental organisations like the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Friends of the Earth Europe, have urged the EU to phase …

Slovakia criticized on Wednesday the European Commission’s roadmap to phase out imports of all kinds of Russian energy by 2027, particularly natural gas, claiming that it is “economic suicide” that will hurt the EU more than Russia. The European Union’s executive arm, the European Commission, on Tuesday unveiled a roadmap …

The European Union is looking for legal ways to tear long-term natural gas supply contracts with Russia’s Gazprom without having to pay sizable penalties, the Financial Times has reported, citing three officials from the European Commission as saying the leading option was declaring a force majeure. “If the whole idea …

Based on Moscow’s new energy plan, Russian crude oil production and exports are set to remain flat until 2050, and output is projected to settle at around 540 million metric tons by the end of this decade, crimped by U.S. and European Union sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Monday. In 2023, …