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Germany plans partial reform of its debt brake, Lindner says
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner announced plans to reform the country's debt rules to allo...
8 months ago
Europe’s farmer protests are spreading. Here’s where and why
The farmer protests sweeping the European Union may have taken political leaders by surprise. But th...
8 months ago
France axes tractor fuel hike, cuts red tape to appease angry farmers
PARIS — The French government on Friday promised to cut taxes on agricultural fuel and reduce bureau...
8 months ago
EU should allow ‘climate-friendly’ fuel cars after 2035, says Germany’s Lindner
Instead of banning the sale of combustion engine cars in 2035, the EU should let the market decide between EVs and vehicles powered by biofuels or synthetic fuels, said German Finance Minister Christian Lindner."There is not only e-mobility, which is fasc...
6 months ago
New UK climate minister voted against key Tory green plan
LONDON — The U.K.’s new energy minister voted against flagship government environmental policy when he was a backbench MP.Conservative Justin Tomlinson, named a minister at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on Friday, rebelled in December ag...
6 months ago
Putin’s fuel problem: How Ukraine is sapping Russia’s diesel and gasoline
A wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries deep inside Russia has left the Kremlin racing to defend its own territory while still waging war on its neighbor. But the attacks have also achieved the unthinkable — leaving the world’s largest petrost...
5 months ago
Labour’s top policy priorities
LONDON — Keir Starmer has arrived in Downing Street with his new Cabinet. So what are their first priorities?Big-ticket items include decarbonizing the electricity grid by 2030, building 1.5 million homes over five years, hitting long-missed health servic...
2 months ago
The sleepy corner of England battling China
CORNWALL, England — The Conservatives have dominated politics in sleepy south-west England for nearly a decade. Suddenly, they're in deep trouble. A surge in support for the Liberal Democrats, the U.K.’s traditional third party, coupled with the Tories’ o...
2 months ago
Nobody even noticed the Tories’ biggest legacy
LONDON — When she needed a break from the Brexit wars, Theresa May would head for the hills. Far from the pressure-cooker of Westminster, May spent every summer between 2016 and 2019 — her three years as U.K. prime minister — walking in the mountains of S...
2 months ago
Germany’s transport minister faces pay-to-play allegations
BERLIN — A German car lobby association allegedly used its close ties to the country's transport minister, Volker Wissing, to provide industry and lobbyists with access in return for payment, according to an investigation by a German public broadcaster.Th...
2 months ago
India's July diesel, jet fuel exports to Singapore, Australia set to hit 2-1/2-year high
India's diesel and jet fuel shipments to Singapore and Australia are set to hit the highest levels in 2-1/2 years in July as sellers looked east with demand tepid from Europe, according to industry sources and shipping data.The jump in middle distillates...
2 months ago
Why energy is Israel’s weak spot
The darkness that fell over Israel earlier this year underlined the vulnerability of the country’s energy system.For hours at a time, neighborhoods in Tel Aviv, nearby Petah Tikva and the southern city of Beersheba were left without electricity while trai...
1 month ago
Monsoon rains dent state retailers' diesel sales, data shows
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4 weeks ago
West funding Putin’s soldiers with growing Russian fuel purchases, report warns
Western allies bought roughly $2 billion in fuel made from Russian oil in the first half of 2024, using a sanctions loophole that enables Moscow to pay its soldiers in Ukraine, an upcoming report seen by POLITICO has found. The analysis, set to be unveile...
4 weeks ago