sorry but this is nuts

The EU’s energy watchdog has warned that bloc *still needs* Russian LNG even though Sweden, Finland and the Baltics are making moves to sanction it.

New in Financial Times with ⁦Henry Foy⁩ & Shotaro Tani on.ft.com/4cX3tsZ

🎙️Unpacking EU parties’ economic strategies

In a joint Bruegel- Financial Times event, EU political parties debated on EU economic issues. Rebecca Christie invites Andrew Bounds & Heather Grabbe to unpack the views they gathered from the debate.

Listen now
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Swimming pool strife:

Spanish drought pits tourists against locals in contest for water

My latest Financial Times
on.ft.com/4aYAKlx

Birthday girl ⁦Paola Tamma⁩ and ⁦Henry Foy⁩ set up the big fight of the day at the EU summit in Brussels 🇪🇺
where a majority of small EU states are fighting back against a capital markets reform push Financial Times on.ft.com/3TXqYJE

“There are lots of jigsaw puzzle pieces. She’s just going to have to find the right ones,” said Simon Hix.

Excellent explainer by Andrew Bounds & alicemhancock about why Ursula von der Leyen’s desired second term depends on finding new “frenemies”

ft.com/content/81340e… @ft

Wind turbines and gas pipelines need protecting. But how?

Here in Financial Times Europe Express today with ⁦Andrew Bounds⁩ on the NatCon conference in Brussels on.ft.com/3UhYOKF

Maria João Rodrigues Nicolas Schmit, PES lead candidate S&D Group PES Women PES Group | European Committee of the Regions FEPS Asked by Andrew Bounds, the answer by Maria João Rodrigues is very clear:

“The choice at the election is obvious: either we downgrade the climate targets on the basis that we do not have the means - or we give ourselves the means.”

“The problem is that in this new world, we are too small. And if we don’t integrate, we will decline,” Letta told the FT. “Inertia on the single market means decline.”

Full story here 👇

EU faces decline without market reform, report warns  

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Boss of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol has critiqued Europe for 'two historic monumental mistakes' in energy policy: Russian gas and not embracing nuclear

Financial Times interview here 👇

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The pensioners and babies behind a new era of climate lawsuits… including two-year-old “Woodpecker” Heewoo 🐥

Big read with alicemhancock

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Must read 2 of the week - investigation into Europe’s move to outsource the policing of its borders to authoritarian regimes, and the consequences
Excellent reporting Laura Dubois Adam Samson
ft.com/content/e58c33… via @ft

EU court rules against sanctions on Russian oligarchs Fridman and Aven in blow to Brussels ft.com/content/5cc41a… via @ft

What if global emissions went down instead of up? on.ft.com/43QV8CM | opinion

Is action on #ClimateChange a human right?

A European court will rule for the first time later this morning👇

🔗apnews.com/article/europe… via The Associated Press

#Environment #HumanRights #ECHR

Per new report European Round Table EU needs €2.5trn investment just in energy infrastructure by 2050 to stay competitive and decarbonise

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Some Chinese brand electric vehicles sat in European ports for up to 18 months. Here's why: on.ft.com/49t73YP

Portuguese Gen Z and Swiss boomers await pivotal court rulings on climate change via ⁦alicemhancock⁩ on.ft.com/49ncSHj