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The court, however, insisted that without tangible financial and regulatory measures — especially targeting agriculture, transport and industry — the government risks further damage to nature and noncompliance with European Union environmental laws. Greenpeace Netherlands celebrated the verdict but emphasized the need for immediate action. “This ruling is a celebration for nature and finally brings clarity,” said Andy Palmen, the NGO’s director. “The government will have to come up with proposals that will finally give farmers clarity and support them in a fair way in the necessary transition to ecological agriculture.” This isn’t the first time a Dutch court has…

A government official confirmed the news to POLITICO on Tuesday evening. The Department of Business and Trade had told Bokkerink that the regulator was not taking the government’s growth mission seriously enough. The Labour government has tasked regulators with finding ways to boost the country’s flagging economy and called in regulator chiefs to meet the chancellor last week. The CMA put forward ideas to the government, including an AI tool to root out procurement fraud, but left ministers unimpressed. Prime Minister Keir Starmer also singled out the CMA for criticism in a speech at Britain’s International Investment Summit last October.…

👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Anne is in Davos where Chancellor Rachel Reeves is kickstarting her economic fightback. The chair of the Competition and Markets Authority has been moved on and there are big moves on AI, nature and unemployment. But will it all create the growth the chancellor is desperately seeking? Meanwhile, back in Westminster, how will Sir Keir Starmer fare in his first PMQs since Axel Rudakubana’s guilty pleas over the Southport attack?…

In the past Trump has horrified America’s allies by suggesting he could pull the U.S. out of NATO. He’s proposed a new target for NATO members to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense, up from the alliance’s current target of 2 percent, which many European countries still fail to meet.  On Tuesday, Estonia and France added their voices to those backing Trump’s call for higher spending on defense.  An EU official added: “The fact that we need to do more on defense at [the] EU level is definitely not a novelty and is linked more to Putin and Russia’s…

POLITICO a révélé fin septembre l’ampleur d’un massacre commis par des soldats mozambicains en représailles contre des civils, depuis des conteneurs marquant l’entrée du site de Mozambique LNG. Ces militaires appartenaient à la task force payée par TotalEnergies. La major française a indiqué n’avoir, après “recherches approfondies”, “identifié aucune information ou preuve susceptible de corroborer les allégations d’abus graves et de torture”.  La réponse de la major gazière soulève plusieurs questions, détaillent les ONG dans leur courrier : “Qu’est-ce que cela suggère quant à sa compétence et sa capacité à prévenir efficacement des violations aussi graves des droits de l’homme…

US President Donald Trump announced billions of dollars in AI investments, collaborating with major tech companies, which led to a surge in their share prices. However, energy prices continued to decline due to concerns about increasing US production. President Trump has teamed up with tech giants to accelerate the United States’ advancements in artificial intelligence, aiming to enhance its leading position in the global technology race, particularly against China. On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced a joint venture, named Stargate, with OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank to invest billions of dollars in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the country. The Stargate projectThe…

The UK company that designed the modular underwater habitats says they could be used for everything from marine studies and tourism to security. Imagine living underwater, not just for a few hours on a dive, but for days, weeks, or even months.One UK-based company is working on creating underwater habitats for long-term human sea exploration.”We took a step back and recognised that the ocean, and particularly beneath the surface of the ocean was one of the last remaining blind spots for humanity,” said Sean Wolpert, the president of DEEP.”We can see deep into space, we can see near space, and…

On labor and skills, the EU’s climate and competition chief, Teresa Ribera, has spoken at length — if not in detail — about the importance of social policy elements in the Clean Industrial Deal. At an event on Monday, she said developing the Clean Industrial Deal “requires thinking in terms of skills, labor force and job opportunities.” At another event last week she said: “Many of the problems we are experiencing right now … may be connected to the fact that there are many Europeans that feel that the institutions do not care about them. That we are speaking about business…

Wie Europas Antwort auf Donald Trump aussehen könnte, u.a. mit Clea Caulcutt von POLITICO in Paris Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Martin Schulz, Vorsitzender der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Elon Musks fatale Gesten Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt, europäisch, hintergründig. Und für alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin Playbook-Newsletter liefert jeden Morgen die wichtigsten Themen und Einordnungen. Hier gibt es alle Informationen und das kostenlose Playbook-Abo. Mehr von Berlin Playbook-Host und Executive Editor von POLITICO in Deutschland, Gordon Repinski, gibt es auch hier:  Instagram: @gordon.repinski | X:…

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