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A new tax on jet fuel. france has gone even further — passing a law banning domestic flights, where the same journey could be made by train in 2.5 hours or less. that though is one example. in many others, europeans still fly. and to use policy to change habits, people need to be persuaded. as president macron well knows. in 2018, the gilles jaunes protests in france that were triggered by a rise in green taxes on petrol. and the president drew this conclusion. this revolution, if you wanted t...

Moved the bar further finland wants to be carbon neutral by 2035, sweden by 2045. the eu target is 2050 — like the uk. that s the long—term — right now the blue line shows current eu emissions. it s almost on track for its 2030 target. and as it pursues this one word comes up a lot. at the end of the day, people are most worried, is this going to be fair. i think fairness is a crucial point. fairness within societies and fairness within member states. fairness is crucial. we see that in ev...

Is tipped to be the next chancellor. it will be the biggest industrial modernisation project that germany has undertaken and probably more than 100 years. no greatly benefit our economy. and it will. for other eu members though there remain practical concerns about the shift to clean energy. this is the outgoing czech prime minister. the czech republic is a very industrial country. a specific country~ _ industrial country. a specific country. we do not have the sea, we do not _ country. we do no...

The fact was that the afghans could not, without the 18,000 contractors, maintain these very sophisticated us provided helicopters, blackhawk helicopters and little bird attack helicopters and c—1305 and close air support aircraft. the inquiry heard that president biden felt he had just two choices — either withdraw completely or keep troops on the ground indefinitely. on that, heres a former eu representative for afghanistan. | i think that there were alternatives| which would have led to a...