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France and Germany – When Interests trump friendship

5. July 2024 I General

Is it pure coincidence or intentional: the EU Commission is announcing a so-called deficit procedure against France and other countries at precisely the time when France is being sent head over heels into a national election by its president, because his political camp has lost massively in the European elections and the nationalists have won massively. …

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Greens down, this is an opportunity for reasonable and globally orientated climate policy

The Greens have crashed brutally in the European elections. In Germany, their share of the vote has almost halved and in France, at 5 per cent, it has even fallen to almost a third of the 2019 figure. Anyone who believes that this is the end of the previous type of commitment to climate policy in Europe is right; …

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