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18 Sep 2024, 12:11
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In brief | 18 September '24

Reuters: German conservative Merz set to run for chancellor in 2025 vote

The leaders of Germany's conservatives have agreed to nominate Christian Democrat (CDU) chief Friedrich Merz to run as chancellor in next year's federal election, the head of Bavaria's conservatives, Markus Soeder, said

Bloomberg: Germany’s Habeck says trade conflict with China must be averted

German economy minister Robert Habeck urged the European Union and China to find a political solution in a dispute over Chinese-made electric vehicles and said a trade conflict should be avoided “at all costs.”

Euractiv: Von der Leyen plans five more years of intense energy and climate rule-making

As expected, her commitment to climate action remains intact, but this time with a strong pro-business slant, Euractiv writes.

Euronews: ‘Dream team’: Green groups breathe a sigh of relief on von der Leyen’s climate choices

Climate activists and the renewable energy lobby have broadly interpreted Ursula von der Leyen’s commissioner picks – the Netherlands’ Wopke Hoekstra, Denmark’s Dan Jørgensen and Spain’s Teresa Ribera – as signalling continuity with the Green Deal that marked her first mandate.

BBC: Heavy rain to hit Italy, as thousands evacuated from central Europe floods

At least 21 people have died in flooding in Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Austria.

Guardian: Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’

Nordic country, paradoxically a major oil producer, has set target for all new cars sold to be zero emission.

Bloomberg: Intel’s German plant delay lands blow to EU's chip ambitions

The embattled US chipmaker’s move to delay the project in Magdeburg by about two years is a blow to the EU’s goal of producing one-fifth of the world’s semiconductors by 2030.

Bloomberg: Dutch to give extra €19 billion loan to capital-strapped TenneT

The financing comes on top of the €25 billion loan the Dutch government provided in January for its much-needed grid investments this year and in 2025, and after talks with Berlin over a sale of its German network failed.

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