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The European Commission has proposed a new industrial strategy to cut down the bloc's dependency on countries like China.
Sweden is using its presidency of the EU Council to keep European countries mobilised in their support for Ukraine, and to try to enforce the current sanctions on Russia more effectively. Sweden's EU Affairs Minister Jessika Roswall speaks to Talking Europe about those issues, as well as Sweden's application to join NATO, and Stockholm's other priorities in its EU presidency, which is now two months into its six-month stint.
The energy and cost of living crises were on top of the agenda at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Has the rush to cut off Russian fossil fuels helped or hindered European efforts to transition to green energy? We speak to Anders Opedal, the head of Norwegian energy company Equinor, as well as France's Minister of State for European Affairs, Laurence Boone.
In March 2022, the Emile Huchet coal-powered plant in Saint-Avold will stop burning fossil fuels after almost two centuries of operation and turn to green energy: biomass and hydrogen. The change should save some of the 87 jobs on site.
Brussels has proposed labelling natural gas and nuclear as green energy sources, prompting a furious backlash.
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