Late posting this but for my last hurrah to the EU climate beat with @bmoens.bsky.social ... What happens when you thought you had a first mover advantage and then laggards press to slow the transition? www.ft.com/content/1f60...

💥 EU in talks to expand its Aspides Red Sea naval mission to protect vital LNG shipping through the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attack, people familiar with the discussions among ministers and military officials tell @bmoens.bsky.social & I www.ft.com/content/91ca... @financialtimes.com

❗️I’ve moved job ❗️ From today, I’ll be covering global shipping and industry still for the @financialtimes.com Quite a week to start covering shipping so very open to any tips, tricks and guidance: [email protected] I’ll be returning from Brussels to London as of April 🇬🇧

My @financialtimes.com colleagues + I looked closely at Italy's energy reform plan, why its likely to be rejected by @ec.europa.eu + how it may backfire otherwise... insights from @carlostagnaro.bsky.social @eccoclimate.bsky.social + others. as.ft.com/r/3c2eee10-0... w/ @alicemhancock.bsky.social

On the eve of the 4th anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Volodymyr Zelenskyy told @financialtimes.com Russia and Ukraine are at the “beginning of the end” of Europe’s biggest war since WWII, but urged Trump to see through Putin’s negotiating “games”. Free link: as.ft.com/r/9b99f21a-e...

💥 Hungary has blocked an already-agreed €90bn EU loan for Ukraine aimed at stabilising the war-torn country’s finances, just days before the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion by @paolatamma.bsky.social & @alicemhancock.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/58172ba2-b...

Some good numbers here from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on Britain's underlying productivity and growth problems.

‼️The EU is planning to force 70% of subsidised EVs to be made in Europe, per a draft of the upcoming Industrial Accelerator Act. Details here 🔽 www.ft.com/content/02be...

✈️✈️ latest: Air France-KLM has warned that it will have to halve its Asia routes as a result of EU climate policy and calls for a protective "SAF-BAM" to level the playing field. www.ft.com/content/c275...

Europe must avoid a “war” between member states and Brussels over speed of deregulation and competitiveness issues, the Belgian PM has warned. On the ground from the Alden Biesen leaders’ retreat w/ @bmoens.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/2cf55296-0...

Only in @financialtimes.com: Sweden's PM hits back at Macron ahead of EU leaders' summit on the economy: “We need to be able to compete because of quality and because of innovation, not because we try to protect European markets," Ulf Kristersson said. as.ft.com/r/84409ac0-d...

EU capitals have to set aside national interests and finally tackle the bloc’s regulatory inertia, according to António Costa. He called on leaders to “give a very strong political message to their governments.” With @alicemhancock.bsky.social @henryjfoy.ft.com as.ft.com/r/aadb1088-2...

The head of the world's biggest chemicals company BASF has said that the EU's flagship emissions trading system is "obsolete" and must be reformed. Interview with Markus Kamieth @basf.bsky.social ahead of a major industry summit on Wed www.ft.com/content/226c...

Some Europeans have still not caught up to a world profoundly shaped by Chinas industrial policy. A lot of hard pushback on targeted buy-European because it would reduce European competitiveness and product quality. Reality, created by China, would disagree. 1/

What does it mean for something to be 'Made in Europe'? And will it push up costs for EU industries? Our long-read on Brussels' push to protect critical manufacturing from Chinese competition: www.ft.com/content/b92a... w/ @andybounds.bsky.social

The EU is struggling to get hold of the critical minerals it desperately needs, according to a new audit, which says that efforts to diversify are also faltering. The commission says that it’s too early to judge. as.ft.com/r/fb02e65f-a...

Fish are piling up at ports thanks to a bureaucractic new EU system per this fishy scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/53a9...

The UN's development arm will work to drive more private finance into projects as it faces a reality of much less public funding for development aid, new UNDP chief @alexander-de-croo.bsky.social tells @lauramdubois.ft.com and I www.ft.com/content/0979...

_ @gideonrachman.bsky.social here on why for its own sake — and for the sake of the wider world — Europe needs to stand firm on Greenland. www.ft.com/content/2642...

France has called for the EU to use its strong trade weapon against the US in retaliation for Trump's tariff threats over Greenland. www.ft.com/content/1f1c...

💥 Brussels is drafting proposals to create a two-tier EU membership model that could fast-track Ukraine’s entry in any peace deal to end Russia’s invasion - a move that would overhaul the EU's accession system used since the cold war as.ft.com/r/a5f67afd-e...

"China’s enormous manufacturing capacity has lowered costs of solar power beyond the most ambitious projections of industry executives...But competition from China has also helped tip swaths of US and European industry into bankruptcy." www.ft.com/content/3749...

Q: How is the EU's single market integration going? A: Not excellently, according to new European Commission figures seen by @bmoens.bsky.social and I www.ft.com/content/fbc7...

Former Belgian energy minister Tinne van der Straeten has been announced new head of WindEurope. She speaks to @financialtimes.com with Henrik Andersen, CEO of Vestas about Trump stop-work orders and buy Europe clauses www.ft.com/content/2fbb...

America’s nuclear revival: will it succeed and at what cost? Our long read in the @financialtimes.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

“We know who our allies no longer are. It’s just we are still hoping we are wrong and the problem will go away,” said one European official of Trump’s disregard for the generation-old transatlantic alliance. “We know what needs to be done, we just need to bloody do it.” as.ft.com/r/ecc1de54-8...

Showdown in Brussels over competition policy is nearing ft.trib.al/ipUohR9 | opinion

Happy new year! Back in action today after the holidays. Critical negotiations on EU grids ⚡️ due in Q1 so here’s an interview with one of Europe’s biggest grid operators ICYMI over the break: as.ft.com/r/21033e7f-6...

The EU CBAM "has prompted China to expand its own emissions trading system, since the levy will be reduced if a carbon price has already been paid at source." Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Colombia and Turkey may follow. via @alicemhancock.bsky.social. www.ft.com/content/9e4a...

💥 EU to give €90bn loan to Ukraine - to be borrowed against bloc’s shared budget after plan to draw on Russian frozen assets collapses as.ft.com/r/ae829939-1...

EU leaders vow to agree funding for Ukraine ft.trib.al/EcPrkCq

Great piece by @maxseddon.bsky.social @lauramdubois.ft.com @henryjfoy.ft.com laying out the risks of retaliation from Russia if the EU manages to pull off its frozen assets plan -- TBD at a summit today. www.ft.com/content/616d...

At a crunch leaders meeting in Berlin, Giorgia Meloni was sat at Zelenskyy’s elbow and cast as a core European player. Her fellow leaders hope that message sunk in as the Italian Premier weighs up her position on two key issues this week where she holds a casting vote as.ft.com/r/abbf787e-e...

NEW: Final talks are still ongoing but we have it confirmed by officials that the EU will scrap its combustion engine ban and instead allow carmakers a small amount of emissions so long as they meet certain conditions such as using green steel www.ft.com/content/0e16...

How the ‘Brussels effect’ backfired on.ft.com/4iSNxLy

The EU is planning special parking rights for ‘Made in Europe’ small cars. Plus latest on the combustion engine ban debate with @andybounds.bsky.social and Kana Inagaki www.ft.com/content/4667...

Brussels is overhauling how it plans grids. Proposals published today include: ⚡more central planning ⚡overriding public interest on permitting ⚡using congestion fees to pay for cross border interconnection www.ft.com/content/a22e...

EU races to bypass Orbán on Russian assets before summit on.ft.com/3MurwXk

One step forward, two steps back in the EU. @alicemhancock.bsky.social reports how the bloc is adding downstream sectors that must pay CBAM. But, they're also cutting back on company climate plans and Buy Europe. www.ft.com/content/4826... www.ft.com/content/b33b... www.ft.com/content/10b7...

Big - Brussels proposes to use “emergency” powers to ram through Russian assets loan to Ukraine and bypass potential sanctions vetoes, in what would be an extraordinary moment in EU legal evolution as.ft.com/r/0c2cd7f4-b...

A sneak preview of the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act, which those working on it have branded the “Draghi Law” and playing China at its own game: as.ft.com/r/6d692171-3...

China draws in Europe’s businesses despite alarm over competition on.ft.com/4iQrN3b

Who killed the EU's single market dream? 🇪🇺 Part 1 in a new FT series from Sam Fleming, Ben Hall and @henryjfoy.ft.com www.ft.com/content/cbfd...

Companies drown in 3,000 hours of paperwork and spend up to €85,000 to tap EU climate funds. Another example of Europe’s competitiveness problem. on.ft.com/4pIpGAA

NEW: The EU is planning to tighten its FDI rules in a bid to stand up to China's industrial might and protect its own industries. www.ft.com/content/a719... with @barneyjopson.bsky.social

What a pic Global climate agreement sealed at COP30 despite deep divisions - on.ft.com/3KikZOM

Russia exploits western polarisation to 'split us up' with political division in the west acting as a 'candy shop' for hybrid warfare. Interview with Sweden's chief of defence staff ⬇️ www.ft.com/content/b9ab...

The dark truth behind supermarket tuna on.ft.com/48ph7od

The EU will set up a "critical minerals centre" to co-ordinate joint buying and stockpiling in an effort to compete with the US in securing global supplies and wean off China. EU EVP for industry Stéphane Séjourné tells @andybounds.bsky.social and I www.ft.com/content/7096...

It should take between 3-5 days to get an army across Europe but at the moment it takes around 45. Labour laws, customs forms and crumbling bridges all need to change. Here’s why w/ @laurapitel.bsky.social on.ft.com/3K74IMw (check back for the interactive map)