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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Wester van Gaal

    US civil society groups call on EU not to delay methane rules (opens the original)

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    Nearly 100 US civil society groups have urged EU governments not to cave to pressure from oil and gas lobbyists and the White House as the European Commission moves to delay parts of its methane rules by a year. “The US has done absolutely everything possible to actively deprive Europe of secure, reliable and diversified energy supplies,” said the group in a letter to EU energy ministers dated 29 September and circulated on Wednesday (30 September). “The Trump administration is using its ‘energy

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Wester van Gaal

    Frugal EU states seeking budget cuts are shooting their own regions in the foot (opens the original)

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    Six frugal countries this week circulated a letter threatening to block a deal on the next EU budget unless “hundreds of billions” of euros in spending was cut. The Dutch and Germans, ever the most zealous keepers of the frugal flame, want to redirect what remains away from regional and farming funds, towards innovation and defence. For those following EU fiscal debates, this song will sound familiar. So-called ‘net payer’ countries have never liked sending money to the economic periphery. In 20

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Wester van Gaal

    ‘Made in everywhere’: MEPs clash over reach of EU industrial law (opens the original)

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    The MEPs steering the EU’s key industrial law want “Made in Europe” to mean that goods are actually produced in the EU. Their draft report on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), presented to three parliament committees on Monday (28 September), would reserve the label, and the subsidies and public contracts that come with it, for goods produced in the 27 member states. Partner countries such as Japan or Korea could be added later, but only if they meet set criteria. This is a break with the EU

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Wester van Gaal

    Mining firms’ plea for EU critical minerals budget falls on deaf ears (opens the original)

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    Minerals companies want a dedicated EU budget for critical raw materials, citing financing problems at strategic projects, but the European Commission and member states are so far refusing to give them one. EU industry ministers met in Brussels on Thursday (24 September) to discuss policies to boost EU competitiveness, with the commission also updating member states on the “state of play” of its flagship critical minerals policies. “We have identified European strategic projects and we are accel

  5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Wester van Gaal

    Europe is trying to ‘replicate’ Silicon Valley. Is it China that offers the better lesson? (opens the original)

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    On Wednesday (16 September), Ursula von der Leyen proudly announced that the EU had recently invested in Finnish satellite company ICEYE, the first investment through its Scaleup Europe Fund. Its two founders were in the room. It was a great story of home-grown innovation that succeeded largely through a combination of EU money and private investment. That she would single out this €1bn investment from all of Europe’s programmes is understandable. A more dynamic venture capital ecosystem, backed

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