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    Alice Hancock

    EU Correspondent

    Alice Hancock covers energy and climate policy in Brussels for the FT, as well as the European Parliament. She was previously leisure industries reporter based in London reporting on hospitality, tourism and leisure during Covid. Before joining the FT, Alice was the staff writer and online editor for Homes & Antiques.

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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      Will former premier Robert Fico take Slovakia back to the future? Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: European Commission on alert over mounting number of green rules breaches

      Former Slovakia prime minister Robert Fico, right, and liberal MEP Michal Šimečka
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Carbon tax
      Business braced for red tape from EU carbon border tax

      Fears of unpredictable costs and bottlenecks when ‘adjustment mechanism’ enters trial phase on October 1

      Flag of EU
    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      Climate legislation
      Portugal’s Gen-Z sues dozens of governments over climate change

      Six plaintiffs aged 11-24 have taken legal action at the European Court of Human Rights

      Ruth Delbaere, left, and members of the global civic movement Avaaz gather in front of the European Court of Human Rights with messages of support from around the world for the six applicants in the Duarte Agostinho vs 32 governments case
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      InterviewEU energy
      Top EU energy official says US gas will be needed for decades

      Bloc will have a ‘need for American energy’ says Ditte Juul Jørgensen

      Workers at the Cheniere Sabine Pass liquefaction facility in Cameron, Louisiana
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why everyone loses from Poland’s Ukraine weapons tantrum Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: when two commissioners go to China

      Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe
      Legal advisers plug green power efforts

      Lawyers call for more clarity to accelerate project approval

      A large mobile crane lifts a rotor blade to the nacelle of a wind turbine
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      News in-depthClimate change
      How net zero became an election issue around the globe

      A subject once regarded as a peripheral concern for voters has moved to centre stage

    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      EU trade
      Brussels considers defending EU nations in Ukraine grain dispute

      Kyiv files WTO lawsuit against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia after they ban imports

      A wheat field in the Lisowice district of Torun, Poland
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Climate legislation
      EU to ban ‘climate neutral’ claims by 2026

      Brussels to crack down on greenwashing of consumer products

      Shop in Austria
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Visual story
      Can Europe go green without China’s critical minerals?

      The EU’s increasing demand for rare earths is causing problems for policymakers

    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      News in-depthClimate change
      EU-China fight further muddies Brussels ‘Green Deal’ agenda

      Diplomats warn against provoking Beijing to avoid delaying bloc’s climate ambitions

      German farmers supporting the EU’s Green Deal proposed bill demonstrate in front of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      EU trade
      Germany leads EU condemnation of Ukraine trade curbs

      Berlin accuses Poland, Hungary and Slovakia of ‘part-time solidarity’ with Kyiv over grain import bans

      Grain producers protest against the decision of the Bulgarian parliament to drop the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      EU business regulation
      Germany pushes to exempt SMEs from green reporting rules

      Berlin seeks to shield some of its smaller companies from EU sustainability obligations

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    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      EU trade
      EU lifts import ban on Ukraine’s grain

      Poland says it will apply unilateral curbs after Brussels ignored pleas to extend restrictions

      A combine harvester cuts a field of wheat in Torun, Poland
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      News in-depthEU trade
      EU moves against China’s electric-car makers in bid to shield own industry

      Beijing’s subsidising of EV manufacturers stokes fears of European rivals being priced out

      Geely Zeekr electric vehicles bound for shipment to Europe at the Port of Taicang
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      European Commission
      Von der Leyen lays out pro-business pitch ahead of EU elections

      German politician needs support of industry-friendly European People’s party to secure second term

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      EU to launch anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles

      Investigation could lead to tariffs on country’s manufacturers

      European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen giving a speech
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Climate change
      EU legislators vote to sharply increase bloc’s renewable energy target

      European parliament agrees to lift green energy share to 42.5% by 2030 after nuclear power concessions

      A floating solar panel farm in Germany
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Solar power
      Europe’s solar industry warns of bankruptcies over Chinese imports

      EU’s efforts to manufacture more green technologies are being undercut by cheaper rivals

      A woman works on the production line of solar panels
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why the G20’s Ukraine compromise might not be all bad for Europe Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: EBRD calls for anti-corruption reforms in EU accession countries

      Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz at the G20 in New Delhi
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Nato
      Nato to launch biggest military exercise since cold war

      Alliance plans to assemble 41,000 troops next year to test readiness to repel a Russian invasion

      Tanks on a training exercise
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      EU agriculture
      EU considers dropping stricter animal welfare measures

      Brussels rethinks plans over concerns that proposed changes could add to food costs

      Broiler chickens
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      EU pushes back on ‘too big to care’ tech companies

      US and European corporate bond markets have started September with a bang

    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Climate change
      World heat records ‘smashed’ in northern hemisphere summer, scientists say

      ‘Season of simmering’ in planet’s warmest June to August period since documentation began in 1940

      A man pours water over himself
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      Catalan demands push Sánchez against the EU language barrier Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Belgium’s energy minister warns US is ahead of EU in green technology race

      Carles Puigdemont at the podium
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