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Commission president Ursula von der Leyen callen on European countries to speed up green investments to battle the energy crisis (Photo: European Commission)

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Will EU spending plans survive a tug of war with the ECB?

"If we are serious about preparing for the world of tomorrow, we must be able to act on the things that matter the most for people," EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in her State of the Union address.

She made clear what is needed to achieve this: changing the European Treaty — a process that might take years and is politically fraught —to give individual ...

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

Commission president Ursula von der Leyen callen on European countries to speed up green investments to battle the energy crisis (Photo: European Commission)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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