Global Briefing: German Parliament backs defence and climate spending plan

Michael Holder
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Germany's new government vows to ramp up clean energy spending, Saudi Aramco debuts its first direct air capture project, and the EU unveils is latest steel action plan

The German Parliament this week approved historic plans to ramp up investment in defence, infrastructure, and climate resilience, after backing reforms that will unlock hundreds of billions of Euros of...

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