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Chatham House urges EU to seek 'fresh understanding' of energy security, as white paper warns against false assumption that defence spending alone can keep bloc safe

During his speech last week to the Davos Summit, US President Donald Trump made his contempt for Europe's clean energy plans abundantly clear. In a lengthy and characteristically rambling section of the...

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