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Dutch entities that terminated Gazprom contracts to be compensated

Dutch entities that unnecessarily terminated their Gazprom contracts due to government pressure to comply with EU sanctions will be reimbursed entirely, Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten (D66/Renew) wrote in a letter to parliament on Wednesday. For fear that the contracts would breach EU sanctions, Jetten pressured Dutch communities, educational …

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Russia fumes at Polish decision to reinstate Kaliningrad’s old name

Replacing Kaliningrad’s name with Królewiec, the city’s original name from the Middle Ages, is madness, the Kremlin said after the Polish geographical standard body’s decision was made public. In 1945, the city was placed under Soviet administration under the Potsdam Agreement and in 1946, it was renamed Kaliningrad after Russian …

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Making EU Foreign Policy More Effective: Qualified Majority Voting on the Horizon?

Unanimity has been the default voting rule in EU foreign policymaking. Multiple crises could change that status quo. The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) is one of few remaining policy areas of the European Union that still requires unanimity—meaning the agreement of all twenty-seven member states. At a time …

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