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The European Commission chief has laid out the high stakes of the decisions facing EU leaders, speaking of a world of "predators" and warning of a new international order after a sharp pivot in Washington's policy towards the continent.
Climate Commissioner Hoekstra defended scrapping the landmark proposal to ban combustion-engine cars, calling it "a smart, wise compromise for climate and competitiveness." Meanwhile, critics say Brussels is backtracking on its green agenda.
Italy's position is pivotal, as France, Hungary, Poland, and Austria oppose the deal, which requires the approval of a qualified majority for the EU executive chief Ursula von der Leyen to sign it.
Russia’s president disparaged European leaders on Wednesday, calling Ukraine’s allies “swine” who wanted “to feast on the collapse of Russia” as he blamed the West for Moscow’s war against Ukraine and threatened to continue waging his full-scale invasion.
