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The French President Emmanuel Macron, alongside economic and political stakeholders, is visiting the Netherlands on Tuesday (11 April) to push for a huge EU investment plan in line with the Commission’s Net-Zero Industry Act.
Accompanied by eight ministers and business representatives, including the CEOs of Engie and Air France/KLM, Macron will visit Amsterdam and The Hague under the banner of "European sovereignty in its economic and industrial dimension", according to the Élysée Palace.
The French President Emmanuel Macron, alongside economic and political stakeholders, is visiting the Netherlands on Tuesday (11 April) to push for a huge EU investment plan in line with the Commission’s Net-Zero Industry Act.
Accompanied by eight ministers and business representatives, including the CEOs of Engie and Air France/KLM, Macron will visit Amsterdam and The Hague under the banner of "European sovereignty in its economic and industrial dimension", according to the Élysée Palace.
Global oil prices have soared after a surprise announcment by several key oil-producing states on Sunday (2 April) that they would cut production by as much as one million barrels per day.
Saudi Arabia, Iraq and several Gulf states all announced that they would cut production by more than one million barrels per day, while Russia also said it would extend its cut of half a million barrels per day until the end of the year.
"In the new realities of Central Asia, Turkmenistan is and will be a pivotal player in regional energy and connectivity politics," writes Mahammad Mammadov for commonspace.eu. "It gives Ashgabat many opportunities to build linkages to different power centers and increase its clout in regional affairs. So far, Berdimuhamedov’s government has pursued an “engaged neutrality” policy to reap the benefits of regional openings while maintaining regime security at home."
The Presidents of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Ilham Aliyev, have both addressed the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week summit as the UAE leads up to COP28 later this year.
In his speech on Monday (16 January), President Tokayev of Kazakhstan spoke about his country's commitment to achieving climate neutrality.
On Saturday (17 December) at a meeting in Bucharest, the leaders of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary signed an agreement to construct a new underwater electric cable through the Black Sea, connecting the South Caucasus region to the European Union. The cable will provide Europe with Azerbaijani energy.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other ministers inaugurated on Saturday morning (17 December) the country's first liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany, a project expected to supply around 6% of the country's energy demand. At the inauguration, Scholz stated that the rapid completion of the plant demonstrates that Germany's powerful economy will remain resilient in the face of the energy crisis compounded by the conflict in Ukraine.