Laurens Boven
Laurens Boven is a freelance political reporter in Brussels and The Hague. Previously he was a correspondent in Berlin. He writes about the relationship between politics in the Netherlands and decision-making in Europe. In particular, he follows developments in the climate debate.
News
Emergency EU regulation speeds up construction of wind and solar power projects
Interview
‘State intervention is needed to grow European technology sector’
News
Work to do: solar panels mandatory on all new EU homes from 2029 onwards
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Somewhere between a pipe dream and becoming climate-neutral is a heat pump
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Who is liable for my racist robot?
News
European Commission wants to make hacking (almost) impossible
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Brussels EU opens coffers to spur on green investment
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Europe has chosen: natural gas and nuclear power count as green once and for all
News
European deal on climate took the European ministers until well into the night
News
European Parliament finally agrees on more ambitious climate targets
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The climate will have to be patient for a while: the European Parliament is too divided on CO2 emission rights
News
Solar & wind energy, biogas and 300 billion euros: this is how Europe wants to shut Putin out
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NATO wants to put a billion euros into developing innovative military tech
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After Russia now China: Europe wants its own solar panel industry back
Features
Biden succeeds where Trump failed: US gas turns out to be a savior
News
Europe wants the best batteries in the world
Analysis
Autarky is unfeasible when it comes to raw materials, but we can spread the risk
