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    Alice Hancock

    EU Correspondent

    Alice Hancock covers energy and climate policy in Brussels for the FT, as well as the European Parliament. She was previously leisure industries reporter based in London reporting on hospitality, tourism and leisure during Covid. Before joining the FT, Alice was the staff writer and online editor for Homes & Antiques.

    Alice regularly contributes to the FT's Europe Express newsletter.

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    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      EU energy
      EU ports help sell on over 20% of LNG imports from Russia

      ‘Transshipment’ of liquefied natural gas, crucial for Moscow’s Arctic fleet, is banned by UK and Netherlands

      3 hours ago
      The tanker Rudolf Samoylovich, sailing under the flag of the Bahamas, at the Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminal in France in March last year
    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Agricultural commodities
      Coffee and cocoa stored in EU warehouses at risk of destruction under new rules

      Anti-deforestation law passed in June restricts non-compliant stocks from being sold in the bloc

      Workers stack sacks of cocoa beans
    • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
      EU trade
      EU states call on Brussels to rethink shipping emissions charge

      Southern European shipping nations say measures risk diverting business away from European ports

      A cruise ship docked near a container terminal at Port of Barcelona, Spain
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      What EU countries fight about when they fight about the budget Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: France’s selective bashing of Chinese electric vehicles

      Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU and Canada preparing show of friendship at joint summit Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Austria’s foreign minister calls for elections in Ukraine

      Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      EU agriculture
      EU parliament strikes down pesticide law

      Rightwing politicians muster majority against proposed rules to limit use of agricultural chemicals

      A farmer sprays pesticides
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      News in-depthWaste management & recycling
      EU lawmakers back plan to cut packaging waste

      Brussels’ proposals led many industries from plastic producers to Camembert makers to push for exemptions

      Pile of packaging waste
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU lawmakers put bloc’s green ambition to the test Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How Forza Italia wants to recover its strength after Berlusconi’s death

      A view of the chamber of the European Parliament in Strasbourg
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      Differences over Israel-Hamas war cloud Erdoğan visit to Berlin Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How Brussels is working to defuse cheesemakers’ concerns over packaging rules

    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Deforestation
      Food industry calls for more time to implement EU deforestation rules

      Producers and traders call for more details and say rules will fail to deliver environmental benefits

      This aerial view shows people walking on a deforested and burning area of the Amazon rainforest in Autazes, Brazil
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Airlines
      EU pressures airlines over soaring fares

      Transport commissioner says Brussels needs ‘detailed explanation’ after ticket prices rose 30% over summer

      A silhouette of an aeroplane taking off
    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      Climate legislation
      EU farmers should pay for their carbon emissions, says Denmark

      Climate minister steps up calls to bring agriculture under bloc’s CO₂ trading system

    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Climate change
      Western countries clash with Saudi Arabia over UN climate fund

      Kingdom resists efforts to broaden base of donors for poorer countries coping with consequences of environmental fallout

      People walk past the entrance of the convention centre before the opening session of the Middle East and North Africa Climate Week in October
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Natural gas
      Energy companies turn to Ukraine to store gas as EU nears capacity

      Alternative storage to be used to park reserves ahead of peak winter months

      Workers at a gas storage site in western Ukraine
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU seeks Ukrainian grain for Egypt as part of Cairo support deal Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the EU’s dirty ‘carbon bombs’ hiding under its green facade

      People sit on a public beach and swim in the Danube as boats pass by on the water on August 20 2023 in Izmail, Ukraine
    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      Climate change
      EU and UK seek ban on subsidies for foreign fossil fuel projects

      Move would target oil and gas infrastructure as well as coal mining

    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      InterviewLeadership
      Brexit negotiator Maroš Šefčovič: ‘We are also ready to listen’

      After sealing a deal between the EU and the UK, ‘Mr Fix-It’ is turning his hand to ambitious green laws

      Šefčovič posing for a photo at the European Commission office in Brussels
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics
      Slovakia and Hungary threaten to break EU unity on Ukraine military aid

      Bloc’s leaders meet in Brussels for summit on Middle East, Ukraine and funding issues

      Hungay’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán talks with Slovak PM Robert Fico at the EU summit in Brussels
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      EU common budget
      EU countries spot unused billions of euros in common budget

      Brussels asked for a €100bn top-up, but several capitals found up to €16bn in unallocated funds

      The flag of the EU and member countries outside the European parliament building in Strasbourg, France
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Europe Express
      Kosovo’s premier slams Serbia ahead of fresh round of talks Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: EU wants to kick-start investments to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative

      Albin Kurti
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      EU energy
      Campaigners warn EU over funds for hydrogen infrastructure

      Environmental NGOs say special treatment of projects to upgrade existing gas pipelines favours fossil fuel majors

      A man passes by an hydrogen-powered generator set at the H2sys workshop in Belfort, eastern France
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why the EU is moving to endorse a ‘humanitarian pause’ in Gaza Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How the bloc plans to step up defence of its clean tech sector

      General view of buildings which were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      EU energy
      EU considers price cap extension to avert winter gas crisis

      Middle East conflict and possible acts of sabotage could drive prices up again

      This picture shows a tanker arriving to deliver LNG to a dock in Fos-sur-Mer, France
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      EU faces criticism over plans for healthier soil

      Green groups say the proposed rules are not tough enough, but farmers fear the contrary

      Carrots freshly exposed in soil in farmer’s field
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Corporate social responsibility
      More than 50,000 companies to report climate impact in EU after pushback fails

      Rightwing attempt to block the adoption of new sustainability rules is voted down

      European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels
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