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EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis (l) and Polish finance minister Andrzej Domański (r). As Ursula von der Leyen was speaking in Davos, EU finance and economy ministers in Brussels were trying to work out the details of her vision (Photo: European Council )

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis (l) and Polish finance minister Andrzej Domański (r). As Ursula von der Leyen was speaking in Davos, EU finance and economy ministers in Brussels were trying to work out the details of her vision (Photo: European Council )

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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