People with old cars that consume a lot of fuel, as well as public transport passengers, are at risk of transport poverty, especially when it's too expensive for them to pay dozens of euros at once for family subscription tickets. The Social-Climate Fund can help them, says analyst HANA ARNOLD in an interview.

Industrial production is the biggest contributor to European emissions from 2019. The EU is now going to support it by cutting green measures. Yet the threats from the climate crisis are just as acute as when these measures were adopted.

This article is part of the Special: the EU in 2025. Europe needs a more assertive European trade policy to resist unfair competition from third countries. State interference and ongoing geopolitical conflicts could be the "lethal cocktail" that drives industry out of Europe, Slovak business representatives say of the challenges in 2025.

Europe wants to reduce energy prices by investing in gas infrastructure. But experts say this only deepens dependence on fossil fuels and Brussels should do everything in its power to decouple electricity prices from gas prices.