08/12/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 8 December, the Ecofin Council adopted the revised post-Covid-19 plans of thirteen European Union countries, most of which contain a ‘REPowerEU’ chapter designed to speed up the energy transition and reduce dependence on Russian hydrocarbons. The countries concerned are Latvia, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Croatia, Poland (see EUROPE B13297A17), Finland and Bulgaria, as well as Germany, Hungary (see EUROPE B13299A28), Italy and Ireland. The...