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The EU Commission has presented its new taxonomy for sustainable investments. As expected, natural gas and nuclear power will be considered green energies as of 2023, subject to certain conditions. Austria and Luxembourg have announced that they are ready to go to court over the decision and other EU states also openly oppose the move. A majority in the EU Parliament or a veto by at least 20 member states could still overturn the decision. Europe's press is divided.

The Spanish newspaper El País has published the responses of Nato and the US to Russia in the negotiations on the Ukraine crisis. Until now only general points of last Wednesday's offer were known. Commentators are particularly concerned about proposals for demilitarisation, which they say will do little to advance the talks.

The decision by pop legend and multiple Grammy Award winner Neil Young to leave Spotify is making waves in Europe's press. Young publicly informed the streaming platform that it had to choose between him and podcaster Joe Rogan, arguing that the latter was spreading potentially fatal misinformation about the coronavirus. Spotify has now posted a warning on Rogan's show.

In the middle of the Ukraine conflict, Hungary's Prime Minister Orbán has visited Putin in Moscow on what he described as a "peace mission". He also wanted to secure additional gas supplies, which the Kremlin boss pledged to give him. Critics have long accused Orbán of relying too much on Russia, for example regarding vaccines. What was behind the visit?