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It introduces ten principles—including concurrent crisis response, efficiency, and conditionality—to evaluate support measures. The author advocates for income support over vessel-cost subsidies to avoid overcapacity and suggests that any support for fixed costs be conditional on environmental improvements, such as adopting low-impact gear. The document also warns against deregulation, such as increasing interannual quota flexibility, and calls for a long-term shift toward industry cost recovery for fisheries management.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000894#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The author proposes ten principles for appraising fisheries support policies to ensure they deliver a healthier fishing sector and marine environment: concurrent crisis response, efficiency, rationality, speed, institutional integrity, anti-abuse, consultation, clarity and transparency, conditionality, and integration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000894#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Income support is identified as the most efficient and least environmentally harmful approach to addressing the economic crisis in fisheries, as it is less likely to increase fishing capacity or effort compared to other 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Evidence from the Făgăraș Mountains, Maramures Mountains, and Domogled shows significant habitat deterioration and threats to protected species, including the capercaille.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000253#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Romania has lost 50% of its previously identified intact virgin forests over the last 15 years, many of which were located within Natura 2000 sites.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000253#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The European Commission initiated infringement proceedings on February 13, 2020, citing Romania's failure to implement the EU Timber Regulation and conduct required impact evaluations under the Habitats and Strategic Environmental Assessment Directives.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000253#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Analysis of three specific regions demonstrates widespread environmental damage: the Făgăraș Mountains show a majority of analyzed habitats are no longer in good conservation status; Maramures has over 10,000 hectares of clear cuts; and Domogled exhibits high levels of habitat deterioration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000253#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Logging in the Făgăraș Mountains has negatively impacted bird populations, with research indicating that half of the 25 bird species the site was created to protect, including the capercaille, now have critically low population levels.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000253#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Romanian law permits systematic logging of natural forests on an area five times larger than the Bialowieza Forest in Poland without requiring an impact assessment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000253#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["illegal logging","biodiversity loss"],"geography_discussed":["Făgăraș Mountains","Maramures Mountains","Domogled","Poland","European Union"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["legal analysis","environmental assessment"]},{"id":"ember-000300","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/ember-000300","title":"EU ETS Emissions 2019","publisher":{"name":"Ember","organization":"ember"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2020-04-07","source_url":"https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2020/03/EU-ETS-Emissions-2019-_-Europe-_-Ember.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report finds that 2019 EU ETS emissions fell by 7.8% to 1612 million tonnes of CO2. 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It highlights systemic inefficiencies in the EU ETS derogations, capacity markets, and the Energy Prices Act, while identifying RES auctions and EU funds as positive drivers of transition. A case study of the Bełchatów Power Plant illustrates how subsidies often support owners rather than environmental goals. The document compares Poland's cost-ineffective model with the more successful transitions in Germany and Great Britain.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000925#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Between 2013 and 2018, Poland allocated twice as much public funding to the conventional power sector, primarily coal, as it did to the renewable power sector, which hindered the transition to low-emission technologies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000925#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Bełchatów Power Plant, Europe's largest single greenhouse gas emitter, received an average annual support value estimated at 9-10% of its total revenues, including approximately PLN 2.5 billion in free emission allowances from 2013-2019.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000925#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Polish capacity market is projected to be significantly more expensive than equivalent markets in the UK or France, with an estimated net cost of approximately PLN 11 billion for 2021-2023.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000925#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The RES auction scheme is a positive example of support, with an estimated net cost of only PLN 0.3 billion for 2021-2023, and is expected to result in lower electricity bills for consumers as net savings outweigh costs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000925#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Energy Prices Act is characterized as extremely inefficient because it uses EU ETS allowance revenues to freeze retail prices, which maintains demand for high-carbon energy and weakens price signals for low-emission investments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000925#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"EU funds provided approximately PLN 6 billion in support for the renewable power sector between 2007 and 2020, playing a significant role in stimulating the Polish energy transition.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000925#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The green certificate scheme was an ineffective tool for long-term modernization, as it provided indirect support for old coal-fired units through biomass co-firing without creating permanent ecological effects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000925#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"State involvement through the Polski Fundusz Rozwoju (PFR) and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) in coal projects creates an alternative cost by reducing funding available for low-carbon investments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000925#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Compared to Germany and Great Britain, Poland's energy transition model is assessed as cost-ineffective, failing to translate significant support into sustainable systemic effects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000925#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["energy transition","coal power","European Union Emission Trading Scheme 1","Cofiring","carbon capture and storage","energy efficiency","climate finance","decarbonization"],"geography_discussed":["Germany","United Kingdom","European Union"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","economic assessment","legal review","comparative study","case study"]},{"id":"sei-002253","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-002253","title":"Distributional impacts of mining transitions: learning from the past","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2020-04","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/distributional-impacts-of-mining-transitions-1.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The paper analyses the socio-economic effects of mine closures on women and youth, highlighting how traditional gender roles and lack of skills create vulnerabilities. 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It covers the entire innovation lifecycle, from identifying criteria through social innovation and multi-criteria analysis to promoting existing technologies via sustainable and circular public procurement. The guide also details methods for supporting pre-commercial innovation, such as innovation competitions, market surveys, independent comparative analyses, and testbed trials. 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The author warns against using the health crisis to weaken climate policies or provide unfounded subsidies to polluting sectors like aviation, steel, chemicals, and cement, urging governments to ensure post-pandemic recovery packages support the green transition.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000106#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"By 25 March 2020, EU carbon prices fell by nearly 40% to a level just above €15/ton CO2, down from approximately 25 euros per tonne two weeks prior, driven by economic shutdowns and market speculation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000106#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The price drop has increased the profitability of lignite plants and reduced the auctioning revenues available to EU member states.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000106#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Lower carbon prices reduce the incentive for emission reductions in the aviation sector and large industrial sectors, specifically cement, chemicals, and steel, which partially offsets their negative economic impacts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000106#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The EU ETS Market Stability Reserve (MSR) is deemed unfit for managing current or future surpluses caused by the pandemic or financial downturns because it was designed for historical oversupply.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000106#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To decarbonize power and industry by 2040, the document proposes increasing the MSR intake rate to 36% from 2024, adopting a declining threshold, implementing automatic cancellation for allowances held over five years, and raising the linear reduction factor (LRF) to at least 4.2%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000106#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author recommends that EU governments implement national or regional carbon floor prices and cancel surplus allowances as power plants close to strengthen the system.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000106#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document criticizes attempts by some airlines to postpone green taxes and a proposal by a Polish government representative to scrap the EU carbon market entirely.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000106#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["European Union Emission Trading Scheme 1","carbon price","Coal phase-out","aviation","steel","chemical substance","cement","fossil fuel","decarbonization"],"geography_discussed":["Poland"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","market analysis"]},{"id":"greeneur-000017","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/greeneur-000017","title":"The Contradictions of PiS Poland","publisher":{"name":"Green European Journal","organization":"green-european-journal"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2020-03-26","source_url":"https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-contradictions-of-piss-poland/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Since 2015, the Law and Justice (PiS) party has led Poland toward Euroscepticism and the erosion of the rule of law. 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Simultaneously, while opening the labor market to Ukrainian workers for economic reasons, PiS has overseen a deterioration in bilateral relations with Ukraine and tightened citizenship laws, potentially priming the country for a nationalistic backlash.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000017#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Under the PiS government, Poland's share of renewable energy in its total primary energy supply began to decrease after 2015, and the country has become the second largest polluter in the EU after Germany.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000017#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Despite a general goal of decreasing dependence on Russian imports, the PiS government significantly increased the import of cheaper Russian coal between 2015 and 2018, with Russian coal accounting for nearly 80% of Polish coal imports in 2018.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000017#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Poland was the only EU member state to stay out of the December 2019 agreement on a 2050 climate neutrality target, though the government claims it will be the largest beneficiary of the associated Just Transition Mechanism.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000017#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Bilateral relations between Poland and Ukraine have reached a modern low, driven by disputes over historical memory and the demolition of Ukrainian monuments in Poland.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000017#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"While the number of Ukrainian workers in Poland grew from 400,000 in 2015 to around 800,000 in 2018-19, the PiS government has tightened citizenship and permanent residence laws and failed to implement serious integration programs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000017#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The PiS government has undermined the rule of law to the extent that the EU triggered Article 7 disciplinary measures in 2017 and the European Court of Justice has ruled against Poland regarding judiciary reforms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000017#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["coal","renewable energy","carbon dioxide emissions","decarbonization","energy policy"],"geography_discussed":["Ukraine","European Union","Russia","Germany","France","Italy","Hungary"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","political analysis"]},{"id":"reclfin-000642","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/reclfin-000642","title":"Investor letter to the CEO and the board: Fortum facing regulatory, litigation and market risks from coal plans misaligned with the Paris Agreement","publisher":{"name":"Reclaim Finance","organization":"reclaim-finance"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2020-03-17","source_url":"https://reclaimfinance.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/JointInvestorLetter_Fortum2020.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"A group of European investors warns Fortum that its support for the Datteln 4 coal plant in Germany and Uniper's legal threats against the Dutch government are misaligned with the Paris Agreement and expose the company to significant market and litigation risks. The investors highlight that 79% of EU coal capacity is already loss-making and urge Fortum to commit to a net-zero emissions trajectory by 2050.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"reclfin-000642#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Investors argue that Fortum's support for the opening of the Datteln 4 coal plant in Germany is incompatible with an ambitious decarbonisation path and threatens the OECD's 2030 coal phase-out deadline necessary to maintain a 1.5°C carbon budget.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"reclfin-000642#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The investors express concern over Fortum's support for Uniper's threat to initiate an ISDS lawsuit against the Dutch government following the Netherlands' decision to ban coal-fired power generation by 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"reclfin-000642#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Coal power in Europe faces a declining economic outlook due to rising carbon prices and falling renewable costs, with 79% of EU coal generating capacity currently operating at a loss.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"reclfin-000642#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"New coal projects in Europe lack a social license and are increasingly vulnerable to successful legal challenges, as demonstrated by recent events in Poland.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"reclfin-000642#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["decarbonization","Paris Agreement","Net-zero emissions","climate change litigation","renewable energy","carbon price"],"geography_discussed":["Germany","Netherlands","Poland","Finland"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["investor risk assessment"]},{"id":"client-000448","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/client-000448","title":"Observations on the planned Belgian capacity mechanism","publisher":{"name":"ClientEarth","organization":"clientearth"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2020-03-11","source_url":"https://www.clientearth.org/media/iblpblg4/clientearths-observations-on-the-planned-belgian-capacity-mechanism-ce-en1.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"ClientEarth challenges the planned Belgian capacity mechanism (Planned CM), asserting that it lacks a complete design and fails to demonstrate a genuine resource adequacy concern. The organisation argues that the scheme would unfairly favour gas capacity, contradicting EU objectives to phase out environmentally harmful subsidies and hindering decarbonisation. It further contends that the Belgian electricity market's resilience and the availability of less distortive alternatives, such as strategic reserves and market reforms, render a market-wide capacity mechanism unnecessary. ClientEarth also warns that the Planned CM could strengthen the market dominance of existing oligopolistic players and lacks sufficient preference mechanisms for low-carbon resources.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000448#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The mechanism is argued to conflict with the objective of phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies by primarily aiming to increase gas capacity, which is a fossil fuel, rather than prioritising cleaner alternatives.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000448#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"ClientEarth disputes the existence of a genuine resource adequacy concern, noting that the National Regulatory Authority (CREG) issued a study in July 2019 that contradicts the findings of the transmission system operator Elia, suggesting no need for a market-wide capacity mechanism even in a nuclear phase-out scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000448#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document suggests that a strategic reserve is a less distortive and more effective option than a market-wide capacity mechanism, noting that Belgium's previous strategic reserve was never activated because market parties responded proactively to scarcity signals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000448#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There are concerns that the Planned CM will reinforce the market dominance of the existing oligopoly, specifically Engie Electrabel and EDF Luminus, who hold the majority of market shares and are interested in new gas plants.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000448#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposed length of capacity agreements, potentially up to 15 years, is criticised for being disproportionate and potentially hindering future market reforms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000448#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Resource adequacy","gas-fired power station","decarbonization","nuclear power","renewable energy"],"geography_discussed":["United Kingdom","Poland","Italy","Netherlands","Germany","France"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["legal analysis","policy critique"]},{"id":"greeneur-000292","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/greeneur-000292","title":"Breaking Hard Earth: A Social History of Green Politics in Poland","publisher":{"name":"Green European Journal","organization":"green-european-journal"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2020-03-11","source_url":"https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/breaking-hard-earth-a-social-history-of-green-politics-in-poland/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The author traces the trajectory of Polish green politics, noting an initial wave of activism in the 1980s that faded during the 1990s transition due to rapid deindustrialisation and a political culture that prioritised modernisation over ecology. The text details the failure of 'neoliberal environmentalism' under the Buzek government and the subsequent struggle of the Zieloni 2004 party to overcome a restrictive electoral system. Despite these hurdles, the Greens acted as 'pioneer species' by introducing gender parity, supporting LGBT rights, and exploring 'just transition' concepts. The analysis concludes with the 2019 entry of Greens into Parliament via a coalition with Civic Platform (PO), while noting the ongoing tension between achieving political relevance and risking ideological assimilation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000292#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Environmental movements in Poland gained significant traction in the 1980s and were influential enough to secure a \"sub-table\" during the 1989 Round Table transition negotiations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000292#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The decline of green activism in the early 1990s was partly caused by rapid deindustrialisation, which improved air quality and shifted public priority from post-materialist environmental values to materialist concerns like unemployment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000292#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 1997 Polish Constitution was among the first globally to include a \"sustainable development\" clause, a result of campaigning by the Ecological Forum within the Freedom Union party.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000292#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Buzek government's approach to mine closures in Silesia is viewed by some as an early 'just transition' because of trade union negotiations and compensation, though it failed to provide a long-term industrial policy or new jobs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000292#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Green party (Zieloni 2004) struggled electorally due to a restrictive Polish system that requires new parties to collect 100,000 valid signatures within 30 days and provides public funds primarily to established parties.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000292#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Greens acted as a 'pioneer species' in Polish politics by being the first party to implement gender parity in leadership and the first to engage trade unions on climate policy and the 'just transition' concept around COP19 in 2013.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000292#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 2019 elections marked a breakthrough where every political party in Poland included climate and ecology in their programmes, partly driven by the Law and Justice (PiS) government's 'general assault on the environment' which pushed the opposition toward green issues.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000292#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In October 2019, the Greens entered Parliament for the first time by forming a coalition with the Civic Platform (PO), winning three seats.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000292#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["sustainable development","just transition","climate policy"],"geography_discussed":["Central and Eastern Europe","Silesia","Warsaw"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["social history","political analysis"]},{"id":"clibonds-001010","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/clibonds-001010","title":"GREEN BOND PRICING IN THE PRIMARY MARKET: July - December 2019","publisher":{"name":"Climate Bonds Initiative","organization":"climate-bonds-initiative"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2020-03","source_url":"https://www.climatebonds.net/files/documents/publications/Green-Bond-Pricing-in-the-Primary-Market-H2-Q3-Q4-2019.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes 49 green bonds totaling USD36bn issued in H2 2019. 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In EUR, average oversubscription for green bonds was 2.8x compared to 2.0x for vanilla bonds, while in USD, it was 2.7x versus 1.9x.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-001010#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Half of the funds raised from the sampled green bonds were allocated to investors who described themselves as green or socially responsible, representing approximately USD10bn.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-001010#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A 'greenium'—where a bond prices inside its own yield curve—was observed in 7 out of 19 bonds for which yield curves could be constructed. 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The game aims to foster systemic awareness and adaptive capacity when selecting eco-technologies to reduce nutrient and carbon emissions while maximizing co-benefits. Co-designed with stakeholders from three case study catchments—Fyrisån (Sweden), Vantaanjoki (Finland), and Slupia (Poland)—the game uses a board game format to simulate 'wicked' situations, including system shocks and policy changes. The report outlines a three-phase participatory design process, the game's rules regarding baseline emissions and resource management, and the specific eco-technologies and developments integrated into the system. 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The Jewish settler population in the occupied West Bank is approximately 650,000 and is increasing, with potential annexation of Area C (about 60% of the West Bank) and the Jordan Valley further threatening the possibility of a Palestinian state.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001502#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The EU's internal consensus on the two-state solution is eroding, with member states acting as outliers. 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