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European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde started her mandate with a strong emphasis on the climate — but has since shifted focus to inflation (Photo: Council of the EU)

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Is the ECB sabotaging Europe's Green Deal?

The European Central Bank (ECB) recently raised interest rates to their highest point in the currency's existence.

With an increase of 4.5 percentage points in little over a year, the Frankfurt-based bank's governing council has — wittingly or unwittingly — engaged in what is essentially an experiment: can the EU green transition succeed even when money is made so expensive?

"Procrastinating is likely to increase the bill we will end up having to pay," said ECB president Christi...

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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.

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde started her mandate with a strong emphasis on the climate — but has since shifted focus to inflation (Photo: Council of the EU)

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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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