FILE PHOTO: Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrives for the second day of the European Union leaders summit dominated by Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium October 18, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said he secured an exemption from 2050 climate neutrality for Poland in what he described as "difficult" talks at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels.
He said generous funding for economic transition was promised for regions "most affected" by phasing out fossil fuels and that the EU explicitly recognised nuclear energy as admissible as the bloc pushes to reduce emissions.
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