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European natural gas futures fell by more than 11% this week, and the EU carbon tax fell by about 6%. At the end of the European market on Friday (December 13th), ICE UK natural gas futures fell by 3.41% to 102.560p/kcal, with a cumulative decline of 11.49% this week. TTF benchmark Dutch natural gas futures fell 3.57% to 41.030 Euro/MWh, down 11.67% this week. ICE EU carbon emissions trading license (futures price) fell 2.80% to 64.25 euros/ton, down 5.94% this week.Greek officials said that they would buy artillery systems from Israel, and two Greek officials said that Greece was in deep negotiations to buy 36 sets of PULS rocket launcher systems from Israel to promote the modernization of its armed forces, with a value of 600 million to 700 million euros.Google spokesperson: Google intends to appeal the decision of the Turkish Competition Authority.

The Amazon Truck Drivers' Union voted to approve a strike at two large warehouses in new york.Georgian President: He will not leave the presidential palace after his term ends. On December 13th, local time, Georgian President Zurabishvili said that he would not leave the presidential palace after his term ends. Georgian President Zurabishvili said on November 30th local time that although her term of office is coming to an end, she will not hand over power because the current parliament is illegal. She will remain president "until a new parliament is legally elected". According to the Georgian Constitution, Zurabishvili's six-year term will expire on December 16th. The Georgian Parliament passed a resolution on November 26th, deciding to hold the presidential election on December 14th and the inauguration ceremony of the new president on December 29th. Georgia held a new parliamentary election on October 26, and the Georgian Dream Party won more than half of the votes. Four opposition coalitions, which also entered the parliament, refused to recognize the election results and demanded a new parliamentary election. Zurabishvili announced on October 27th that it would not recognize the results of the new parliamentary election.Alumina broke away from last week's record high, and panic buying related to Guinea subsided. LME copper futures closed down 39 US dollars to 9052 US dollars/ton. LME aluminum closed up $6 to $2,605/ton. LME zinc futures closed up $20 to $3,096/ton. LME lead closed up $4 to $2010/ton. LME nickel futures closed down $306 to $15,862/ton. LME tin closed down $437 to $29,097/ton. LME cobalt was flat at $24,300/ton.

Germany, France, Britain and other foreign ministers issued statements in support of Ukraine's accession to NATO, and European foreign ministers and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Karl á s issued a joint statement in Berlin, Germany on the 12th, expressing support for increasing military, economic and financial assistance to Ukraine and continuing to support Ukraine's accession to NATO and the European Union. According to German media reports, the meeting was convened by German Foreign Minister Berber and attended by foreign ministers from France, Britain, Italy, Spain and Poland. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss how the United States should respond if it reduces its aid to Ukraine. The German Foreign Ministry said on its official website that many foreign ministers said at the meeting that Europe would mobilize more resources to help Ukraine and commit itself to providing unbreakable security guarantees to Ukraine, including providing reliable and long-term military and financial support.Economists predict that the Fed will only cut interest rates three times next year. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect that the Fed will cut interest rates for the third time in a row this month, and lower the expected number of interest rate cuts next year. The market expects Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and his colleagues to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. If the expectation is true, it means that interest rates have been lowered by 1 percentage point since September. Next year's interest rate cut will slow down faster than officials expected three months ago. Most economists predict that interest rates will be cut only three times in 2025 because of the small progress in fighting inflation.The composite index of Athens Stock Exchange of Greece closed up 0.36% at 1469.32 points, up 0.88% this week.