The mood was charged, the room packed: The Environment (ENVI) Committee voted against the Nature Restoration Law in the final vote yesterday (Tuesday). The vote was a tie (44-44). Thus, the Committee recommends a rejection of the entire bill in the plenary of the European Parliament.There had already been a vote in the Environment Committee […]
“A complete consensus for the people and the planet”: This is the motto used by French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday to summarize the results of his summit for a new global financial pact, which has just ended. The participating delegations are invited to join the consensus by signing. Macron promises a follow-up every six […]
With his “Summit for a New Global Finance Pact” starting today, French President Emmanuel Macron wants to give international climate finance new momentum, a new framework and new donors. The two-day meeting in Paris aims to bring together the diverse debates on climate finance under one roof. It is intended to make private investors more […]
With his “Summit for a New Global Finance Pact” starting today, French President Emmanuel Macron wants to give international climate finance new momentum, a new framework and new donors. The two-day meeting in Paris aims to bring together the diverse debates on climate finance under one roof. It is intended to make private investors more […]
The general direction on the Nature Restoration Law, eagerly awaited by EU parliamentarians, was approved by the Environment Council on Tuesday. The yes vote on the NRL, as the Nature Restoration Law is known in Brussels circles, was previously unclear. With three countries “opposed” (the Netherlands, Poland and Austria) and five “reluctant” (Finland, Italy, Malta, […]
Member states agreed last Friday on a compromise that accommodates French interests in nuclear energy without reopening negotiations on the Renewable Energy Directive. The Permanent Representatives Committee of the member dtates added an additional recital. Earlier during the meeting, the European Commission had distributed a statement saying: “The Commission recognizes that fossil-free energy sources other […]
The number of the day is 44. In an electrifying vote in the ENVI Committee, 44 members voted in favor of the rejection motion proposed by the Christian Democrats, Conservatives and Right-wing extremists regarding the Commission’s proposal for nature restoration, while 44 voted against. This means that the rejection of the entire law did not […]
The meeting of EU ambassadors yesterday (Wednesday) has not produced an agreement on the adoption of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). The Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) will deal with the issue again next Friday.The Swedish presidency presented the trilogue agreement reached with the European Parliament on Wednesday and the new recital circulated on Tuesday evening. […]
Despite concessions by the EU Commission, the EPP Group stands by its “No” vote on the current status of the draft renaturation law. The latest non-paper of the Commission is indeed “in terms of content a first step in the right direction”, said Christine Schneider, rapporteur of the EPP Group, to Table.Media. The second step, […]
It’s an understatement to say that energy, climate and the environment dominate the political agenda in Europe. Thursday’s ENVI Committee vote on the Nature Restoration Act should be on the radar of just about everyone in the Brussels bubble. But another, equally politically explosive appointment takes place today, Wednesday: the meeting of Deputy Permanent Representatives […]