The separation between environmental NGOs and the European Commission is about to be finalized: Several of them will soon officially announce their boycott of the European Sustainable Finance Platform. The information, reported on Friday by Responsible Investor, was confirmed to Europe.Table by two environmental NGOs. The body is supposed to advise the European Commission on […]
To paraphrase France’s chansonnier Charles Aznavour, I will tell you about a time unknown to those under thirty. At that time, energy and especially electricity issues were only important to experts, engineers and other “geeks”.Those days are over. And the State of the Union address, known as SOTEU in EU jargon, will reflect how much […]
As a reminder, the RED and EED guidelines are being revised as part of the Fit for 55 package adopted by the Commission in July 2021. What sounds like a fitness program for fifty-year-olds is actually a mammoth legislative package with the goal of making Europe climate neutral by 2050. This goal is enshrined in […]
The “whim of the gods” – or “caprice des dieux” as it is originally called – is a cheese that is known for its oval shape in a universe of traditionally round (like the Camembert) or angular products. It is also the name given to the building of the European Parliament, in an allusion to […]
Ajvar is a side dish consisting mainly of red peppers, chili and garlic, sometimes eggplant or tomatoes, and is popular in all Balkan countries. The recipe varies by region, as does its level of spiciness. And intensity, be it culinary or political, has been shown more than once by the Balkan region. This time, it […]
It’s another piece of bad news for European consumers: Norway, a major exporter of electricity, has announced that it may suspend its energy exports to the EU in the coming months. The reason: Unusually empty water reservoirs that feed the country’s 1700 hydroelectric plants. They generate more than 90 percent of the country’s power.According to […]
Cordon bleu Parisian style or an anecdote that went down in the annals of political history: During the 2017 presidential campaign, more precisely on the Sunday of the first round of voting, candidate Emmanuel Macron and his team took a lunch break at a highway rest stop. Which meal do they choose? “I like cordon […]
The German government wants quick talks with the EU Commission about alternatives to the legally impossible cancellation of the value-added tax on the planned gas levy. They want a conversation about “how we can get the money back to the citizens,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said yesterday. “We will now discuss this approach with the […]
The government in Paris has initiated the voting process on the draft law for the faster expansion of renewable energies. The goal is to pass the bill in the fall of this year. The French government hopes that this will enable the country to catch up with other EU countries in terms of renewable energies.The […]
The inclusion of nuclear power in the taxonomy and the announcement of the nationalization of the energy group EDF do nothing to change the fact that France is heading straight for a deficit in electricity generation this winter. Also because import capacity from neighboring countries to make up the shortfall will be severely limited. This […]