The rapporteur for the expansion of charging infrastructure for alternative fuels, Ismail Ertug (S&D), wants to make the member states more responsible for the transport transition. In his draft report for the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN), he calls for an increase in the expansion targets for e-charging stations. These should be in relation […]
It was to be expected that an agreement would not be easy. The positions of the various camps are too far apart. The draft report on CO2 fleet limits for passenger cars and vans by Renew rapporteur Jan Huitema had already stirred up tempers (Europe.Table reported). The amendments submitted – more than 650 in total […]
The phrase that the Fit for 55 package is not the reason for high energy prices, but the solution, is almost empty. Since the beginning of the energy price crisis, EU politicians of various party affiliations have repeated this statement many times. Not without reason: Most recently, the government in Poland had campaigned to lower […]
With great words of praise, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock yesterday introduced her future State Secretary. As of March 1st, Jennifer Morgan, who is still head of Greenpeace, will formally become the new special envoy for international climate policy at the German Federal Foreign Office. The US citizen has already applied for German citizenship and […]
The head of the international environmental organization Greenpeace, Jennifer Morgan, is moving to the Federal Foreign Office in Germany, according to government sources. There, she will become a special representative for international climate policy under Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens), government representatives told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday. Morgan will be introduced to the […]
It seems that the dust has settled somewhat due to the numerous top-level talks on the Ukraine crisis. The last meeting ended late Tuesday night in Berlin. For the first time in eleven years, the so-called Weimar Triangle of Poland, France, and Germany met at the chief executive level. Scholz, Macron, and Duda stressed that […]
In the EU Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN), several bills of the EU Commission from the Fit for 55 package were discussed yesterday. The opinions of the MEPs diverged widely, especially in the debate on those points of the reform of the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) that affect transport.Bulgarian EPP MEP and […]
European politicians are currently traveling around the world to mediate in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron is visiting Vladimir Putin in Moscow today, Annalena Baerbock is traveling to Kiev, and Olaf Scholz is flying to Washington for his inaugural visit to Joe Biden.There are increasingly loud calls from the USA for Nord […]
Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson told a news briefing in the Azeri capital of Baku, that the EU is hoping for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) to boost gas exports to Europe from Azerbaijan. She said the EU was hoping for TAP to increase its exporting capacity to 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year from […]
Due to the rapid increase in gas prices, also in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, the import of coal to Europe is increasing significantly. According to calculations by shipbroker Braemar ACM, imports increased by more than 55 percent in January compared to the same month last year. The main reason is that coal has […]