With the presentation of its Fit for 55 package last summer, the EU Commission put a comprehensive first package of measures on the table to achieve the European climate targets. Now the Brussels authority wants to follow up and present a further legislative package on December 14th, including a new version of the directive on […]
EU Vice-President of Parliament Nicola Beer (FDP) believes that nuclear power and natural gas are likely to be included in the European Union’s so-called taxonomy. “We have to recognize different needs in different member states,” Beer said Wednesday evening at an event hosted by Table.Media and the Centrum für Europäische Politik (cep). There is a […]
In the primaries of the conservative party Les Républicains (LR) Valérie Pécresse had luck on her side. No more than 3,500 votes separated the relevant candidates Bertrand, Barnier, Ciotti, and Pécresse, and the entry of the only woman into the second round was a surprise for most observers. In the run-off against far-right representative Éric […]
The EU’s economy and finance ministers agreed on new VAT rates at their meeting on Tuesday. More flexible targets and new concessions are to help bring the tax system in line with the EU’s priorities on climate and health protection as well as digitalization.For example, lower tax rates are to be possible for bicycles, environmentally-friendly […]
The traffic light coalition wants to restructure its climate policy, and this includes a realignment of the ministries. The biggest change will be the responsibility of Robert Habeck. He, as Economics Minister, will also be responsible for climate protection in the new government – except international climate policy, which according to insiders, will probably be […]
At a meeting of EU energy ministers on Thursday member states once again failed to find a common response to record-high energy prices. A group of countries including Spain, France, and Italy called for EU rules to protect consumers from price fluctuations and for joint gas purchases by EU countries to build up strategic reserves.EU […]
Green hydrogen is supposed to do the trick. Produced by means of electrolysis processes on the basis of regenerative electricity sources, the gas is to become the climate-neutral energy source of the future for all those sectors that cannot be electrified or can only be electrified with difficulty. These include the steel and cement industries, […]
The European Union wants to capture five million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere every year from 2030 at the latest. In addition, an EU-wide system for certifying carbon capture is to be introduced. That’s according to a new draft text obtained by the Reuters news agency.Admittedly, five million tons is only a fraction of […]
In the run-up to today’s meeting of the Council of Energy Ministers, Germany and several other EU states clearly rejected a price cap for electricity in a joint statement on the tense situation on the energy markets. Previously, the EU energy agency ACER, as well as the market supervisory authority ESMA, had examined the price […]
In order to achieve climate targets and conserve resources, energy must be used more efficiently. The role that digital technologies can play in this was one of the central topics at the fourth Digital Energy Conference of the IT industry association Bitkom. “Without digitization, the energy transition will not succeed,” said Bitkom Executive Committee member […]