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Published: February 2nd, 2022,
Last updated: October 4th, 2022

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Decision day: Today, the European Commission plans to present its delegated act to supplement the taxonomy and, in it, classify nuclear energy and natural gas as sustainable transitional solutions under certain conditions. It remains to be seen whether the authority will rework its controversial draft. However, Finance Commissioner Mairead McGuinness had ruled out fundamental changes. Nevertheless, four EU countries insisted on further improvements shortly before the final decision: In a joint letter to the Commission, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands demanded on Tuesday that natural gas should not be classified as „green“.

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