‘Enforced refurbishments’ di • Table.Briefings

In the midst of the debate about banning fossil-fuel heating systems in the federal government, the EU Buildings Directive is also suddenly becoming a media sensation. We show what goals the initiative is pursuing and how it relates to the German debate on building energy legislation.

For days, a fierce media dispute has been raging about the European Buildings Directive. „The whole approach is nuts,“ FDP MEP Andreas Glück scolded in advance in the German newspaper „Bild„. Today, Parliament votes on its position for the trilogue, where there are 67 amendments to the compromise proposal – many of which came from German MEPs.

‘Enforced refurbishments’ divide the European Parliament

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