Published: December 9th, 2022,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

The fire under the cauldron in the EU kitchen is at its peak. The chefs in the Council, Parliament and Commission are arguing under enormous time pressure about the right recipe for the dish called Fit for 55. It is the implementation at EU level of the Paris Agreement adopted in 2015. In other words, real French cuisine. The name makes the entire Brussels bubble chuckle because it is reminiscent above all of a fitness program for people in their mid-50s.