Can we get that in writing? MEP questions for new energy, climate, industry commissioners
ITRE committee want details on energy prices, industrial strategy, climate action and more. They are unlikely to get them.
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Italyโs largest lobby group to push for EU policy U-turn on CO2 emission trading system
Experts warn that recent and hefty investments risk becoming almost worthless because stringent ETS rules will swallow all the profits.
Grids shaping Europeโs green transition, digital technologies and infrastructure investment [Advocacy Lab Content]
The European Commission proposed an EU Action Plan for Grids in late 2023 to deliver on the European Green Deal. They estimate that around โฌ584 billion will be needed for electricity infrastructure investments between 2020 and 2030.
Weber crows as von der Leyen walks back EU deforestation drive
Ban on products from logged forests is delayed, raising green fears.
Creating a Single European Rail Area โ we have the vision, now itโs about implementation, says Travaini [Advocacy Lab Content]
InnoTrans 2024, Europeโs leading trade fair for transport technology, was held in Berlin at the end of September. Euractiv spoke with Giorgio Travaini, Executive Director of EU-Rail, about his goal of creating a Single European Rail Area.
Indonesia urges EU to rethink deforestation rules impacting farmers [Advocacy Lab Content]
Indonesia is seeking to ensure European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) does not penalise its smallholder farmers, whose livelihoods depend on exports to Europe.
European Algae Biomass president sees expansion of algae products in daily life, calls for improved EU algae market [Advocacy Lab Content]
Driven by a vision to advance Europeโs algae sector, Carlos Unamunzaga, President of the European Algae Biomass Association, spoke with Euractivโs Fiona Alston about his plans to raise the profile of algae in the public eye. ย
Technology driving European rail innovation to sustainable destination [Advocacy Lab Content]
The worldโs largest trade fair focused on transport technology, InnoTrans 2024, took place, from 24-27 September. The railway sector focused on how technology can contribute significantly to the achievement of the European Green Deal.
How Trump’s administration tried to torpedo the EU Green Deal using influence and misinformation campaigns
Bonus Eventus Files (3/3). In 2020, as Europe announced an ambitious policy to make its agriculture more sustainable, the Trump administration decided to go on the attack. In its crusade, it recruited the influence firm v-Fluence founded by a former Mo…
The uncertain future of the European Green Deal
The European right, along with Italy and Germany, is leading the offensive against two emblematic bills: one against deforestation and the other to ban the sell of internal combustion engine cars after 2035.
Combustion engine ban threatens โgrave crisisโ for Europe, Italy says
Industry minister Adolfo Urso warns of large-scale job losses among carmakers unless Green Deal rules are relaxed
Italy to push for early review of Green Dealโs combustion engine ban
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about Andrej Babis celebrating landslide wins in Czech regional and Senate elections, former US president Donald Trump cancelling on Polish President Andrzej Duda, and so much more.ย ย
Italy to push for early review of Green Dealโs combustion engine ban
Italy will formally present a proposal at a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday to bring forward to the first half of 2025 the review of the EU’s 2035 ban on combustion engine vehicles, currently scheduled for 2026, announced Italyโs Business and Made in …
EU environment commissioner to face tough crowd in Parliament
Sweden’s poor environmental record has some MEPs worried about commissioner choice.
Von der Leyenโs first 100 days: What sheโs promised, what it means and what sheโll really deliver
The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms. How credible is her plan?
State of the Union: Will the new Commission stick to its climate policy goals?
This edition of State of the Union focuses on the catastrophic floods in central Europe, the presentation of the EU commissioners-designate and the economic power of the European Green Deal. #StateOfTheUnion
Italyโs Meloni vows to revise โdisastrousโ EU Green Deal
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about Czechia denying its alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Maduro, the Spanish army helping Portugal with wildfires, and so much more.ย
Italyโs Meloni vows to revise โdisastrousโ EU Green Deal
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has pledged to push for the review of the European Green Deal, criticising its “ideological approach” and warning that it risks leading to deindustrialisation.
Kamala Harris hat ein Industrie-Problem
US-Politik fรผr Sie entschlรผsselt. Jeden Tag in Ihrem Postfach. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JAKOB HANKE VELA Mit CARLOTTA DIEDERICH DIE TOP-THEMEN โ HARRIS UND DIE INDUSTRIE: Die Demokratin kรถnnte in Swing States, die stark industrialisiert sind, Wรคhler verlieren, befรผrchten ihre Parteifreunde.ย โ NEUE UMFRAGEN: Trump fรผhrt in Georgia, Harris in Pennsylvania. โ [โฆ]
Center right gets its way as golden boy Hansen lands EU farm job
Ursula von der Leyenโs pick for agrifood commissioner is a political animal and skilled mediator โ qualities he will need to do a better job than his hapless predecessor.
The European Green Deal must go global
Managing emerging international tensions will require much stronger green diplomacy, as well as a more strategic and coherent approach to the blocโs green partnerships.
How Teresa Ribera became the second-most powerful person in Brussels
Spainโs climate expert is poised to become the EUโs competition chief, net-zero architect and economic transformer โ all in one.
Meet the commissioners: Class of 2024
Everything you need to know about Ursula von der Leyen’s team for her second term.
Spainโs Teresa Ribera gets top job in charge of competition, climate in new Commission
Ursula von der Leyen appoints the socialist politician as her No. 2.
From Brussels to Paris, energy taxation is back on the table
The European Green Deal was meant to align ambitious climate policy with economic competitiveness and social protection, but policymakers are now focused on a file where environmental, social and economic trade-offs are toughest to navigate – energy ta…
Time for the flat glass industryโs decarbonization efforts to pay off [Promoted content]
The opportunities that the Green Deal should offer a sector like ours are simply not materialising. Itโs time that the flat glass industryโs decarbonization efforts to deliver on the Green Deal pay off. European flat glass products are essential to…
Map the Green Dealโs drivers: Distribution grids across the EU [Promoted content]
Distribution grids (DSOs) are the facilitators of the Green Dealโs objectives and a prerequisite for a functioning European electricity market. Managing 97% of EUโs power lines and connecting 70% of renewables, DSOs are diverse across Member States.
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Cities need EU help to decarbonise heating
Vox pop: What Brussels energy players think about the Energy Union
The latest โState of the Energy Unionโ report will be presented by later today (9 September) by Green Deal Commissioner Maroลก ล efฤoviฤ. Ahead of its release, Euractiv polled industry associations, NGOs and think tanks to get their take on the state of …
Navigating the EUDR, the third Joint Task Force meeting on deforestation [Advocacy Lab Content]
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is part of a broader initiative to combat deforestation and forest degradation, aligning with the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, and the Farm to Fork Strategy, its task force is meetin…
The great Commission puzzle: Who we think will get each portfolio
Ursula von der Leyen is about to hand out key jobs in her team. Hereโs POLITICOโs version of the next Commission.
Trump gegen Green Deal
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Green jobs set to find home away from Europe, head of largest industrial union warns
While the EU Green Deal came with the promise of new jobs in green industries offsetting job losses elsewhere, these jobs are currently being created outside Europe, warned Judith Kirton-Darling, General Secretary of trade union IndustriAll Europe.
Empowering the EUโs road transport industry
The EUโs road transport sector faces critical challenges. The IRU’s roadmap urges policymakers to enact supportive legislation to ensure the EU’s economic and environmental goals are met.
Advancing climate neutrality while strengthening competitiveness โ with a just and ambitious Clean Industrial Deal
The new EU Commission should build on the European Green Deal to strengthen Europeโs economic competitiveness and geopolitical relevance. A Clean Industrial Deal could serve both ends if designed correctly.
The Green Dealโs next battlefield: the law courts
Brussels will see less climate policymaking post Green Deal, but activists are drawing upon new legislation and case law to keeping pushing for greater ambition, in Europeโs fight against climate change.
EU farm chief drafts secret law on food security in last hurrah
Departing Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski breaks protocol by concocting his own food security law.
Getting Europeโs rail system back on track
Railways are the most environmentally sustainable mode of transport, compared to cars or planes, yet, they remain chronically underfunded and underdeveloped in Europe. High prices, complex booking systems, and a lack of cross-border coordination are ju…
Von der Leyenโs new Commission: The names we know so far โ as Belgium misses deadline
Almost all the nominees have been put forward for the next top team of EU commissioners.
Serbiaโs leader wins the West with promises of โwhite goldโ โ but loses the people
Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ accuses protesters who oppose an EU-backed lithium mine of trying to overthrow him.
Times change in Brussels, butย Maroลก ล efฤoviฤย is forever
Slovakia’s commissioner has been in Brussels for a very long time.
EU imposes restrictions on former climate official over his new gas role
The European Commission approved Diederik Samsom’s job with a gas network operator, albeit under “clear conditions.”
Teresa Ribera faces nuclear hurdle to running EU green policy
Nuclear-friendly lawmakers and countries like France don’t want the EU’s potential next green chief to thwart an atomic revival.
Meloni and von der Leyenโs messy split
Italian PM and European Commission president had been close but that’s all changed.
Les 11 dรฉputรฉs europรฉens qui comptent
Voici les parlementaires de lโUE ร suivre pour cette nouvelle lรฉgislature.
Will von der Leyen stick by the Green deal? | Radio Schuman
The flagship program of von der Leyen’s previous mandate, the Green deal, has come under fire from far-right forces in the European Parliament.
Greensโ top agriculture MEP trusts von der Leyenโs promises on sustainable farming
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen committed to making agriculture a part of the Green Deal while ensuring that farmers can make a living during negotiations with the Greens/EFA last week, the Greens’ coordinator for agriculture, Thomas…
Klaus Welle talks defense commissioner, EU budget
SNEAK PEEK โ The European Parliamentโs former secretary general, Klaus Welle, talks to Jacopo about the defense commissioner role, the EU budget, and why itโs time for a full defense committee. โ U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey meets with counterparts from Japan and Italy today to discuss GCAP. โ European Parliament committees vote on their [โฆ]
Re-elected European Commission President von der Leyen keeps act II of Green Pact to bare minimum
Reappointed for a second term on Thursday, the European Commission president focused on defending the industrial aspect of the Green Deal.
Von der Leyen threads the climate needle to keep her job
It was a love fest today. The green fights begin tomorrow
Itโs Christmas in July (for Commissioners)! Von der Leyen hands out policy gifts ahead of key vote
Ursula von der Leyen presents herself as a beacon of stability to secure another five years at the head of the EU’s executive.
The MEPs who actually matter
Here are 11 EU lawmakers to keep your eye on in the new term.
How to dominate your European Parliament committee
Itโs where the legislative magic happens.
Germanyโs transport minister faces pay-to-play allegations
A German car association allegedly offered industry and lobbyists time with Transport Minister Volker Wissing in return for payment, according to a report.
Meloni expects Green Deal โchange of courseโ from von der Leyen
Ahead of the European Parliament’s vote on Ursula von der Leyen’s bid to lead the Commission for another five years, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is keeping her cards close to her chest but will listen carefully to what von der Leyen says abou…
Meloniโs fury threatens 2nd term for von der Leyenย
Italy’s PM faces a choice: Reelect the Commission president and stay relevant in Brussels, or light up her Euroskeptic base at home.
Giorgia Meloniโs hard-right European Parliament group split on supporting von der Leyen
Italian prime ministerโs MEPs weigh whether to back EU Commission president for second term Thursday.
Brake on Green Deal and simpler rules: Agricultural ministersโ wish list for next term
Exempting agriculture from net-zero climate plans, stronger support for farmers and the demand for simpler rules for national administrations are among the key requests emerging from a debate held in the Council on Monday (15 July).
MEP Pascal Canfin aims for pro-nature, pro-farmer cooperation with EPP
In an interview with Euractiv, the outgoing chair of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI), Pascal Canfin, called on lawmakers from the centre-right European People’s Party, who supported farmers’ strikes, to embrace a more ecological …
EUโs biggest losers hold Ursula von der Leyenโs fate in their hands
Commission president could be forced to rely on Greens and liberals to secure a second term, weeks after they were rejected by voters in the European election.
Pragmatism over principle: Europeโs Greens adapt to surviveย
The group is ditching some of its ambitions as it prepares to back conservative Ursula von der Leyen atop the EU executive.ย
EU Parliament centrists circle wagons to keep far right out of top jobs
Liberals are incensed over a backdoor deal between the EPP and ECR.
Czech party says itโs ready to announce new far-right group in European Parliament
Czech Freedom and Direct Democracy says it will team up with the Alternative for Germany.
Buildings decarbonisation can make or break the Green Deal
Buildings and transport are the two most crucial sectors to decarbonise to meet EUโs 2030 climate targets. However, they are also have the most directly affect on EU citizens in their daily lives, as the choice to undertake energy renovations…
Former Bulgarian PM: We must view the Green Deal through a โnew prismโ
The European Green Deal, which came under heavy political attacks in the past year, must be looked at through a new prism of opportunity and pragmatism, Sergei Stanishev, former Bulgarian prime minister and former leader of the Party of European Social…
Orbรกnโs Fidesz forming new far-right alliance with Austrian, Czech parties
The alliance with Austria’s FPร and the Czech ANO Movement hopes to become a new group in the European Parliament.
Orbรกn, Babiลก, Kickl create new โpatrioticโ alliance to redefine EU policies, eye new Parliament group
Politicians from the political right in Austria, Hungary, and Czechia, have launched a new alliance called “Patriots for Europe” which hopes to recentre the right-wing in the European Parliament around criticism of migration, aid to Ukraine, and the Gr…
We need an investment agenda to deliver the EU’s Green Deal: Greens co-chair Bas Eickhout
The European Greens lost a third of their seats in the EU elections earlier this month. Bas Eickhout, co-president of the group in the European Parliament, points out that the Greens actually increased their strength in some parts of the EUย โ but admi…
EU needs a common sustainable food systems framework, says Europeโs industry chief
The EU should provide food chain operators with a common framework for food systems that aligns all industry players towards sustainability, Dirk Jacobs, FoodDrinkEurope’s director general, told Euractiv in an interview.
Green Deal in Eastern Europe: still alive after EU elections
During the European elections campaign, many political parties in Bulgaria and other countries in the EUโs east attacked the European Green Deal. But when several hundred stakeholders gathered at a Green Transition Forum in Sofia, their message was tha…
Former EU climate official admits โerrorโ in taking gas firm job without permission
Green Deal architect Diederik Samsom says he regrets failing to tell the European Commission he was going to work for Gasunie.
Czechiaโs Babiลก says new anti-migration, anti-Green Deal EU Parliament group in sight
The head of the Czech ANO movement, former prime minister Andrej Babiลก, has said that his party, which quit the Liberals’ ranks last week, is establishing a new group in the European Parliament – but it is still unclear with whom he will team up.
Polandโs Law and Justice โ50/50โ about leaving Giorgia Meloni and joining forces with Viktor Orbรกn
Ex-Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki says his PiS party is exploring creating a Central Eastern European grouping in the European Parliament.
EU Green Deal author gets job for gas network
Diederik Samsom, a former top aide to Frans Timmermans, will join Gasunie supervisory board next month.
French elections: Far-rightโs proposals go against the Green Dealย
Many of the proposals put forward by the Rassemblement National (RN, ID) and its allies for the French legislative elections clash with the European greenhouse gas reduction targets set out in the European Green deal. ย
Timmermansโ cabinet chief Samsom to chair natural gas giant Gasunie
Diederik Samsom, former right-hand man of Green Deal Chief Frans Timmermans, will assume the chairmanship of the supervisory board of Gasunie, the government-owned Dutch gas giant, on 1 July.
Italyโs Meloni denounces โideological madnessโ of EU ban on gas and diesel cars
Itโs part of a growing resistance to the 2035 measure.
Green Deal is โno longer an ecological, but an economic agendaโ, says EU climate official [Advocacy Lab Content]
The European Green Deal is โan agenda of economic modernisationโ rather than an ecological agenda, said the head of the European Commissionโs climate department at a recent Euractiv event. Industry and competitiveness gaining prominence.
Von der Leyen feels the squeeze as EU liberals implode
The Commission president needs Renew groupโs support for a new term โ but the faction is shedding seats.
Former Czech PM Andrej Babiลก quits liberal Renew group in EU Parliament
Renew set to lose another 7 seats in EU Parliament, but do away with long-running headache.
Greens invite EPP group to clear its head before starting coalition talks
The new leadership of the Greens group at the European Parliament offered to back Ursula von der Leyenโs bid at the helm of the EU Executive but wants less ambiguity from her party on the Green Dealโs future.
From Ukraine to Green Deal, what do the centre-right EPP group’s new members want? | Radio Schuman
The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) accepted new members on Tuesday (18 June) during its constitutive meeting.
EU approved Slovak law to kill bears in return for nature vote, minister claims
The alleged quid pro quo, which Brussels denies, is the latest twist behind a major nature restoration bill that finally passed on Monday.
Rogue Austrian minister burns bridges to save EU nature law
Cue the lawsuits, potential fines, dueling allegations โย and, for Leonore Gewessler, a great campaign ad.
The European Green Deal has matured: the path forward
A European Green Deal 2.0 was always going to be a very different agenda, especially if the original European Green Deal succeeded.
BREAKING: EU countries rubberstamp Nature Restoration Law after months of deadlock
A majority of EU member states gave the final green light to the Nature Restoration Law on Monday (17 June) during a Council meeting in Luxembourg, marking the last step for one of the Green Deal’s most controversial files.
Todayโs Environmental Council โ closing off the Green Deal and looking to 2040
European environment ministers will gather in Luxembourg this morning (17 June) for the final Environment Council meeting of Belgium’s EU Council Presidency, aiming to progress several outstanding Green Deal files.
Strategic Agenda: EU leaders look to harness green transition to boost industry
EU leaders meeting in late June will stress the need for a competitive Europe and highlight how the green transition and a genuine energy union can support that aim, according to a draft document seen by Euractiv.
The 23 kookiest MEPs heading to the European Parliamentย
We made our own group of the most outlandish MEPs coming to the new European Parliament.
Europeโs hard-right to VDL: We won, letโs unite
‘We cannot be a group that won the elections, that is now a huge group, and then not be included in basic negotiations,’ the ECR vice-chair told POLITICO.
Greens to back Ursula von der Leyen if she revives climate policies
European Commission presidentโs re-election push puts Green Deal back on table
The Guardian view on Europeโs imperilled green deal: time to outflank the radical right | Editorial
The burden of transition on economically insecure voters must be eased via a more ambitious fiscal approach by governmentsFollowing the European parliament elections of 2019, the newly elected president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,…
How von der Leyen could win the election and still lose her job
If she can’t win over the entire centrist coalition, the EU’s top executive will need the Greens or even the hard right. Both options are fraught.
EPP won’t seek formal deal with Meloni, says secretary general. But case-by-case work is possible
The Green Deal has been “too ideologically driven” and needs to be rethought to emphasise the “competition angle,” says Thanasis Bakolas.
Snap election, resignations and the far right: fallout from the EU elections โย video report
Emmaneul Macron stunned politicians and the public by announcing a snap general election after the far-right National Rally party won about 32% of the French vote. The shock decision could hand major political power to the far right after years on the …
Fears for Green Deal as number of MEPs from climate-denying parties set to rise
Far-right gains unlikely to unravel deal but may dampen support for bringing EU in line with 1.5C, say analystsEuropean elections live โ latest updatesThe new European parliament is on course to have more politicians from parties that deny climate scie…
Former Poland PM: Europeโs impossible trinity
EU decision-makers want to secure all their objectives, everywhere, and do it all at once. However, their plans donโt reflect real-world realities.
5 things to know about the EU election results
After 185 million votes in 27 countries, POLITICO brings you up to speed.
Open letter to Professor Draghi
We urge you not to foreclose on the future of Wi-Fi: Global Wi-Fi networkโs plea to author of EU competitiveness report.
Von der Leyen aims for a second term but still needs a deal
European Commission presidency is hanging in the balance after EU election.