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This evening, there was an interesting exchange of views with Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans on the effects of the war in Ukraine on climate policies and on the European Green Deal. There were some surprises. Not so much from Commissioner Timmermans, who confirmed that Europe would accelerate climate actions, and would not shift on the … Read more

The UK’s leaving the EU at the end of the month has some practical impacts. The UK’s 73 MEPs leave.  TMany of their seats will be replaced by MEP’s in waiting in other countries. First, the Environment Committee goes up  ENVI up to 81 seats. That means one in ten MEPs now sit on the … Read more

A useful session in this morning’s Environment Committee with Dr Hoyer, President of the EIB. It’s well worth watching/reading if you want to get a better understanding of the issues around financing the transition. Auto-generated transcript thank you very much the Chairman always had the idea of being an MEP one day and even sharing … Read more

In a few weeks, the Commission will come forward with their hallmark initiative ‘the European Green Deal’. It will be the central legislative, policy and political issue for the next five years. What is obvious, if not yet openly discussed, is that if the Green Deal is to mean anything, it’s going to involve massive … Read more