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‘What next?’ EU’s Gentiloni gets ball rolling on future of pandemic recovery fund on 16/02/24 The next European Commission will face a discussion on how to replace the EU's unprecedented €800 billion scheme of joint borrowing created to revive the economy after the pandemic, European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday (15 February).
Romania to maintain the same energy price cap for another year on 16/02/24 Romania’s cap on energy prices will remain unchanged until March 2025, announced Romanian Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja on Thursday, meaning Romanian consumers will continue enjoying the EU’s fourth cheapest gas prices.
Czech steel industry unprepared for EU decarbonisation on 16/02/24 The Czech steel industry is unprepared for decarbonisation, not only technologically but also financially, making it difficult to implement the EU’s decarbonisation plans, experts say.
‘Something is not working’: Economists urge EU Commission to overhaul its models on 15/02/24 More than 200 economists called on the European Commission to overhaul the way it calculates its core economic forecasts and better integrate critical environmental factors into its baseline models in an open letter obtained exclusively by Euractiv on Thursday (15 February).
Lawmakers back EU law to cut food and textile waste on 15/02/24 The European Parliament's environment committee voted on Wednesday (14 February) in favour of EU targets to reduce food waste as well as an obligation on the textile industry to pay for the trash it generates.
EU Commission urges France to raise renewables target to ‘at least 44%’ on 15/02/24 The EU's energy commissioner, Kadri Simson, has urged France to raise its renewable energy target to "at least 44%" by 2030, warning it would consider taking "steps" at EU level in case of persistent shortcomings.
EU lawmakers back hefty fines for companies making false green claims on 15/02/24 Companies making claims like “eco” and “green” will need to send them for prior verification before using them or face fines of “at least at 4% of their annual turnover”, according to a draft EU law voted on in the European Parliament on Wednesday (14 February).
French MPs in favour of REACH revision before EU elections on 15/02/24 The French parliament's European affairs committee adopted on Wednesday (14 February) a European resolution tabled by Nicolas Thierry (Europe Écologie Les Verts, NUPES) calling for a revised REACH regulation on hazardous chemicals in everyday products.
Cyprus could produce first natural gas as soon as 2026, minister says on 15/02/24 Cyprus could start producing its first natural gas as soon as 2026, and plans to participate in a high-powered electricity cable project linking the eastern Mediterranean to continental Europe, its energy minister told Reuters.
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