MEPs reunited in Strasbourg for the EU Parliament’s plenary session rejected the objection to the controversial delegated act proposed by the EU Commission, which included some specific energy activities related to gas and nuclear.
The EU Parliament voted to allow gas and nuclear as full-fledged members of the list of environmentally sustainable economic investments, the so called Green Taxonomy. It did so by rejecting the objection to the controversial delegated act proposed by the EU Commission, which included some specific energy activities related to gas and nuclear.
The motion against this proposal backed by several political groups, among which the Greens and S&D, failed to pass with 278 votes in favor, 328 against, 33 abstentions. An absolute majority, that is to say a vote against by 353 MEPs, was needed to force the EU Commission to withdraw or amend its proposal. Only in mid-June had the EU Parliament's Economy and Environment committees voted in favor
