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The European Parliament and the Council have reached a new agreement to increase the maritime transport sector's contribution to reaching the EU-wide target of climate neutrality by 2050.

Early last week, right before the kick-off of the March Plenary session in Strasbourg, the ministers of transport of Germany, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Portugal met to discuss the European Commission proposal on new Euro7 standards - advanced in November last year - and also took the chance to have a confrontation on the revision of the CO2 emissions reduction targets for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.

EU Parliament introduced zero-emission obligation for new cars and vans from 2035

Since the European Commission proposed the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in December 2021, the debate within the Parliament raised some doubts on the new ambitious goals set by the directive and among the 27 there are some member states worried about EPBD’s outcomes for homeowners. We talked about it with Adeline Rochet, Senior policy advisor at E3G, an independent climate change Think Tank based in Brussels which works to translate climate politics, economics and policies into action.

Buildings directive: compensating ambitious targets with more flexibility