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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

Despite the original proposal made in December 2021 by the European Commission, the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) discussed and voted recently by the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) of the European Parliament calls for more ambitious targets to reach zero-emissions buildings from 2028 but provides more flexibility for member states to achieve them through national plans.