Oct 31, 2022 | All Posts, Europe
What Was The Fracking Ban Vote? Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister, declared her resignation from the post just one day after the Labour opposition tabled a motion in the House of Commons to ban fracking. Conservative whips initially said that the vote (which...
Jun 2, 2022 | EU - Current Affairs
Emissions Reduction Targets:The emissions reduction target would increase by 18%, to require 61% emissions reductions by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. This would be done by raising the linear reduction factor from 2.2% to 4.2% per year, and a one-off reduction...
Jun 1, 2022 | EU - Current Affairs
Only flights within the European Economic Area (EEA) and those to the UK and Switzerland are covered Scope expanded to also include all departing flights from the EEA to outside the EEA with reimbursement of Corsia costs for those routes. Potential full scope in 2027...
Apr 27, 2022 | EU - Current Affairs
Regulation on the gas supply (fast track procedure) One important discussion of the 20th April meeting considered amending the Regulation (EU) 217/1938 concerning the measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and the Regulation (EC) 715/2009 on conditions...
Apr 25, 2022 | EU - Current Affairs
Deforestation Regulation Rapporteur Christophe Hansen (EPP) began by thanking the commission for the proposal on halting deforestation and stressed the importance of forests in combating climate change, as they are the lungs of our planet. He also emphasized the...
