In order to advance the European energy transition and distribute the costs and benefits more fairly, the EU must find better steering instruments. This policy paper provides recommendations for the necessary acceleration of the European energy transition.
The European Green Deal has successfully guided the EU through a pandemic and a historic energy price crisis. But will the new European Commission keep course and continue it? How will the new European Parliament, which saw a shift to the populist right, position itself? Will opponents delay crucial files or water down its level of ambition, as suggested during the election campaign? Or will inaction by EU Member States lead to a failure of implementation?
What will happen with key European Green Deal key files in the new EU legislative cycle? We take a closer look at legislation on CO₂ emission performance standards for cars.
