The European Commission has delayed publication of rules for the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy because of the sheer number of comments received and a threat of blockage from eastern and southern...
NGOs urge EU Commission to value nuclear energy
A Brussels-based alliance of NGOs, weCARE, has written to the European Commission, Parliament and Council to urge "a more favourable evaluation at EU level" of nuclear energy for a larger projected...
UK and Euratom sign Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
The UK and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) have signed a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA). This is separate from the wider UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement that was also...
EURATOM research and training programme: Council reaches political agreement
Member states' ambassadors today reached a political agreement on the proposed regulation establishing the research and training programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 1...
EU clinches hard-fought deal on 2030 climate target
European leaders haggled through the night to clinch a deal on the bloc’s updated climate target for 2030 on Friday morning (11 December), agreeing an EU-wide goal of cutting net greenhouse gas...
European Parliament on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan
On 13 November, the European Parliament voted to approve a resolution on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal. The EP welcomes the Sustainable Europe Investment...
European Parliament on InvestEU
On 13 November, Members of the European Parliament gave the green light with 480 votes to 142 and 64 abstentions for the negotiations on the renewed EU programme to support investments and guarantee...
Hydrogen produced from nuclear will be considered ‘low-carbon’, EU official says
The European Commission will consider hydrogen produced from nuclear power as “low-carbon”, said a senior EU official who spoke in the European Parliament on Monday (16 November).