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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 23h

The heads of German multinational Siemens and France’s TotalEnergies have urged the “full abolishment” of the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), according to a letter sent to the leaders of the two countries.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 23h

French, German business elite demands repeal of clean supply chains law

This would be a 'symbolic signal' that the EU is serious about restoring competitiveness

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 1d

The European Commission is warning that a Spanish ban on airlines charging for basic hand luggage may breach EU law, just as MEPs prepare to fight for exactly that in final negotiations over the bloc’s air passenger rights reform.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 1d

Handbag fight intensifies as Brussels sides with airlines over luggage fees

The case against Madrid lands just as the EU is looking to reform its passenger rights legislation

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 2d

The Socialist and Democrats in the European Parliament have given in, and accepted the European People’s Party offer to water down the EU sustainability rules less than the conservative party would have with the far right.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 2d

Socialists give in on EPP offer on EU sustainability rules backtracking

The Socialist lead lawmaker on the file immediately announced her resignation as negotiator

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 2d

EU carmakers are proposing new substantial changes to the disputed EU regulation mandating that all new cars must have zero CO2 emissions by 2035

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 2d

Carmakers in fresh bid to save the internal combustion engine

Political divide deepens over 2035 zero-emission car deadline

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 2d

The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) is hinting its readiness to vote with the far right to water down EU corporate sustainability rules, several officials with knowledge of the matter told Euractiv.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 2d

EPP ready to side with far right to strip back EU sustainability rules

EPP, Socialists and Renew leaders huddled behind closed doors this morning to find a compromise on the sustainability and due diligence laws

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 3d

Governments should be able to invest based on anticipated revenues from an incoming carbon price on transport and heating fuel or risk a public backlash, members of the European Parliament have proposed in a letter to the EU executive.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 3d

MEPs want to start spending future fuel levy right now

This could save a key EU emission law from public uproar, and help citizens at the same time

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, it's CO2 emissions. And, yes, theoretically carbon neutral fuels could be used after 2035 if some implementing acts are adopted. But what fuels qualify as carbon neutral? It's a major debate.

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 4d

US President Donald Trump’s crusade against wind and solar power is by far the main driver of a 5% cut in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) world renewable power forecast for 2030, published on Tuesday.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 4d

Trump effect weighs on global green energy growth

Solar and offshore wind energy are badly hit

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 4d

Details of the joint letter by Germany and Italy on the 2035 combustion engine ban are on @euractiv.com 👇

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 4d

Germany allies with Italy against 2035 zero emission car mandate

In a joint memo, Berlin and Rome called for revising the EU law on car emissions to avoid “disproportionate penalties” for manufactures

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 4d

CO2 neutral fuels, as negotiated by Germany in 2023, did not include biofuels. Italy is lobbying for their inclusion ever since. Renewable fuels, instead, include biofuels.

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 4d

Germany and Italy have joined forces to push for changes to the EU’s 2035 ban on tailpipe emissions from new cars, urging that vehicles “powered by renewable fuels” remain “eligible for registration” after the deadline, according to a joint memo obtained by Euractiv.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 4d

Germany allies with Italy against 2035 zero emission car mandate

In a joint memo, Berlin and Rome called for revising the EU law on car emissions to avoid “disproportionate penalties” for manufactures

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 4d

The European Commission wants to create a made-in-Europe, open-source artificial intelligence model to enhance weather forecasts, planetary monitoring, and climate crisis management, a draft “Apply AI strategy” seen by Euractiv shows.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 4d

Brussels plans to boost AI in climate and transport policy

It also wants to apply AI to the energy and self-driving car sectors, a draft document shows

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 7d

Selected cities could play a key role in helping Europe catch up with the US and China in developing autonomous driving technology, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suggested during a speech in Turin on Friday.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 7d

Von der Leyen backs city network to boost self-driving cars

“A coalition of 60 Italian mayors have already expressed their interest ... let's make it happen,” she said

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 9d

The spectre of cooperation – or the threat of it – between the centre-right European People’s Party and far-right factions in the European Parliament is once again haunting policy talks in Brussels – this time over how far Europe should roll back landmark legislation on corporate sustainability

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 9d

Corporate sustainability reform tests far-right cordon sanitaire

A possible right-wing alliance in Parliament has become the key lever in the talks

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 10d

France, Germany and Italy have proposed a raft of changes to EU climate, energy, industrial, public procurement and trade policy in a political statement aimed at shaping the European Commission’s planned proposal for an Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 10d

Paris, Berlin and Rome demand made-in-Europe clause in green industry bill

The three capital allied to shape the upcoming EU Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 15d

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Euractiv @euractiv.com · 15d

The Brief – China’s empty promises on the road to Belém

When you parse the Paramount Leader’s video message to world leaders, any vestige of optimism begins to melt away

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Euractiv @euractiv.com · 15d

Looming Russian gas ban splits countries on EU accession track

Disputes over whether to buy Russian gas threaten to tear the Energy Community apart

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 15d

Who is “they”? EU emissions are already down by at least 37% compared to 1990 levels, and are expected to be at -54% in 2030 thanks to policy and plans agreed by the bloc’s lawmakers.

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 15d

The EU’s failure to present a concrete climate action pledge at Wednesday’s United Nations Climate Summit in New York raises doubts over the future of the battle to stop global warming, MEPs from across the political centre have warned.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 15d

Cross-party criticism of Europe’s poor showing at UN climate conference

“By delaying our 2040 target, the EU puts global climate ambition at risk,” the green lawmaker Lena Schilling said

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 16d

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised that the world can count on Europe’s climate leadership at the United Nations Summit in New York, speaking immediately after Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled his country’s pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 16d

China vows 7–10% emissions cut as EU defends climate leadership

“Let me assure you: Europe will stay the course on our climate ambition,” von der Leyen said

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 16d

Details of announced import tariffs on Russian oil will be presented “in due course”, the European Commission confirmed on Wednesday.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 16d

Commission says tariffs on Russian oil to be unveiled ‘in due course’

Such a proposal would be adopted as a trade measure, which does not need unanimity

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 16d

News that a Chinese firm has launched a container shipping route to Europe through the Arctic Ocean has led green groups to redouble calls for a “strong agreement” on clean “polar” maritime fuels, amid fears that black carbon emissions will accelerate the melting of the ice cap.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 16d

Opening of ‘Polar Silk Road’ sparks fears of Arctic environmental catastrophe

Clean Arctic Alliance warns black carbon emissions could accelerate ice melt

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 17d

Islands on the front line of the climate emergency say they are “disheartened” by the “political damage” caused by Europe’s inability to present an ambitious 2035 emission reduction pledge to the United Nations, said the ambassador chairing the Alliance of Small Island States

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 17d

Small island states ‘disheartened’ by weak EU climate promise

“The countries that we traditionally look to for leadership are acting more like climate laggards,” a representative of island states said

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 17d

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Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 18d

The EU broke new records last year in terms of electricity system decarbonisation, but a new report from the industry association Eurelectric suggests that future electrification, flexibility, and emissions reduction goals could be hard to achieve.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 18d

Electricity industry highlights obstacles to energy transition

Boosting demand and investment is key, Eurelectric warns

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