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Anna Hubert

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Journalist in the EU bubble 🗯 covering Energy and Climate policy in 🇪🇺 for @Contexte

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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 19h

Washington has asked Brussels to scrap requirements for non-EU companies to provide “climate transition plans” and to change supply chain legislation to exclude US companies “with high-quality corporate due diligence”, according to a document seen by @financialtimes.com

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US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal

[FREE TO READ] Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans

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Environment, Climate and Food Safety Committee @envi.europarl.europa.eu · 2d

✅ @envi.europarl.europa.eu adopted its policy demands for the @UNFCCC #COP30
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#EPlenary vote scheduled for October II

More details🔽
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

COP30: MEPs want EU climate policy to maintain a high degree of ambition | News | European Parliament

On Monday evening, the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety adopted its policy demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP30.

www.europarl.europa.eu

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Nezim Tandjaoui @nezim.bsky.social · 2d

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Barbe-Rouge, pirate de la BD Astérix, en train de mettre des coups de hache dans son bateau. Il dit : "Sabordons-nous. Le résultat sera le même et ça nous éviter quelques baffes..."

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John Ainger @johnainger.bsky.social · 2d

Nearly 200 countries are set to gather at the gates of the Amazon rainforest next month for #COP30

Here's how it could succeed or fail

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Six Ways the COP30 Climate Summit Can Succeed or Fail

When Brazil was named host of the COP30 climate summit two years ago, it was seen as the perfect celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, where nations pledged to keep climate chang...

www.bloomberg.com

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 3d

Groundhog Day

Roland Lescure, ministre de l’économie, des finances et de la souveraineté industrielle et énergétique ;

Jean-Noël Barrot, ministre de l’Europe et des affaires étrangères ;

Agnès Pannier-Runacher, ministre de la transition écologique;

Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 3d

Gouvernement Lecornu : la liste des 18 ministres nommés dimanche soir

Gouvernement Lecornu : la liste des 18 ministres nommés dimanche soir

Vingt-six jours après sa nomination à Matignon par Emmanuel Macron, l’ancien ministre de la défense a conservé de nombreux membres de l’équipe choisie par François Bayrou.

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 8d

Vote in committees scheduled on 16/10 (+vote on the mandate to start the trilogues and skip the plenary)
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Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 8d

Member states are required to set penalties for breaches of the ban, with a minimum fine of 5% of a company’s global annual turnover. 4/

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 8d

Importers will be required to report the origin of the gas one month before the transaction. 3/

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 8d

New gas contracts (including storage contracts) will be banned as of 1 January 2026, and short-term existing gas contracts as of June 2026 2/

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 8d

🤝Earlier today, EP negotiators reached a deal on REPowerEU, agreeing in their compromise to ban Russian oil imports as of January 2026 and all gas imports by January 1, 2027. 1/

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 8d

📍Heads up: a flood of initiatives coming on 25/11, including the European Grids Package & Industrial Accelerator Act

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 16d

The grid package could be published around 26 November — or one to two weeks later — suggested DG ENER Deputy Director Mechthild Wörsdörfer today before ITRE MEPs.

It will include the 2nd PCI/PMI list, guidance on grid connection, and a revision of the TEN-E regulation.

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 22d

He spoke on the 16 September during a high-level conference to review the Commission's progress in implementing the recommendations set out in Draghi's report on the future of European competitiveness

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 22d

#Draghi doesn’t hold back on EU energy policy:

👉Relaxing rules to subsidise prices “does not fix the structural reasons why energy in 🇪🇺 is so expensive”
👉Grid package & budget “wont cut energy prices quickly”
👉Decoupling gas&elect. prices: “far more decisive action needed”

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 23d

The consultation on the revision of the energy security framework is out 👉DG ENER is considering a single regulation covering electricity, natural gas, and other energy carriers (e.g. hydrogen).
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 28d

Also in today's speech : "I am presenting today a new initiative called Energy Highways. We have identified eight critical bottlenecks in our energy infrastructure. From the Øresund Strait to the Sicilian Canal. We will now work to remove these bottlenecks one by one" #SOTEU

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 28d

“The Commission will propose an Industrial Accelerator Act for key strategic sectors and technologies,” said @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu in #SOTEU

But where did the word decarbonisation go? It was supposed to be an "Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act"

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 28d

“The Commission will propose an Industrial Accelerator Act for key strategic sectors and technologies,” said @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu in #SOTEU

But where did the word decarbonisation go? It was supposed to be an "Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act"

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 28d

“Nuclear energy and fossil gas sectors can, under certain conditions, contribute substantially to climate change mitigation and adaptation.”
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Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 28d

I know you’re all watching the State of the Union #SOTEU ... but meanwhile: the EU General Court dismisses Austria’s action against the sustainable investment taxonomy. 💣
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Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · Sep 5

On Russian gas ban : "I see very good support for the proposal"

" I would be very surprised if there were no countries wishing to discuss this topic in the margins of the informal Energy council", said 🇩🇰 @larsaagaard.bsky.social , Energy and Climate minister representing the EU council presidency

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · Sep 5

🇩🇰 EU council presidency: A deal on 18 September on the 2040 climate target "is still our aim" - @larsaagaard.bsky.social , DK energy & climate minister at the Informal Energy Council in Copenhagen

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · Sep 5

🇩🇰 EU council presidency: A deal on 18 September on the 2040 climate target "is still our aim" - @larsaagaard.bsky.social , DK energy & climate minister at the Informal Energy Council in Copenhagen

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · Aug 28

🔎⚛️Nuclear reactors make a surprise (?!) entry on the EU Commission’s list of US goods with a 0% tariff in the newly published proposal and annex.

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · Aug 28

Both Electrification action plan & Heating and Cooling strategy announced for Q1 2026 with consultation strating now here :
energy.ec.europa.eu/news/have-yo...

Have your say on the EU’s Electrification Action Plan and the Heating and Cooling Strategy

The Commission is collecting input on 2 key initiatives: the EU Electrification Action Plan and the EU Heating and Cooling Strategy.

energy.ec.europa.eu

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · Aug 25

Mark your 🗓️: the ECJ will deliver its long-awaited ruling on Austria’s challenge to the inclusion of gas and nuclear in the EU taxonomy on 10 Sept. A judgment on Hungary’s Paks II state aid case will follow on 11 Sept.

Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · Jul 24

How von der Leyen’s omnibuses drive EU lawmaking

"Behind the scenes, frustration is mounting among officials and lawmakers alike, who denounce a top-down process that risks undermining years of work — and shifting the balance of power in Brussels."
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

How von der Leyen’s omnibuses drive EU lawmaking - Contexte

You wait ages for an omnibus, then six come along at once. The European Commission’s omnibus simplification programme is becoming a veritable traffic jam, transforming — if not clogging up — the legis...

www.contexte.com