Alexandre Ferrafiat, FORATOM Legal & Economic Advisor In March 2020, the European Union set itself the target of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. The “European Green Deal” aims to transform...
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...
European Commission on State Aid
The European Commission has announced that it is “inviting comments from interested stakeholders on certain aspects of the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy, in view of...
The EU’s green finance taxonomy: an Orwellian mechanism
The European Commission’s sustainable finance taxonomy bears all the hallmarks of failed governance: opacity, imprecision, and subjectivity with a punitive approach albeit not assumed, writes Daniel...
EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy alarms Finnish industry and business
The leaked European Commission proposal on Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is worrying and infuriating for industries and businesses in Finland and across the Nordics. If implemented, the proposed EU...
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).
No more excuses for hiding
Stefan Diepenbrock, Head of Communications, Nuclear Forum Switzerland It is still uncertain when the Corona pandemic will disappear from the headlines and, above all, from our everyday lives. I...