Brussels should parallel to gas the transition energy label, at the end of pretense negotiations with Paris and Berlin.
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it had to be decided before the end of the year. At the European Council on 21 and 22 October, the European Heads of State and Government had urged the Commission to decide, by the end of November, the fate that would be reserved for nuclear and gas in taxonomy, this ranking. economic activities according to their CO emissions 2 and their consequences on the environment. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the community executive, had promised that it would be done before their next appointment, scheduled for December 16th.
It was finally nothing summer. The former Minister of Angela Merkel, who manages the live file with Paris and Berlin since it was jostled by the twenty-seven, has indeed ceased to repel his arbitration, which is now waiting for January. It should finalize its proposal by December 30, to submit it (for a simple notice), as the procedure is desired, a group of experts. And, if everything happens as planned, the Commission will present its project on January 18th.
From the Brussels’ decision will depend on the capacity of the nuclear and gas sectors to finance their future investments. At a time when the Europeans decided to reach the carbon neutrality in 2050 in accordance with the Paris Agreement, where the Russian gas addiction worries more and more, and where the prices of energy burst, it is acts a crucial issue.
“We are very close to the finalization of our work on [taxonomy], which will include both gas and nuclear”, “said the Commissioner of the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, in a German day-to-day interview die Welt , December 17. In broad outline, “political arbitration is arrested”, abounds a diplomat. It seems, in fact, acquired that the atom will be considered green energy and gas as a transition energy. But on certain conditions, which are still stalking and which are similar to a real Chinese puzzle for Ursula von der Leyen.
A strategic case for France
The taxonomy, “it’s a tiny subject,” wanted to minimize Olaf Scholz, at a joint press conference with Emmanuel Macron, at the end of the European Council of December 16th. The German Chancellor has entrusted one of his interlocutors that he does not “get Emmanuel with that”. The French president, he has been to the maneuver for months to defend the cause of nuclear power, arguing relentlessly that this is a cheap energy, low carbon and stable, which is precious, in these Time to fight global warming and outbreak of energy prices. For France, which is preparing to renew its nuclear park, the case is strategic.
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