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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12323
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate

Five EU countries plan to introduce new fossil fuel subsidies, denounce NGOs

While EU Member States have long made a commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, the majority of them do not plan to do so, but worse, the United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, Poland and Slovenia plan to introduce new subsidies by 2030, according to an analysis of the 28 Member States' integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) published by NGOs on Monday 9 September.

The study, carried out by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Friends of the Earth Netherlands (FoE) and...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Mrs von der Leyen to unveil portfolios allocated to European Commissioners-designate
UNITED KINGDOM: in Dublin, Boris Johnson asserts that agreement with EU on orderly Brexit remains possible by 18 October
PARLIAMENT: launch of procedure for creating intergroups in European Parliament
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: MEPs opposed to a reference to Commission on social and market aspects of Mobility Package I
ENERGY: next trilateral negotiations on Russian gas delivered to Ukraine will take place on 19 September
SPACE: Galileo system reaches 1 billion users
FISHERIES: efforts must continue to be made to achieve objectives of sustainable fisheries in 2020, say MEPs
CLIMATE: five EU countries plan to introduce new fossil fuel subsidies, denounce NGOs
ENVIRONMENT: ban on shipment of hazardous waste from rich to poor countries will enter into force at end of 2019
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU Ministers invited to consider possible revision of Energy Taxation Directive
GREECE: Mitsotakis wants to negotiate lower Greek primary surplus targets
JORDAN: Commission announces new macro-financial support
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA/UKRAINE: international community welcomes exchange of prisoners
TURKEY: Europeans denounce conviction of dissident Canan Kaftancıoğlu
LAOS: EU signs two nutrition and trade aid programmes for 55 million euros
TRADE: 94 anti-dumping, 14 countervailing and 3 safeguard measures in force in EU at end of first half of 2019
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Mr Serrano calls for greater synergy between foreign affairs and defence in 'von der Leyen' Commission
NEWS BRIEFS
CRIMEA: EU refuses to recognise local and regional elections of 8 September
IMF: Kristalina Georgieva only candidate to run for President
JUSTICE: Europe's second largest counterfeit money network dismantled
TURKEY: new envelope for refugees soon to be released, says Commission