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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12533

23 July 2020
MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 2021-2027 / Climate
MFF agreement and post-Covid-19 Recovery Plan criticised for weakening EU’s climate ambition
Brussels, 22/07/2020 (Agence Europe)

The agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2017 and the post-Covid-19 Recovery Plan reached by EU Heads of State and Government on Tuesday 21 July is already being criticised by environmental NGOs and political groups in the European Parliament for weakening the EU’s climate ambitions. 

This EU Council deal [...] has killed off all ambitions to achieve the 55% reduction of CO2 in a decade”, lamented MEP Christian Ehler (Germany), the EPP group spokesman on...

Contents

MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 2021-2027
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEWS BRIEFS