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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12561

17 September 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 23
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Cohesion
European Parliament approves inclusion of gas investments in Just Transition Fund, subject to conditions
Brussels, 16/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

Meeting in plenary session in Brussels, MEPs approved by a narrow majority (374 votes in favour, 303 against and 22 abstentions) on Tuesday 15 September an amendment to the report by Manolis Kefalogiannis (EPP, Greece) to extend the Just Transition Fund (JTF) to gas investments, subject to a series of conditions.

According to this amendment, investments in natural gas-related activities will thus be able to receive financing from the European Union through the JTF.

However, in order to...

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