The European Parliament’s Conference of Group Presidents (CoP) decided to postpone the distribution of the 55% emissions reduction package (the ‘Fit for 55’ package) between parliamentary committees until next week, at a meeting on Thursday 7 October.
It was an alternative proposal on the division of competences between parliamentary committees, tabled on Wednesday 6 October by the S&D, that caused the problem. Some, like Antonio Tajani (EPP, Italy), argue that the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) would be sidelined in this new proposal and that the powers of the Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC) in Parliament would be circumvented.
The S&D have reportedly ensured that the proposal respected the division of competences between the CoP and the CCC and ensured an even wider distribution by integrating the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) (which would have a hand alongside the Environment Committee on the Social Climate Fund).
In the end, S&D, Greens/EFA, and The Left supported the alternative proposal. Renew Europe, the EPP, the ECR, and ID have reportedly taken a position in favour of postponing the decision.
To view the CCC proposal: https://bit.ly/3iHWpWK (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)