SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

Member States call for more flexibility in revision of RED II and EED directives

Brussels, 03/12/2021 (Agence Europe)

The energy ministers of the EU Member States almost unanimously stressed the need to ensure more flexibility in the revision of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (2018/2001) (‘RED II’) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (2018/2002 - ‘EED’) on Thursday 2 December at a meeting in Brussels.

According to the ministers, the two revision proposals put forward by the European Commission as part of its climate legislation package (‘Fit for 55 package’ - see EUROPE B12762A8) are too...