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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12872
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate/finance

MEPs call for public consultation on inclusion of gas and nuclear in EU taxonomy

In a letter to the European Commission on Tuesday 18 January, the chairs of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Irene Tinagli (S&D, Italy), and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), Pascal Canfin (Renew Europe, France), have expressed their concern about the procedure followed by the institution regarding the draft complementary delegated act on the European Union’s taxonomy.

This highly controversial draft...

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