21/04/2022 (Agence Europe) – Seven EU Member States (Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain) sent a non-paper to the other delegations calling for no reduction in the ambition of the proposed revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (2018/2001) (RED II - see EUROPE 12762/8). “A lowering of ambition (...) cannot be the right answer to the current geopolitical crisis and to the challenges of the Green Deal”, the document states. These countries therefore argue for maintaining the mandatory nature of some sectoral targets, as proposed by the European Commission, as well as for maintaining the respective ambition levels as much as possible. However, they acknowledge that “some targeted adjustments might be needed” to these new binding sectoral targets in order to reach an agreement in the EU Council. They also oppose the inclusion of low-carbon fuels in the scope of the directive. See the document: https://aeur.eu/f/1bp (DG)