SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

European Parliament negotiators want to raise EU’s energy efficiency target and binding national contributions

Brussels, 04/07/2022 (Agence Europe)

Negotiators from the EPP, S&D, Renew Europe and Greens/EFA groups in the European Parliament agreed, on Friday 1 July, on compromise amendments to the revision of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive - EED (2018/2002). In particular, they want to raise the target set at EU level and make Member States’ national contributions to this target binding.

When presenting the proposal for the revision of the EED, the Commission had proposed the objective of ensuring, at EU level, a reduction in...