Meeting in Strasbourg on Wednesday 14 September, MEPs adopted by a large majority (418 votes in favour, 109 against and 111 abstentions) the draft report by Markus Pieper (EPP, German), which in particular provides for an increase - from 32 to 45% - in the EU’s target for the share of renewable energy in the EU’s energy mix by 2030.
The Parliament thus aligns itself with the objective proposed by the European Commission following the Russian invasion of Ukraine (see EUROPE B12955A4).
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